From Committee Against Political Repression:
Portland anarchist Kerry Cunneen has announced their refusal to cooperate with the grand jury investigating the May Day attack on the Nakamura federal courthouse in Seattle. Kerry’s subpoena, which was delivered on December 14th, stated that they were required to appear just 5 days later on the 19th. Their lawyer successfully got the date pushed back until January 3rd, when Kerry declined to even enter the grand jury room. Kerry has stated that they will never under any circumstance cooperate with this or any state in persecuting themself or others:
I have been subpoenaed to the grand jury in Seattle investigating Anarchists in the Pacific Northwest. I was called to testify on January 3rd at 9am. I did not appear before the grand jury. I will not cooperate with this grand jury nor will I in any way aid the state in its efforts to imprison people.
I stand firmly in solidarity with the actions taken against the Nakamura Federal court house during the May Day demonstration and all action taken against the state and capital towards the goal of a more liberated society.
I am in solidarity with the May Day 5, with Maddy, Matt and Kteeo, and everyone else who has met repression with resilience. To all whose solidarity has come in some form of action, it is inspiring and must continue.never surrender,
Kerry Cunneen
CAPR supports Kerry’s bold refusal to even enter the grand jury room. Although for some, resisting a grand jury may be a display of commitment of civil liberties, free speech, or freedom of association, it can also be a method to further the spread of insurrectionary tactics. To be blunt, it is easier to break windows or act against the state in other ways that are necessarily illegal when there is a culture against snitching among anarchists. We oppose the state in its entirety – we are against its courts, its prisons, its judges, its prosecutors, and every manifestation of the law and their justice. The Committee Against Political Repression is encouraged by attacks against the existent, including the May Day attack on the Nakamura federal courthouse.
The May Day anti-capitalist march in Seattle signaled a broad and growing antagonism to hierarchy and domination, and the state’s heavy-handed response to it (three house raids in Portland, at least nine grand jury subpoenas, and three people currently sitting in prison for refusing to testify) signals just how dangerous the state perceived it to be. As an anonymous author writes in We Are Contagious: a gift to those who desire social revolt,
What was special about May Day wasn’t the black bloc, impressive as it was in its coordination and preparation. What was special was that the hundreds of people clustered around the black bloc probably had a good idea of exactly what was going to happen when the anti-capitalist march left Westlake…and they liked it. They stayed close the bloc anyway; a few even joined in on the fun. Others screamed in joy. Some, who only months ago might have tried to prevent the property destruction or would have later denounced it, simply smiled to themselves and moved on down the road. Perhaps most importantly, a fair number of these people will return to the streets, better prepared to act themselves.
Broken windows are an easily replicable tactic that is capable of rapid generalization. Although broken windows are certainly not the anarchist end-goal (there is no single anarchist end-goal), the tactic of breaking windows is a way for people to directly attack (and cause financial damage to) institutions to which they are opposed, and build affinity in the streets. The state logically must do whatever it can to control, disrupt, recuperate, or liquidate that which presents a threat. While we are angry about this grand jury (and all grand juries, and the existence of the state, period), it also shows that anarchists have been doing something right – anarchists are posing a threat that can’t be ignored.
We can respond to this and all instances of repression by strengthening and escalating our projects of resistance. Kerry has stated that the best support they could ask for is action of some sort that is in resistance to state and capital. Indeed, that is the only way we’ll come through to the other side stronger than before.

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STOP THE REPRESSION OF
STOP THE REPRESSION OF SOCIALIST AND PEACE ACTIVISTS!
In before the tro- ... dammit
In before the tro-
... dammit
I hate seeing peace activists
I hate seeing peace activists getting punished because of the misguided actions of a few bad apples. I pray for these brave martyrs for social justice who are standing up for their constitutional right to dissent. PROTEST IS NOT A CRIME! THESE GRAND JURY RESISTERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A FAIR TRIAL!
haha
haha
"given???"
"given???"
"a fair trial???"
fuck the state, in its every manifestation.
