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Another Anarchist Will Be Jailed December 26th for Resisting Grand Jury

by Will Potter on December 20, 2012
in Terrorism Court Cases
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On the day after Christmas, it is likely that another anarchist will be imprisoned for refusing to talk about their political beliefs and their friends before a federal grand jury in Seattle.
Maddy Pfeiffer, 23, appeared at a contempt hearing last week and was ordered by Judge Jones to self-surrender to SeaTac FDC at 9 a.m. on December 26th. Pfeiffer had previously appeared before the grand jury and asserted 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights in response to every question asked.
Pfeiffer will join two other young anarchists who are currently imprisoned for making the same principled stand, refusing to talk about their political activism and refusing to help the government identify leftists and protesters in th Northwest.[As background: "3 People Now in Jail for Refusing to Talk About Other Anarchists"]. It’s possible that they will remain imprisoned for the full term of the grand jury, until March of 2014.
The grand jury appears to be investigating vandalism in Seattle during the May Day protests. But Lauren Regan, an attorney with the Civil Liberties Defense Center, learned that the grand jury was empaneled March 2, 2012 — before the May Day protests even took place. Activists, civil liberties advocates, and journalists have expressed concern that the grand jury is being used for social mapping of anarchists and leftists.
Using grand juries to harass, surveil, and disrupt social movements is nothing new. Robert Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, noted how grand juries have been used during the Red Scare, through the 1960s, and today:
Grand juries have been used as instruments of political repression for decades. My parents, some family members, and their friends were hauled before a grand jury in 1950. Some, cooperated, pointed the finger at others and even helped send my parents to their deaths with their testimony. They received reduced sentences or no prison time. Those who did not cooperate, but were not indicted, were harassed by the prosecuting authorities for many years afterwards. Those the grand jury indicted, who were then tried and convicted, went to prison or were killed.
While the stated purpose of the grand jury was to expose criminal behavior, it also served to sow anxiety and distrust throughout the community of activists who had any connection to my parents, as well as to spread fear among the broader progressive community. Grand juries stifle activism and dissent in this manner.​
In the face of this, anarchists in the Northwest have received international support from diverse social movements. Hundreds of supporters called and emailed District Judge Richard A Jones during a day of action. Teach-ins have taken place around the country. Benefit concerts have helped defray legal costs. “Anon-ops” activists disrupted the district attorney’s office.
Pfeiffer, Katherine Olejnik, and Matt Duran say they have drawn inspiration and strength from that outpouring of support. The Stranger’s Brendan Kiley interviewed Olejnik and Duran in jail, and reports:
They haven’t been accused of a crime. They haven’t even been arrested for a crime. They’re here because they refused to answer questions for a federal prosecutor, in front of a grand jury, about people they may (or may not) know: who those people are, who those people hang out with, and what political opinions those people hold…
How, I ask Duran, would you explain why you’re here to people on the outside?
“Not everyone will understand,” Duran says in a soft voice. “You have to be in a different state of mind to be willing to go to jail to protect someone you basically have no knowledge of.” He talks about his years as a young student in the Army ROTC, when veterans would come and talk about serving their country because they felt a sense of duty. Not answering questions about other people, he says, “is the duty I can perform.”​
What can you do?
Time in jail can feel especially dark during the holidays. (Kiley’s article, above, captures this well, and I hope you will read it). Now would be a great time to write a letter to those imprisoned:
Matthew Kyle Duran #42565-086
FDC SeaTac,
P.O. Box 13900
Seattle, WA 98198
Katherine Olejnik #42592-086
FDC SeaTac,
P.O. Box 13900
Seattle, WA 98198​
 
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Land of the Free?! We're back to McCarthyism. I thought we had free speech in this country? Under the NDAA they're terrorists. What a joke.
 

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Aren't those protesters imposing their will on others in a non initiated fashion? By destroying random peoples property you violate the precepts of anarchy, the idea there should be no rulers; by destroying random peoples property you are essentially attempting to rule them and take charge of their property.

This article is just Glittering generalities, emotionally appealing words that are applied to a product or idea, but present no concrete argument or analysis, this whole thing is media brainwashing with agent provocateurs.


Lol at "Leftists" who don't realize their ideology can not be called "anarchism".
Anarchy in full bloom is absence of all governments world wide...
the problem is the fact that people often demand much more to sell an object than they would be willing to pay to acquire it.

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Land of the Free?! We're back to McCarthyism. I thought we had free speech in this country? Under the NDAA they're terrorists. What a joke.


you are experiencing the Endowment effect — "the fact that people often demand much more to sell an object than they would be willing to pay to acquire it"..

