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- From: "Apostolos Samaras" <aposamaras@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 01:09:23 PST
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>From: Wedestroy@aol.com
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>To: clittlef@student.champlain.edu, surge@listserv.oit.unc.edu
>Subject: URGENT: WTO INFO
>Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 02:35:46 EST
>
>Hey All,
> Things have gotten worse here in Seattle and here's why. About 500
>prisoners are still being held in jail. They were arrested wednesday
>morning
>for non-violent civil disobedience. They have not been charged. For a
>whole
>day they were denied access to legal council which is against the law.
>They
>ahve been tear gassed in their jail cells numerous times. They were tear
>gasssed on the buses that held them. Reports came through that there was a
>man in a wheelchair tear gassed as well.
> Tonight about 2000 people marched through the streets beginning at
>11am.
>We held a civil disobedience action at the jail in downtown, a sit in for
>almost 6 hours. We demanded the immediate release of our friends. About
>100
>folks risked arrest and this excessive pressure finally convinced the jail
>to
>open it's doors to the Direct Action Network Legal team. They also sent in
>a
>paralegal and an organizer. All prisoners are practicing jail solidarity.
>Almost none of them have given names, despite the intense techniques of the
>jail to try to make them talk.
> We are optimistic that all activists will be released soon with no
>charges and time served. We ask you to stand in solidarity with us and to
>start fucking talking about this. Many of these folks are young people,
>students, workers, humyn rights workers. They are our brothers and
>sisters.
>Somos todos Seattle. We need your support. Many places around the world
>today called in messages of solidarity today with our action at the jail.
> Please, we must discuss these issues. We must begin dialouge about
>this
>event and the police reaction to it. Please. thank you, jamie
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