Urgent: L.A. Carlos Montes goes to court Tuesday, June 5 (tomorrow!)(freedom to dissent is on trial)

[annm4peace]

Carlos Montes court hearing changed to Tuesday, June 5!
Please attend if you can, and please
call DA Steve Cooley at 213-974-3512
and demand: “Drop the charges against Carlos Montes!”

Carlos Montes court hearing has been abruptly changed to June 5th, TUESDAY, at 8:30 AM, according to a call we got this afternoon from attorney Jorge Gonzalez.

(Some in the L.A. area got different info earlier; please disregard previous announcements. We apologize for any inconvenience.)

We are back in Judge Lomeli’s court, department 123.

Please try to attend to support Carlos with court room solidarity.

A new development will be heard on June 5th.
We cannot reveal any more information, but we will have an open court public hearing on June 5th. Yes, the hearing is on Election Day and with less than 1 day notice, the courts are busy with the baseball assault case and other issues, so we really need your support.

Court will be at same location
Pack the courtroom
Criminal Court Building
210 West Temple Street, Los Angeles
but in Department 123 on the 13th floor.
Please come at 8:00 a.m.

We have been fighting this for over a year now and we have a lot of support let’s keep the pressure on to keep Carlos free and out of jail!

Again, please attend the trial if can, and please keep calling DA Steve Cooley and demand: drop the charges, call 213-974-3512. Pass the word.

For more information see http://www.stopfbila.net/about/ or call [phone],



Sign the Petition on the link below

http://www.stopfbi.net/

[annm4peace]

1. Koch brothers should be on Trial not Carlos and other activists

It is so shameful.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=764850

As big funders of the Tea Party, billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch have underwritten a populist movement against oversized government and 'excessive' regulation.

Now a new report suggests that in their own corporation, they've taken a different approach to government regulation: They've simply ignored it.

An extensive investigation in Bloomberg Markets magazine finds that Koch Industries has made multiple 'improper payments' (read: bribes) to win business in Africa, India and the Middle East; rigged prices with competitors; and used foreign subsidiaries to sell equipment to Iran

[annm4peace]

2. non-violent, peace and social justice activists are very scary to powers that be.

A Grim Vision of America’s and the World’s Future
Published on Sat, 2012-06-02 16:45

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06/01/a-grim-vision-of-americas-and-the-worlds-future/

Summary: "The catch was, the FBI, which was clearly after Montes, a retired Xerox salesman, for political reasons, conveniently told local police that he was not allowed to register firearms because of a (get this!) 1969 felony conviction for allegedly throwing a coke can at a cop (Montes says he never threw such a can)."

Note that the police knew all about that conviction when Montes first registered his guns. He has not been in trouble with the law since then. Clearly he could have simply been informed that his gun registrations were invalid, and the guns had to be turned in. Why Montes, who has remained politically active and a critic of the government, was really arrested in this Gestapo-like manner became clear when an FBI agent hopped in the car with him right after he was picked up, and said, “I am from the FBI and I want to talk to you about the Freedom Road Socialist Organisation.” Montes is now facing a possible 22 years in jail for possessing legally registered guns that the LAPD has known for years that he had in his home, and that nobody ever cared about before. (I had to learn about this from the British newspaper the Guardian. The corporate media in America have covered up this outrageous political bust.)

[annm4peace]

3. California Teachers Association supports Carlos Montes

http://www.stopfbila.net/california-teachers-association-supports-carlos-montes/

(One of many Solidarity statements for Carlos Montes)

We are pleased to announce that on January 4, the California Teachers Association released a letter of support for Carlos Montes. Here is the text of the letter.

On behalf of the 325,000 members of the California Teachers Association, I write in support of educational justice activist Carlos Montes and denounce the arbitrary FBI raid that led to his arrest as an assault on the first amendment rights of every activist and union member.

Mr. Montes has been a longstanding advocate for public school students and teachers. He was a co-founding member of the Brown Beret’s, a Chicano working class youth organization of the late 1960s and 1970s. He was also one of the leaders of the Chicano Blowouts and participating organizer of the East Los Angeles school walkouts protesting racism and inequality in Los Angeles public education. Mr. Montes was instrumental in successfully demonstrating for and getting Chicano and Black studies programs at California colleges. More recently he has focused his attention on immigrant rights as a member of the Southern California Immigration Coalition, which works to protect immigrant families from arbitrary federal raids.

We believe that recent raids by the FBI in Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis
were unwarranted and targeted several union members and activists. Carlos Montes is a nationally respected leader in the Chicano, immigrant rights and antiwar movements and he should not be targeted for political attacks based upon his views. He has tirelessly fought for adequate public schools and adequate health care for all children, as well as minority rights issues. CTA calls for the end of the grand jury proceedings against trade union activists and urges the Los Angeles District Attorney to drop all charges against Carlos Montes.

Yours truly,
Dean E. Vogel
President

[annm4peace]

4. Please make a call today

It really does make an impact.