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Happy Terrorism Day!

Join the "Peoples War on Terror," and help combat terrorism against the poor, people of color, workers, non-male identified people, gays, and activists.
Happy Terrorism Day!

That's right! Another year has gone by since we last celebrated Terrorism Day! Have you laid out the duct tape for the kids yet? Or cooked your special Orange Alert Pumpkin Pie?

So how are we doing here in Chicago? Well, we've seen a great number of terrorist activity in our hometown this past year, from gostage situations to assassinations to sleeper cell chatter.

* At the top of our list is the police set-up and murder of beloved human rights activist May Molina. A cherished prisoners rights advocate who had joined the struggle after the false charges and incarceration of her son, May became a dear friend and ally to many of us. But police raided her home at 4am in late May, falsely claiming to discover large packages of heroine, and took the wheel-chair bound diabetic hostage. They then denied her the medications she needed, despite pleas from her, the family and their lawyer, and our martyr passed in her cell. A small package of heroine was allegedly found in a later autopsy that some medical experts decried as planted.

* Next we have the arrest of Aaron Patterson, local organizer, former state legislator candidate, and pardoned 17-year death row inmate. Curiously, Aaron was arrested before the arrival of his torturer John Burge, who recently testified himelf against the release of Darrell Cannon, who is in prison for a confession tortured out of him by Burge. Patterson, who is also fighting for anti-terrorist legislation at the city and state level, is still being held hostage by local terrorist agency CPD, although he has the support of people all over the world.

* We count at least (and we'd love a correction) nine police killings in the past year, and shootings of unarmed kids and people of color that landed them in the hospital.

* This is the same CPD which recently announced its intentions to add 250 public cameras to the 2,000 spy cameras all ready in Chicago and to centrally systematize these eyes of Big Brother. There have also been an increase in the installation of such cameras at sites commonly used for protest.

* Earlier this year, the CPD publicly admitted to infiltrating four specific activist groups in 2002, and more in 2003 and this year. In smaller cities, law enforcement agencies have been known to infiltrate many more than four, but we know the CPD "White" Squads are busier than they let on through chatter picked up by the PTTF.

* Other activists have been abducted as well, for chanting "Free Speech" at city events, standing near Christian Talibanic enemy combatants, and some of these people were beaten in custody. Union workers have been harassed at the Congress Hotel strike picket line, activist and working class parties have been raided and shuttered, and Federal Terror Agencies have begun openly investigating young local activists about the National Conventions. People of color continue to be harassed on a daily basis all over this city, immigrant peoples are detained and deported, and Black members of the Chicago Fire Depertment have been terrorized by hate speech.

* As for non-state terrorists? The campaign against Christian Taliban fundamentalists has kept them at the fringe and disenchated, groups like Protest Warrior have had a tradition of failed missions, while Neo-Nazis have been limited in their access to local fundraising sites. On the other hand, the Neo-Nazi gangs like CMS and the 77s have attacked progressive and Latino communities with limited response.

As the Corporatist Emperor George W. Bush proclaims "Patriot Day," the PTTF wishes to remind local residents of the local terrorist threat which are among the greatest reasons to continue our collective struggles. Support your local legal defense funds, help with jail support, set up a neighborhood Cop Watch, train in street mediation and internalize Peoples Defense within your community! Join prisoner and soldier solidarity efforts, help fight international terrorism, and never lose hope. The Emperor admits his "War of Terrorism" can't be won, but we know our "People's War on Terror" will triumph. Remember, if you stop protesting, then the state terrorists have won!
 
 

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