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Petition to Stop Criminalization of Dissent
[PLEASE CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK AND ADD YOUR NAME TO THIS PETITION, which reads in part as follows.]
am outraged that the FBI has been conducting coordinated, nationwide surveillance operations on the US antiwar movement under the cover of fighting "terrorism." I support the efforts of the antiwar movement to end the Bush administration's policies of illegal war and occupation. I support our right to engage in nonviolent dissent free of government surveillance and interference.

I call on you to take immediate action to stop the FBI and local police from spying on the anti-war movement and to begin an investigation into these spying activities.

Government surveillance of the anti-war movement weakens key freedoms and treat the rights of political opponents of the Bush administration with contempt in the name of 'fighting terrorism."

The legitimate, nonviolent dissent of the peace and justice movement is one thing, and the illegal, despicable acts of those brought down the World Trade Center are another, yet the FBI deliberately confuses the two in an attempt to criminalize and intimidate all those who question Bush's permanent war policies into silence. It is hypocritical to see the Bush administration claim that it is fighting for freedom in Iraq while undermining those freedoms at home. This surveillance represents a gross violation of our Constitutional rights to free speech and assembly and a return to a shameful history of domestic political surveillance.

I will not be intimidated or silenced by the FBI and the Bush administration. I am proud to participate in nonviolent political dissent, like the Global Day of Action Against War and Occupation on March 20, and I will continue to work for peace and justice.

posted by Lorenzo 4:22 PM