On 9/27/10 at 4:30 pm, a dozen activists, members of AWARE (Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort) and Campus Antiwar Network, held a demonstration at the FBI office in Champaign. This demonstration was held as part of a nationwide 3-day long effort to protest the federal surveillance and September 24th raids of anti-war and other social justice activists and organizers. These federal raids occurred on September 24th when eight houses belonging to anti-war activists and an office were raided by the FBI. Subpoenas were sent to 11 activists in Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan and activists from North Carolina and California were harassed. The FBI stated that no arrests were made, but these tactics point to a larger climate of state repression against anti-war, anti-imperialist and other social justice activists.

The demonstrators carried signs with slogans such as: “FBI Anti-War Raids Cost Tax Payer Money” and “Hands off our Activists”. A majority of the demonstrators went into the FBI office to question the FBI about these raids. When questioned about the raids, the staff at the FBI office denied FBI involvement and knowledge of these raids.