Is feeding the trolls an
Is feeding the trolls an accepted activity in the location where you reside? Around here we've being hammering "do not feed" signs into the ground around all the usual troll pools.
how do i properly respond to
how do i properly respond to a post on an anarchist site which suggests participation in and legitimization of state activity?
(i would prefer to be a meaningful contributor to conversation here rather than to be seen as trolling.)
What is happening to these
What is happening to these brave young occupy activists really is a miscarriage of justice. This grand jury is a misguided attempt by our government to abridge this persons God given constitutional right to dissent and assemble peacefully for redress of grievances. All the brave peace warriors out their who care about freedom and socialism should call their elected representatives NOW and demand a fair trial for these civil resisters.
har har troll. Now go
har har troll. Now go congratulate yourself on a wasted youth. Hopefully you're at least at work right now getting paid to jerk off.
I thought anarchists didn't
I thought anarchists didn't believe in work and getting paid money? hypocrites.
you're a retard
you're a retard
^^ABLEIST
^^ABLEIST
Um... just don't respond to
Um... just don't respond to trolls. So if someone is being obviously sarcastic, don't write a serious response. If someone ACTUALLY seems confused and not just annoying then engage away.
Just to clarify for anyone
Just to clarify for anyone who doesn't know, Kerry is IN NO WAY a "peace" activist, much less a socialist.
it is a joke. freedom
it is a joke. freedom socialist party comes to the demos outside the grand jury with signs that say stop the repression against socialists and peace activists. some tactless motherfuckers imo.
Good strength Kerry.
Good strength Kerry.
Mad respect!
Mad respect!
i guess this is cool...
i guess this is cool...
Fuck this person is so pissed
Fuck this person is so pissed. What a hero. There are no words for me to express how inspired I am by this.
-some anarchats
This is awesome.
This is awesome.
All I have to do is install
All I have to do is install windows everywhere and keep you busy smashing them...windows sre not the State. The State exists because people accept it in their minds...the only way to really stop the State is through a revolution in thought...and scaring old people isn't going to get people interested in living without State protection...
the old will die.
the old will die.
we aren't in the business of winning the hearts and minds of reformists.
Amen, time will get rid of
Amen, time will get rid of the old of mind and give way to the new. The days of sitting in the street hippy-like and STILL being abused by police are over. Now is the time to act...
I hope you accept the truth
I hope you accept the truth that you can never "revolutionize the mind" of EVERYONE.
When settler colonizers first came to the Americas they were BADLY outnumbered by the non-capitalist, non-state indigenous inhabitants. The various indigenous cultures were in just about every way better formed, and provided for much more pleasant and healthy living opportunities than did the Euro settler culture. A FEW settlers "defected" (as simple logic would dictate they ALL should have done).
Eventually the combined zeal and material destructive capabilities of the settlers effectively reduced the vast majority of the (essentially superior) indigenous cultures to near complete ruin.
So yes we need to constantly work towards empowering everyone possible to liberate their mind, so to speak. But you CANNOT discount the effects of material destructive forces. The resistant minority can and will annihilate us if allowed the chance, regardless of how many we can "win over" in the meantime.
In my opinion, simply saying
In my opinion, simply saying fuck you and not showing up is the best decision and the consequence for doing so are not as bad as most people on here tend to think. Just lay low and keep your head down until this investigation blows over and you'll stay out of prison.
Nothin' but the love and solidarity to all those resisting!
p.s. for the sake of clarity and my own laziness to look it up, was this a result of miss leah "I'm not going to tell you why I got released", or is that info not appropriate to publicly divulge at this point and time?
Well Maddy at least was
Well Maddy at least was supeoneaed one week after she cooperated. Do the math.
you mean leah right? maddy is
you mean leah right? maddy is being held captive by the state for not cooperating.
they mean Maddy was
they mean Maddy was subpoenaed 1 week after Leah cooperated.
curious as well, there has
curious as well, there has been nothing said for a while now...
