Committee to Stop FBI Repression
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression was launched on September 27, 2010, in response to the September 24, 2010 FBI Raids. They have collated a list of organizations who have made statements of solidarity with the activists who are under investigation by the FBI.
First National Meeting
The first national meeting of the Committee was held on Nov. 6, 2010 at Saint Mark's Church in the Bowery. The meeting "was attended by more than 150 movement leaders and concerned individuals".
The meeting resolved to hold emergency protests the day after it's known activists have been called to appear before the Grand Jury and to call for a day of action for the subpoena court dates. The committee will also organize another call-in day to U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's offices. A student activist from California reported that Students for a Democratic Society was coordinating an effort to reach out to prominent academics to sign on to a letter condemning the raids.
Addressing the meeting were Bruce Nestor, National Lawyer's Guild; Noor Elashi, daughter of Holy Land Foundation co-founder Ghassan Elashi; Tom Burke, Freedom Road Socialist Organization; Sara Flounders, International Action Center; and targeted activists Jess Sundin, Hatem Abudayyeh.[1]