Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 00:38:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Another Brick at the Gap <satellitecrash-AT-yahoo.com> Subject: AUT: People remaining in Genoa jails STILL need our help!!!!! --0-1594686976-997688290=:27236 Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ --0-1594686976-997688290=:27236 X-Apparently-To: satellitecrash-AT-yahoo.com via web11201; 11 Aug 2001 11:52:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Track: 29: 40 Received: from n10.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.60) by mta404.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Aug 2001 11:52:31 -0700 (PDT) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-2701769-142-997555933-satellitecrash=yahoo.com-AT-returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by ej.egroups.com with NNFMP; 11 Aug 2001 18:52:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 2247 invoked by uid 7800); 11 Aug 2001 18:52:12 -0000 X-Sender: CESTPODGE-AT-aol.com X-Apparently-To: a22buffalo-AT-onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 11 Aug 2001 18:45:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 376 invoked from network); 11 Aug 2001 18:45:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 11 Aug 2001 18:45:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m06.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.161) by mta1 with SMTP; 11 Aug 2001 18:45:02 -0000 Received: from CESTPODGE-AT-aol.com by imo-m06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31.9.) id h.129.2d28b65 (4319); Sat, 11 Aug 2001 14:44:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <129.2d28b65.28a6d72a-AT-aol.com> To: weekagainstwto-AT-onelist.com, a22buffalo-AT-yahoogroups.com, seac-region15-AT-seac.org, starcgrassroots-AT-egroups.com, dti-discuss-AT-envirolink.org, ftaa-l-AT-lists.tao.ca, ftaacollab-AT-yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 29 From: cestpodge-AT-aol.com X-eGroups-Approved-By: CESTPODGE-AT-aol.com via email; 11 Aug 2001 18:52:12 -0000 Mailing-List: list a22buffalo-AT-yahoogroups.com; contact a22buffalo-owner-AT-yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list a22buffalo-AT-yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:a22buffalo-unsubscribe-AT-yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 14:44:58 EDT Reply-To: a22buffalo-AT-yahoogroups.com Subject: [a22buffalo] People remaining in Genoa jails STILL need our help!!!!! boundary="5TIWM9UTqJUixuM52wr23Hn7Cmiw9QkAVbumF96" Content-Length: 8565 --5TIWM9UTqJUixuM52wr23Hn7Cmiw9QkAVbumF96 >(Please Distribute Widely!) > >What: Phone & Fax Blast to the White House & Italian >Embassy in Washington, D.C. (contact information below) >When: Friday, August 10th >Time: All Day! >Why: Action NOW is needed to influence the legal >hearing of jailed activists on Monday, August 13th > >New Jersey Activist Susanna Thomas and >PublixTheatre Caravan Remain Jailed in Italy >Following G8 Demonstrations! > >Support Urgently Needed! > >On July 22nd, 25 members of the PublixTheatre Caravan >were arrested and brutalized approximately 25 km from >Genoa, while attempting to leave Italy following the >G8 protests. The Caravan included individuals from >Austria, U.S., Slovakia, Germany, Australia and >Sweden. Bryn Mawr Student and New Jersey activist >Susanna Thomas and a male activist living in the >SF/Bay Area are among the three U.S. citizens detained >with the group. > >The Caravan now faces multiple charges, including >Membership in a Criminal Organization (they are being >scapegoated as alleged 'black bloc leaders') and >Destruction/Looting. Police evidence is limited to >black t-shirts and theater props. The activists will >remain incarcerated until their hearing on August 13, >and will potentially spend six months in pre-trial >detention before the case is decided. The charges >could carry prison sentences of up to 15 years. > >Susanna Thomas is a 21-year-old activist from Warren, >New Jersey who, after studying in Paris, was covering >PublixTheatre Caravan for the Austrian Independent >Media Center and working as a translator with the Genoa >Social Forum. Police 'evidence' against her is confined to >her possession of two pen knives and a black bra. A >committed Quaker, Susanna has long been involved in America >as a journalist and artist for social change. Her parents >are referring to her arrest and imprionsment as "a >horrible accident." > >PublixTheatre Caravan, which uses artistic performance >as political expression, is part of the European >Noborder Network. They stand for the abolition of >internment and deportation worldwide, as well as a >world without borders and nations. They had spent the >summer traveling throughout Europe, staging >performances and learning about the effects of borders >upon local communities. They were headed to the >Noborder camp in Frankfurt prior to the arrest. > >Please help support Susanna Thomas and the >PublixTheatre Caravan (as well as the 26 other >individuals who also remain jailed in Italy)! >On Friday, August 10th, participate in a massive >campaign of phone calls and faxes to the White >House and the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC. > >1) Demand that the U.S. government call for the >Caravan's immediate release and condemn the Italian >authorities for the illegal detention and brutal >treatment of activists. > >WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD SWITCHBOARD: >(202) 456-1414 > >WHITE HOUSE FAXLINE: >(202) 456-2461 > >2) Urge the Italian Embassy to end the scapegoating of >the Caravan and to drop all charges against the G8 >political prisoners. > >ITALIAN EMBASSY PHONE: >(202) 612-4400 > >ITALIAN EMBASSY FAX: >(202) 518-2154 > >For more information (including background information >and other ways to assist) visit: >http://www.no-racism.net/nobordertour/index_uk.html > >Also, for continuing updates on the situation, visit: >http://www.indymedia.org >http://www.italia.indymedia.org >http://www.austria.indymedia.org >For details about the imprisonment of Susanna Thomas, visit: >http://www.newjersey.indymedia.org > --5TIWM9UTqJUixuM52wr23Hn7Cmiw9QkAVbumF96
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