Have you taken an active part in the Movement for Social Justice in the USA??
SEDITIOUS ARE YOU PART OF THE CONSPIRACY? CONSPIRACY WHAT DOES IT MEAN! ยง 2384.
Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspires to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government ofthe United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined not more than $20,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. June 25,1948,c.645,62Stat.808;July24,1956, c. 678, ยง 1, 70 Stat.
THE OHIO 7
HARTFORD FDC-1987: JAAN LAAMAN, RICHARD WILLIAMS, BARBARA CURZI-LAAMAN, CAROL ANN MANNING, TOM MANNING, PAT GROS LEVASSEUR, RAYMOND LUC LEVASSEUR
RESISTANCE IS NOT A CRIME! THE SEDITION COMMITTEE organizes support for the OHIO 7, antiimperialist political prisoners who are on trial for Seditious Conspiracy in Springfield Federal Courthouse. Individually and as a group they worked in the veterans' movement against the Vietnam war, in the prisoners' support movement, to organize women's health and childcare services, and in anti-apartheid and community fund-raising. They are part of the clandestine movement in the USA.
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I n S p r i n g f i e l d , Mass F e d e r a l C o u r t h o u s e , 3 women and 4 men ( t h e Ohio-7) a r e b e i n g t r i e d f o r S e d i t i o u s C o n s p i r a c y and RICO. RICO i s a law t h a t was d e s i g n e d f o r use a g a i n s t o r g a n i z e d c r i m e . R e c e n t l y t h e government has been u s i n g i t a g a i n s t p o l i t i c a l movements t h a t s t r u g g l e f o r j u s t i c e and s o c i a l change. What j u s t i c e ? What s o c i a l c h a n g e ? An end t o U.S. s p o n s o r e d wars a g a i n s t t h e p e o p l e of C e n t r a l America and S o u t h e r n A f r i c a . Independence f o r Puerto Rico. Self-determination for the P a l e s t i n i a n s . An end t o t h e r a c i s t a p a r t h e i d system i n South A f r i c a . Stop t h e murderous a t t a c k s a g a i n s t B l a c k and H i s p a n i c p e o p l e by cops who k i l l . Changes w i t h i n A m e r i c a t h a t w i l l s t o p t h e s o c i a l v i o l e n c e of h o m e l e s s n e s s , unemployment, m e d i c a l n e g l e c t and hunger t h a t so may of our p e o p l e s u f f e r from. H i s t o r i c a l l y t h e g o v e r n m e n t h a s u s e d s e d i t i o n and c o n s p i r a c y l a w s a g a i n s t t h e e a r l y l a b o r movement, t h o s e who b r a v e l y f o u g h t (and c o n t i n u e t o f i g h t ) t o d e f e n d t h e r i g h t s of B l a c k p e o p l e , a n t i - w a r a c t i v i s t s , communists and t h e P u e r t o R i c a n Independence Movement. U n d e r t h e S e d i t i o u s C o n s p i r a c y law you do not h a v e do a n y t h i n g o t h e r t h a n form an agreement ("..to d e l a y t h e e x e c u t i o n of any law of t h e U.S...") t o be c o n v i c t e d and s e n t e n c e d t o 20 y e a r s i n p r i s o n . What does t h i s mean? G u i l t b o i l s down t o a s t a t e of mind. I t a l s o means t h a t w h i l e t h e government h a s s e l e c t e d t h e Ohio-7 f o r p r o s e c u t i o n today, t h e y may v e r y w e l l come l o o k i n g f o r you, your f r i e n d s o r a s s o c i a t e s i n t h e f u t u r e . T h i s t r i a l r e p r e s e n t s an a t t e m p t by t h e government t o t e s t t h e w a t e r s f o r f u r t h e r p r o s e c u t i o n s a g a i n s t p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i s t s and revolutionaries. Why h a v e t h e Ohio-7 been t a r g e t e d , by t h e government? Because they are w o r k i n g c l a s s p e o p l e who h o l d no b l i n d a l l e g i a n c e t o a system t h a t engages i n g r o s s human r i g h t s a b u s e s . Who b e l i e v e t h a t t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t s of w o r k e r s and o p p r e s s e d p e o p l e i s t o u n i t e i n t h e f i g h t a g a i n s t r a c i s m , p o v e r t y and war. And who b e l i e v e armed r e s i s t a n c e i s one of t h e n e c e s s a r y r e s p o n s e s t o a s y s t e m t h a t p r o f i t s from t h e s u f f e r i n g of so many w h i l e i t i g n o r e s our human needs. The O h i o - 7 a r e b e i n g p r o s e c u t e d f o r membership i n c l a n d e s t i n e ( i . e . u n d e r g r o u n d ) o r g a n i z a t i o n s w h i c h c a r r i e d o u t numerous a t t a c k s a g a i n s t m i l i t a r y f a c i l i t i e s and m u l t i - n a t i o n a l c o r p o r a t i o n s between 1974-1984. 125 y e a r s ago i n S p r i n g f i e l d , Mass., J o h n Brown h e l p e d f o r m a B l a c k s e l f - d e f e n s e group c a l l e d "The G i l d e a d i t e s " . The p u r p o s e of t h i s group was t o p r o t e c t t h e human r i g h t s o f B l a c k p e o p l e . Some o f t h i s methods u s e d i n v o l v e d v i o l a t i n g F e d e r a l law. A few y e a r s l a t e r J o h n Brown became a f u g i t i v e who found s u p p o r t and r e f u g e i n S p r i n g f i e l d . Today, a s t h e Ohio-7 go t o F e d e r a l C o u r t i n S p r i n g f i e l d , U.S. m a r s h a l s v i r t u a l l y t a k e command o f downtown s t r e e t , b r a n d i s h t h e i r weapons and make t h e g o v e r n m e n t s m e s s a g e quite clear. The message i s t h a t t h o s e who r u l e i n t e n d on d e c i d i n g f o r t h e r e s t of us what a r e t o be a c c e p t a b l e methods of p o l i t i c a l d i s s e n t r e s i s t a n c e . The law a c c o r d i n g t o P r e s i d e n t Reagan and h i s r i c h and p o w e r f u l f r i e n d s w i l l not t o l e r a t e any John Browns o r H a r r i e t Tubmans o r movements t h a t demand s o c i a l change. L e a r n more a b o u t t h i s i m p o r t a n t c a s e . The Ohio-7 have been f i g h t i n g t h e s e c h a r g e s f o r o v e r 2 y e a r s and t h e t r i a l i s e x p e c t e d t o l a s t a t l e a s t a n o t h e r y e a r . The S e v e n need and a s k f o r your s u p p o r t . Contact the S e d i t i o n Committee. Attend the t r i a l . W r i t e t o t h e Ohio-7: Raymond L u c L e v a s s e u r , C a r o l Manning, Tom Manning, R i c h a r d W i l l i a m s , J a a n Laaman, B a r b a r a C u r z i L a a m a n a t F.D.C. H a r t f o r d , Box 178, C t . 06141-0178 ( P a t r i c i a L e v a s s e u r i s p r e s e n t l y out on b a i l ) .