Freedom of speech is not the freedom to vandalize
Even tho I find vandalizing to be kinda funny, lets call it what it is.


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you are experiencing the Endowment effect — "the fact that people often demand much more to sell an object than they would be willing to pay to acquire it"..

Freedom of speech is not the freedom to vandalize
Even tho I find vandalizing to be kinda funny, lets call it what it is.


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Bullshit! They are not accused of any criminal activity other than not talking to the grand jury. They didn't vandalize anything. You're a fucking troll!
 
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Bullshit! They are not accused of any criminal activity other than not talking to the grand jury. They didn't vandalize anything. You're a fucking troll!

That's funny cause I never said anything particular about the people in the article other than calling the "article" Glittering generalities and media brainwashing propaganda for all the use full idiots..

All I'm saying is that, the May day protesters are not anarchist
 

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Again.....They didn't destroy anything. Anarchists can be May Day protesters. Yes, i know the media is stupid.

Black bloc (May Day protesters) are not anarchist, they are what I call "Government anarchist shills", meaning they are bureaucratic shills trying to scapegoat our freedoms, they want bigger Governments, (one world Government) and marshal law, Benny, they are anti sovereignty, anti freedom..
It don't take a genus to figure it out...

What I find funny is how weak and cowardly black bloc looks trying to smash those windows. lol





 
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Are you saying all these protesters are government shills? HAHAHAHA............The US government has put us in permanent economic slavery to the big banks through austerity measures. That is what these kids are protesting. The US government is trying to scapegoat our freedoms, they want bigger Government, (one world Government) and marshal law, Amity, they are anti sovereignty, anti freedom..

Your attempt at disinformation is not working troll.
 

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Black bloc (May Day protesters) are not anarchist, they are what I call "Government anarchist shills", meaning they are bureaucratic shills trying to scapegoat our freedoms, they want bigger Governments, (one world Government) and marshal law, Benny, they are anti sovereignty, anti freedom..
It don't take a genus to figure it out...


I think it may take a genius to figure it out, as you're not really saying anything here, building an argument or generally making sense.

"Bureaucratic shills trying to scapegoat our freedoms" - what does that even mean?

How do they want bigger governments or marshall law? And how are they anti-sovereignty or anti-freedom?

And, black bloc is a tactic - not a group.

I wish you'd elaborate on your seemingly meaningless statements....
 
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amity is the same right wing psycho that has been spamming the board lately with troll posts and like 30 plus accounts. He will never provide a rational argument for his views. Like most children he will go away if you ignore him long enough.

Banned for creating multiple accounts.
 
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amity is the same right wing psycho that has been spamming the board lately with troll posts and like 30 plus accounts. He will never provide a rational argument for his views. Like most children he will go away if you ignore him long enough.

Banned for creating multiple accounts.

Ha, amity seemed troll-like.
 

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i have to interject here... black bloc tactics are bad... they are sabotuers and personally I believe they are pshy-ops utilizingn legitimate protests and causes to attempt to ignite pandamoneum out of protest... black blocs emerge worldwide, hell they are even in egypt now fueling both sides.... think of them as political arms dealers, they do not care about who is right or wrong, only who causes the most chaos... blac black tactics undermine freedom by helping the government to crack down on protests that may have been making a difference. one thing is certain, the government is bigger now than ever before. thanks to bush and obama and their handlers we do live in a police state... a growing police state that will be world wide.... and think about this, leftists believe in ultimate fredom, as do i, a right winger.... but before you go ballistic on me, please hear me out.... left and right are about ideoligies, moralities, and the search for freedom, but through 2 different means.... i do not believe leftists truly want bigger government anymore than i believe right wingers are fascists. if this was iltaly and germany in the 30s and 40s then maybe.... but think about that for a second... mussolini was a right wing fascist and hitler was a left wing socialist! yet both believe in total government and military domination and rule.... here is what we have in common here, we seek to destroy government and military dominance... therefore we are the same, yet we are different because of our ideologies and beliefs on public morality etc.... but underneath it all we are kindred spirits seeking the same thing... i was born a free man. being an american did not make me free. i only lose my freedom when i concede that the government owns me and i must follow it. one might say i am living in an illusion of freedom. maybe i am.... but even a wolf doesnt know he is a wild animal untill you cage him... then he begins to long for the woods, and the deer, and the moon.... until he was caged, he was free enough to not have to long for it.... and that is where we stand today... people are fighting, left or right, or progressive, because they long for something..... they long for freedom... i don't know if i believe in the order out of chaos argument or not, but i do know this, we are fighting for the same thing, we just see the means of doing so differently... the left seeks laws to make everything and everyone equal through government intervention, and the right sees the government as harmful and the more laws they make for equality only draws lines of seperation and widens the gulf.... let me sum it up.... i am free because i say i am, but others are free because the government says they are... ( i know i rambled quite a bit there and i do apologize for it... please know that i am not against any of you. i love this forum and the people in it. i am not a shill or troll, just a man who seeks and shares knowledge. so if i have offended anyone, that was not my intention and i do apologize. but i am me...)
 

