Green is the New Red – by Will Potter When FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force agents raided multiple activist homes in the Northwest last week, they were in search of “anti-government or anarchist literature.”
The raids were part of a multi-state operation that targeted activists in Portland, Olympia, and Seattle. At least three people were served subpoenas to appear before a federal grand jury on August 2nd in Seattle.
In addition to anarchist literature, the warrants also authorize agents to seize flags, flag-making material, cell phones, hard drives, address books, and black clothing.
The listing of black clothing and flags, along with comments made by police, indicates that the FBI may ostensibly be investigating “black bloc” tactics used during May Day protests in Seattle, which destroyed corporate property.
If that is true, how are books and literature evidence of criminal activity?
To answer that, we need to look at the increasing harassment, surveillance, and prosecution of anarchists and political activists associated with the Occupy Movement.
In some cases, such as the May Day arrests in Cleveland, the FBI has been so desperate to arrests “anarchist terrorists” that it supplied them with bomb-making materials and used an informant to entrap them. The same thing happened in Chicago.
The motivation for these operations, and the instruction that “anarchist” means “terrorist,” is coming straight from the top levels of the federal government. As I recently wrote, new documents show that the FBI is conducting “domestic terrorism” training presentations about anarchists.
The FBI presentation described anarchists as “criminals seeking an ideology to justify their activities.”
This is the guilt-by-association mentality that is guiding FBI and JTTF assaults on political activists; if agents find “anarchist literature” in a raid, it is evidence of criminal activity because anarchism, in and of itself, is criminal activity.
The Seattle grand jury may or may not be investigating May Day protests. What’s clear, though, is that the grand jury is being used as a tool in this criminalization of those suspected as “anarchists.” Grand juries are secretive processes that are frequently used against political activists in order to acquire information. They are fishing expeditions. If activists refuse to testify about their personal beliefs and political associations, they can be imprisoned. Jordan Halliday, for example, was recently released after serving more than six months in prison (and being imprisoned once already for four months) for asserting his First Amendment and Fifth Amendment rights and refusing to provide information about the animal rights movement.
As one organizer with Occupy Seattle said after the raid: “…we are not being raided for connection to any crime, but to some political ideology that the police think we have.
“I was just doing research on the old Pinkerton strikebreaking paramilitaries, so it’s kind of funny, you know, to have that old Red Scare history burst through my front door at six AM.”
You know, when I first read the title of this article, I thought it said, “FBI Agents Raid Homes in Search of “ANTI-CHRIST Literature””. lol I suppose that’s not too far off anyways with the way things are going these days.
“The listing of black clothing and flags, along with comments made by police, indicates that the FBI may ostensibly be investigating “black bloc” tactics used during May Day protests in Seattle, which destroyed corporate property.”
UH-OH! Wearing a black shirt is considered being a terrorist now in the crowd, according to the infamous Ogre Janet Napolitano at DHS and her other organized gang of misfits over at the FBI. Man if I were a protester, I’d wear a PINK shirt to symbolize my fight and protest against those sissy cowards they call policemen. (However, this of course, could lead to a “Red shirts vs Yellow Shirts” scenario similar to Thailand. lol)
“In addition to anarchist literature, the warrants also authorize agents to seize flags, flag-making material, cell phones, hard drives, address books, and black clothing.”
Because, you know, flag-making material is dangerous these days. You could seriously choke someone to death with it. (Sarcasm) Ugh! Unbelievable! Now we can’t even make our own flags. What CAN’T we do NEXT?
Next will be, “you cannot critisize the federal govt.”
What? You mean that Federal government that gives all our money to bail out the bankers but can’t give us any jobs or fix our economy? Oops!!!! Did I say that? My bad. I’m sorry, Dear Leader. lol
Like I always have said -” When the law of the land is not equaly and fairly applied to all citizens then there is no law, and when there is no law then that is called anarchary.” I like the article admin.
Black clothing? What, only the cops are allowed to wear black? This just goes to show you, have hideouts hidden around your homestead and make sure each is well supplied. They are doing this because they are scared to death of nightime ops in areas they’re not familiar with.
These clowns kill me….
I would like to know which judge signed the search warrant. I saw nothing on the list of items sought that were illegal.
Talk about anarchy. When the judges and police act outside of their constitutionally granted authority, they become the anarchists. I suppose that notion is lost on those double-digit IQ miscreants.
…you can feel their fear beginning to overcome their good sense..? Or..the whole system has just sold out and Judges are going to issue “warrants” on used toilet paper roles….what a joke America has become…
and this is to the FBI…..come talk with me again about what I write, wrote or feel…I’ve already been visited once…but my feeling about your corrupt government has not changed one bit…corrupt,corrupt,corrupt..
Regards,
RJ O’Guillory
Author-
Webster Groves-The Life of an Insane Family
They are openly stating that they are actively violating the First Amendment. Searching for BOOKS, flags (a means of speech), Clothing that THEY define as “A means of speech” since they target particular colors.
These Jack Booted Thugs HATE America.
It’s the Red Scare all over again.
Black clothing? SERIOUSLY? I guess all those kids nowadays that are into the ‘Goth’ movement will be targeted next.
By the Nazi ‘Brown Shirts’ of our day.
Don’t forget the pink shirts for the gay and lesbian movement. (and no I’m not one of them. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) lol
I live 3 blks from Christopher Street and “The Stone Wall”, believe me that movement’s color is Lavender. The median strip on Fifth Avenue and the lights on the Empire State Bldg. are changed to Lavender for Gay Pride Day.
Good. I’ll use pink for something else then. lol
I don’t know about pink…
“Pinko Commies”, “The Pink Sheets” (Communist Newspapers)…
Dammit! What about blue? Are we good with blue? If not, I’m just going to go shirtless and write “Death to the NWO” on myself. lol
What next, FBI searching for middle-aged punk rockers’ Black Flag CDs and t-shirts or copies of Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols?
Anarchists should start wearing business suits!
The real anarchists do.
NC: Don’t ever wear blue in certain neighborhoods in L.A., that’s the Crips gang color. Get caught wearing it in a Blood’s gang (red) neighborhood, and they’ll shoot you dead.
I kid you not.
Oh crap, that’s right! I forgot about that. Cop colors. D’oh! FINE! I’ll just write “Death to the NWO” on myself. :-p
It has nothing to do with cops. I’m talking about the other kind of gangs, the ‘street’ gangs, the kind who don’t wear badges.
Well I don’t live in L.A., so I’m not exactly streetsmarts on the street gangs and their stylish colors with no badges that they have there. You’ll have to enlighten me on that sometime. lol
There are certain areas of L.A. that no sane person who didn’t live in those neighborhoods would go into in broad daylight, let alone after dark.
Actually, I take that back, my cousin lived in Pasadena, CA for a couple years, back in the 90′s and also visited the area where Melrose Place was filmed. Anyways, I remember her stressing that same thing that you just said, in that “there are some areas in L.A. that you just don’t go down in even in broad daylight.” So I agree with you there.
Wearing white is safe around the ‘hood or the feds as long as you don’t wear a hooded robe and get mistaken for a Klansman! Also watch the style of clothing if you wear gray or they might think you’re a Neo-Confederate! Avoiding a fashion faux pas in certain neighborhoods and around government agents is such hard work! lol
Do you think these soviet socialist insurgents are all beginning to dress in camouflage so as not to be offensive to the earth? Or do you see an army appearing before your very eyes?
What color uniforms do the U.N. troops wear?
I should probably know this, I guess I haven’t been paying attention lately.