(en) US, Anarchist Alliance DC (AADC) Participated in the march for the NATO 5- May 20-2013!

Please check the link below this article and share with others! ---- In the days leading 
up to the Chicago NATO summit in May 2012, five anti-NATO activists were prememptively 
arrested after undercover informants infiltrated the Occupy movement. Co-defendants Brent 
Betterly, Jared Chase, and Brian Church were charged with 11 felonies, some of which were 
brought under the Illinois state terrorism statute. Their attorneys challenged the 
terrorism statute as unconstitutional on its face and as applied to this case, but the 
judge denied their motion to dismiss the terrorism charges on March 27, 2013. The NATO 3 
trial is currently scheduled for mid-September 2013. In two separate cases, Sebastian 
Senakiewicz was charged with falsely making a terrorist threat and took a non-cooperating 
plea deal in November 2012.

Mark Neiweem ws charged with soliciting materials for an explosive device and probation 
violation. He took a non-cooperating plea deal in April 2013 and was sentenced to 3 years 
in prison. All 5 defendants remain incarcerated.

These cases are linked by a common thread?undercover Chicago police officers who targeted 
and entrapped the activists because of their politics. They are also part of a broader 
pattern of state repression against political activists, in which charging activists as 
terrorists is one of many strategies being used to silence dissent and dismantle activist 
communities. Other recent cases in which activists have been targeted include the 
Cleveland 4, the Green Scare cases, and the Pacific Northwest Grand Jury resisters.

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Our International Week of Solidarity with the NATO 5 was a smashing success thanks to all 
of you wonderful people! Thank you! This week helped us make tremendous progress on our 
goal of raising $30k for the NATO 3?s legal costs, but more help is needed. Please donate 
today!

In the days leading up to the Chicago NATO summit in May 2012, five anti-NATO activists 
were prememptively arrested after undercover informants infiltrated the Occupy movement. 
Co-defendants Brent Betterly, Jared Chase, and Brian Church were charged with 11 felonies, 
some of which were brought under the Illinois state terrorism statute. Their attorneys 
challenged the terrorism statute as unconstitutional on its face and as applied to this 
case, but the judge denied their motion to dismiss the terrorism charges on March 27, 
2013. The NATO 3 trial is currently scheduled for mid-September 2013. In two separate 
cases, Sebastian Senakiewicz was charged with falsely making a terrorist threat and took a 
non-cooperating plea deal in November 2012. Mark Neiweem ws charged with soliciting 
materials for an explosive device and probation violation. He took a non-cooperating plea 
deal in April 2013 and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. All 5 defendants remain 
incarcerated.

These cases are linked by a common thread?undercover Chicago police officers who targeted 
and entrapped the activists because of their politics. They are also part of a broader 
pattern of state repression against political activists, in which charging activists as 
terrorists is one of many strategies being used to silence dissent and dismantle activist 
communities. Other recent cases in which activists have been targeted include the 
Cleveland 4, the Green Scare cases, and the Pacific Northwest Grand Jury resisters.

More information about the defendants and their cases can be found by navigating through 
the links at the top of the website. You can also donate to the support fund through the 
link at the top right of each page, as donations are urgently needed for legal and 
prisoner support needs. To keep up-to-date, sign up for our announcements listserv (see 
the sidebar at the right), find us on Facebook at Free the NATO 5!, and follow us on 
Twitter @FreeNATO5.

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