From: Andrew Johnson
Date: 2006-07-05 20:55:02
I received this message, whose contents are essentially verified by the news story below. From: evolve@1919hemphill…. To: 1919@worldunrest.org Subject: [1919] The Rainbow Family under attack – Homeland Security in their prime! Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:48:23 -0500 Please take the time to read this and do your part to help. Details are at the bottom on how to help. Summary: Since 1972 people from all over the US and the world make a trek to the National Forests for something called “The Gathering Of The Tribes” to express activism mixed with alternative spiritual practices and prayer. The Bush Administration has spent millions of dollars trying to stop the Rainbow Gatherings. 500 people who have been issued citations, are then being herded into “trials” like none anyone has seen before in America. These pseudo trials are likely prototypes for what Homeland Security will use in the cases of insurrection or even a plague. Defendants inexplicably lose the right to a public hearing (this year these hearings are being held behind closed doors in a firehouse garage near the site.) Attorneys and legal observers have been denied the right to even view these trials. The defendants are not explained their rights nor afforded the right to an attorney, the right to summon witnesses, the right to a jury trial, even fresh water! We must understand that if these citizens lose their constitutional right to gather, we all lose such rights. This year the Rainbow Gathering is being used to set precedents that will be turned against drug policy, civil liberty, anti-war or other activists in the near future. Phone Numbers and A list Of Actions You Can Take Are listed at the end of the full story posted below and marked with **asterisks*We m Original Post From: ————————