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Are you saying all these protesters are government shills? HAHAHAHA............The US government has put us in permanent economic slavery to the big banks through austerity measures. That is what these kids are protesting. The US government is trying to scapegoat our freedoms, they want bigger Government, (one world Government) and marshal law, Amity, they are anti sovereignty, anti freedom..

Your attempt at disinformation is not working troll.

Well, in case You haven't yet realized. They are "all" one in the same, isn't it obvious, this is how "centralization" (one world Government/bank) will be achieved; through media hype, useful idiots rioting and smashing worthless objects like random peoples cars and windows; wars and rumors of wars, its only going to escalate.
Benny, all of the above are anti sovereignty, anti freedom. They are all in bed together.
Your attempt at disinformation is not working.



amity is the same right wing psycho that has been spamming the board lately with troll posts and like 30 plus accounts. He will never provide a rational argument for his views. Like most children he will go away if you ignore him long enough.


humm I see, can you at least try to "rational" from outside the "left vs right" paradigm? It's quite easy..


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Well, in case You haven't yet realized. They are "all" one in the same, isn't it obvious, this is how "centralization" (one world Government/bank) will be achieved; through media hype, useful idiots rioting and smashing worthless objects like random peoples cars and windows; its only going to escalate.
Benny, all of the above are anti sovereignty, anti freedom. They are all in bed together.
Your attempt at disinformation is not working.



humm I see, can you at least try to "rational" from outside the "left vs right" paradigm? It's quite easy..

1)They've already made the switch to the one world government.
2)Might you mean rationalize?



I don't know if this guy (hello).is trying to prove a point of agent provacteurs or what.

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but if you're right, "they" will FAIL !
Inevitably.

Before you edited your post you mentioned how the worlds puppet government(s) (which all answer to the same entities, IMO) WERE failing which is an opinion I don't agree with.
In the interest of thoroughness, might you enlighten me as to how the people of the world are winning?
Because I don't see it.
 

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wow... the people of the world are winning??? man oh man.... the people of the world are slaves to society itself! society driven by a religious monetary establishment that has created promissary note called birth certificates and employee numbers called social security.... in other countries they might be named different but its the same concept! people "own" lands they did not create, merely took control of, bought and sold with blood money and guillotines on the backs of a peasantry who thinks that freedom is making enough to pay someone else fornthe right to have a roof over their head, earned from a job that pays the worker a half a cent for every $10000 the corp makes! these same people look down on those of us that choose real freedom, say fuck your land, to hell with your foof, i was born free and i will live free! they make vagrancy laws to stop us, tennant laws to trap us, andnempower the local policemwith military capabilities because legally they cant use the established "soveriegn" standing army! nation after nation, person after person, they dictate that if you do not subscribe to their society then YOU DONT BELONG IN SOCIETY! Society is dictated bynthe masses, controlled by the media, funded by elitist financial stablishments that came from stolen money by Sun Trust, Brown and Harriman, and others, orchestrated by the so called men who built America, governed by hand picked puppets and charismatic leaders appointed by a tiny group of individuals, and maintained by the 90$ of "society" that does what it is told, and all for what amounts to a god damned peanut butter sandwich!!! society is not winning! and contrarynto popular belief, SOCIETY IS NOT IN CONTROL! A true soveriegn will die for his/her belief that he is a freeman. not free because a million laws on the books make him free, but free because he IS free! free to choose not to abide by the social stigma that the 90% say they must, but instead free to choose their own path, free of a minimum wage job for a $500 billion dollar mcdonalds franchise! free to catch a fuckin fish and cook it over a damn campfire without a game warden running your "papers" and fining you $750 bucks for illegally acquiring a frikkin brook trout without a $20 license ! yeah, society and the worlds people are winning alright... if there is a grand prize for total enslavement, then society as a whole deserves that award! anyways, i am gunna have to get off this thread i see... to emotional for me. and as i said, i like this place... i like this people.... a group that i feel has a chance at making a difference in how free people can be, and teach others that unplugging from the elitists matrix is not so bad... but thats just mho.....
 
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