2009 December » International Action Center

On the First Anniversary of the Israeli-U.S. Massacre, the People of Gaza Need Your Solidarity

Dec 272009

Support the 3rd Viva Palestina Convoy and the Gaza Freedom March

Call, Email the Egyptian Embassy

Join Local Solidarity Actions

Last Dec. 27, the U.S.-funded Israel war machine unleashed a blizzard of U.S.-made weapons of mass destruction on the towns and refugee camps of Gaza, the most densely populated place on earth. 1,500 died, many of them women and children. Tens of thousands lost their arms, legs, eyes, were paralyzed, orphaned or made homeless.

The United Nations Goldstone commission found that the Israeli state had committed war crimes, but the U.S. government has blocked any international action on its report. Meanwhile the people of Gaza still go hungry, their children are malnourished, the sick die from lack of medicine, their homes have not been rebuilt because of the vicious blockade imposed by the U.S. and Israel and acquiesced in by Egypt and the European Union. U.S. Army Engineers are stationed on the Gaza-Egypt border to try and stop food, medicine and building materials from going through.

People from around the world are seeking to break the blockade. The third Viva Palestina convoy led by British MP George Galloway departed London Dec. 5 with 200 people, 64 truckloads of humanitarian aid and 16 ambulances. The convoy grew as it crossed Europe, Turkey, Syria and Jordan to a tumultuous popular welcome. They are now up to 500 people and 210 vehicles–50 from Turkey alone. Some participants have come from as far as Malaysia. They plan to cross into Egypt today and enter Gaza on Dec. 27. You can learn more about their exciting journey at www.vivapalestina.org

Statement in Solidarity with the Protests Against the Phony Climate Change Conference

Dec 182009

IAC Statement in Solidarity with the Protests in Copenhagen

Stop Police Brutality in Copenhagen!

Release ALL Arrestees!

Shut Down the Pentagon – the World’s Largest Polluter!

The International Action Center stands in solidarity with the thousands of activists from across the globe who are protesting at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. We condemn the acts of police brutality, including use of chemical weapons and the preemptive arrests of more than 1,000 people. We demand the release of all who have been arrested.

Stop attacks on political activists!

Dec 092009

Baltimore Community Activists Sharon Black, Steven Ceci Arrested

Demand the charges be dropped immediately!

Stop attacks on all political activists!

Sign the Petition at http://www.bailoutpeople.org/dropbaltimorecharges.shtml

Dec 9, 2009

Sharon Black and Steven Ceci were dragged from their home by Baltimore police the morning of Dec. 9 and are being held in Baltimore’s Central Booking and Intake Center. As of this afternoon, it is not known what they are being charged with or when they will be released.

Black and Ceci, long-time leaders in the anti-racist, and poor people’s rights struggle, had been under police surveillance for their political activism.

On Nov. 14, while both Black and Ceci were attending a workers’ rights conference in NYC, Baltimore police broke down the door of Black and Ceci’s Baltimore home purportedly based on mysterious and false reports of drugs being sold from their residence. A roommate, Patrick Allen–who was present at the time of the police break-in — was arrested and the home was senselessly damaged.

Black and Ceci were planning to hold a public event tonight as a political response to the police attack on their home in mid-November.

That event – scheduled for Dec. 9 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Solidarity Center, 2011 N. Charles St. Lower Level – will now be an emergency rally to free Black and Ceci. Baltimore’s progressive community is urged to attend tonight.

Black and Ceci believe that this is not just an attack on them, but an attack on all activists and organizations that are fighting for a society based on social and economic justice and peace.

A year ago, the Baltimore ACLU revealed that the Baltimore All-Peoples Congress, the organization that Black has led for more than a quarter of a century, was named as one of four political groups in Baltimore that the Maryland State Police had been spying on.

If you would like to sign on to a petition demanding the immediate release and dropping of all charges against Patrick Allen, Sharon Black and Steven Ceci, please respond directly to this email. An online version of the petition will be available later today.

STOP POLICE ATTACKS ON ALL POLITICAL ACTIVISTS!

AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL!

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