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| From : | Geoff Carens <geoff.carens@gmail.com> |
| Sender : | bmdc-request@lists.riseup.net |
| Subject : | [bmdc-wg] EMERGENCY SOLIDARITY NEEDED! PACK THE COURT! EMAIL/PHONE ZAP |
| To : | act-ma@act-ma.org, Boston GMB list < Bostgmb-l@lists.iww.org>, iww-list@lists.iww.org |
| Reply To : | Geoff Carens <geoff.carens@gmail.com> |
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Dear All, On November 14, IWW member Jason Freedman was attacked, punched, grabbed by the throat, thrown on the trunk of a car and then on the ground by the Cambridge Police as he participated in a legal and peaceful picket of Insomnia Cookies*. Jason was also arrested & faces charges including assaulting a cop, although the only assault that took place was by the police on Jason. Please come show your support at a court appearance Jason has to make, tomorrow, Tuesday February 11, at 9 am, Cambridge District Court, 4040 Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford, a ten minute walk from the Wellington MBTA stop on the Orange Line.
The Cambridge Police carried out a completely unjustified attack on Jason, on civil liberties, labor rights and free speech. It was provoked (and lent legitimacy in the eyes of the cops) by a false report from the company that picketers were obstructing the sidewalk in front of the store. Please email Henrietta Davis, Mayor of Cambridge, at mayor@cambridgema.gov, and call Mayor Davis at 617-349-4321. Sample message: "I am appalled that union member Jason Freedman was attacked, arrested and now faces charges based on his attendance at a peaceful and legal picket! I urge you to use your influence to see that the charges against Jason are dropped immediately." The Facebook event is here.
Geoff for the Industrial Workers of the World
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