{"id":2275,"date":"2019-02-10T17:36:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T17:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cwgusa.org\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2019-02-10T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T17:38:00","slug":"fbi-cops-and-prosecutors-target-anti-fascist-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cwgusa.org\/?p=2275","title":{"rendered":"FBI, Cops and Prosecutors Target Anti-Fascist Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In actions reminiscent of COINTELPRO, which was the principal U.S. government campaign to disrupt and murder the Black Panthers, the FBI has started an investigation of By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) under the guise of \u201cdomestic terrorism.\u201d \u00a0A 46 page, heavily redacted report revealed that the FBI was conducting a surveillance campaign. As reported by the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/feb\/01\/sacramento-rally-fbi-kkk-domestic-terrorism-california\"> <i>Guardian<\/i><\/a>, the surveillance revealed that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/fbi\"> FBI<\/a> investigated Bamn for potential \u201cconspiracy\u201d against the \u201crights\u201d of the \u201cKu Klux Klan\u201d and white supremacists.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The FBI considered the KKK as victims and the leftist protesters as potential terror threats, and downplayed the threats of the Klan, writing: \u201cThe KKK consisted of members that some perceived to be supportive of a white supremacist agenda.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The FBI\u2019s monitoring included in-person surveillance, and the agency cited Bamn\u2019s advocacy against \u201crape and sexual assault\u201d and \u201cpolice brutality\u201d as evidence in the terrorism inquiry.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The targeting of BAMN and other left activists followed the stabbing of seven anti-fascists, including one BAMN supporter, who were protesting a white supremacist rally in Sacramento in June of 2016. \u00a0Instead of focusing on racist, fascist neo-Nazi violence and terror, the FBI goes after those who fight to stop these forces from mobilizing for their genocidal program. None of the white supremacists faced charges and instead, it was the anti-fascists who faced prosecution. \u00a0In another <i>Guardian<\/i> article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/09\/california-police-white-supremacists-counter-protest\">California police worked with neo-Nazis to pursue &#8216;anti-racist&#8217; activists, documents show<\/a>\u201d, reported that \u201c<i>California police investigating a violent white nationalist event worked with white supremacists in an effort to identify counter-protesters and sought the prosecution of activists with \u201canti-racist\u201d beliefs, court documents show.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The records, which also showed officers expressing sympathy with white supremacists and trying to protect a neo-Nazi organizer\u2019s identity, were included in a court briefing from three anti-fascist activists who were charged with felonies after protesting at a Sacramento rally.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<b><i>Cops and Klan go hand-in-hand!<\/i><\/b>\u201d is not just a slogan, but very much a social reality. \u00a0The capitalist state is the enemy of the working class and oppressed. \u00a0And while they will at times when they are not needed, suppress or stand neutral towards the fascists; the KKK, neo-Nazis and other white supremacists, they will always keep them in the wings as a force to crush social dissent and workers struggles.<\/p>\n<p>Facing charges are Berkeley teacher Yvette Felarca and two indigenous activists, Michael Williams and Porfirio Paz. \u00a0Felarca is facing a felony assault charge. We say: <b>Hands off all anti-fascists protesters! \u00a0Drop all charges now!<\/b> \u00a0<b>Down with FBI COINTELPRO-type targeting of the left! <\/b><b>We call for international mass protests and labor-centered actions to defend all anti-fascists! \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>No platform for fascists! Form up labor, black and brown self-defense guards! \u00a0For mass labor, black and brown mobilizations to sweep the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists from the streets!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Communist Workers Group (CWG-USA)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In actions reminiscent of COINTELPRO, which was the principal U.S. government campaign to disrupt and murder the Black Panthers, the FBI has started an investigation of By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) under the guise of \u201cdomestic terrorism.\u201d \u00a0A 46 page, heavily redacted report revealed that the FBI was conducting a surveillance campaign. 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