People doing support work for
People doing support work for the resisters have no information one way or anything whether Maddy or Kerry's subpoenas were related to Leah's cooperation. Leah cooperated, it's not clear to what extent, we may never know, and we haven't seen anything indicating that either of the subsequent subpoenas were a result of something Leah said.
THIS is how to handle a grand
THIS is how to handle a grand jury subpeona! Any and all responses that
do not involve snitching are good ones, but this one has the advantage
of keeping you out of jail if you can handle a couple years underground
and free. That, along with the frustration of the pigs who get nobody to
put in jail for contempt, makes it the best response of all.
I fucking LOVE hearing that prosecutor cry in his whine and cheese about
how effectively anarchists are "obstructing" his fucking witch hunt. I've
got news for him: as Anarchists we do not recognize the United States, nor
any of its subdivisions, as the legal government of anything. Therefore, a
subpeona from a US court may be treated exactly the same as a demand
from any other criminal gang to walk into their clubhouse: with utter and
total resistance.
Some of us think of ourselves as insurgents, so let's put it this way: Would
any guerilla fighter in Central America or the Middle East surrender to the
opposing army because someone wrote a paper demanding s/he do so?
Don't ever let anyone tell you you can't beat the cops on the street, because
I have. My life experience has been better than 90% sucess at both escape and
at resisting arrest, with the consequences of the few failures being far less than the
sum of the consequences for submission to this enemy would be.
"I fucking LOVE hearing that
"I fucking LOVE hearing that prosecutor cry in his whine and cheese about
how effectively anarchists are "obstructing" his fucking witch hunt."
I'd really love to read about this. Did you see a quote like this somewhere?
http://www.oregonlive.com
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/01/federal_judge_relea...
Of course it would be a
Of course it would be a fucking PBR bottle that was used.
SNAP (missed this.)
SNAP (missed this.)
I for one did NOT support the
I for one did NOT support the trashing that took place on Mayday. There were CHILDREN present during that march, in fact I think I even saw a POC child at the march. The black bloc deliberately endangered a poc child with their hijinks and we as a movement should condemn that sort of racist ageism. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
I do think it sucks what's happening to those peace activists in Seattle getting in subpoenaed to the grand jury without receiving a fair trial. That is a travesty of justice.
You know who should be
You know who should be rolling out in force soon, all blocked up? Children.
It's a good thing most of them don't like reading or caring cause otherwise, most of the major cities on the continent would already be in flames.
Pathetic, using children as
Pathetic, using children as human shields against the police.
It might work tbh..
It might work tbh..
Children aren't held
Children aren't held accountable for their actions the same way adults are. Mobs of tweens really could run rampage through a city and burn a ton of buildings and there would not be consequences even slightly comparable to adults doing the same thing.
This is really inspiring. We
This is really inspiring. We got your back Kerry!
This is awsome, but also sux
This is awsome, but also sux bacuse they never stop fucking with Kerry.
So a google search tells me
So a google search tells me that she was part of a scheme that cheated an elderly lady out of her home!
Wtf?!
Riiiiiiight, because the cops
Riiiiiiight, because the cops and the media are generally to be trusted with portraying anarchists in an accurate manner.
FWIW, the person who wrote this is an idiot and made up most of the quotes from Kerry, but it's slightly more accurate than the corporate media stories: http://portlandradicle.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/tell-it-like-it-isnt-por...
Thanks for providing that
Thanks for providing that link. I wasn't able to find any sort of statement detailing her POV.
Sounds to me from afar like
Sounds to me from afar like the real situation was that they squatted an empty house that was already in shitty condition and then the landlord showed up and was like "Oh dear! My house! And people living in it without paying! Oh dear lord!" and the media showing up and being like "So these savages stole your house away, just like those bankers! Tonight at 11...."
Hello,
Hello,
I would like to call for a march. I want to let everyone know that it might be violent. I will announce at the start of the march that people will be doing illegal things. It's ok, I'm not worried about repression or anything, because I don't think the state would target me for announcing at the start of a march that people will be doing illegal stuff.
Thanks
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