Records
A Guide to the Grand Jury — Kathy Boudin & Brian Glick (Liberation, June 1969)
June 1969 Liberation magazine article on how the grand jury is used to dismantle political movements.
Berkeley Tribe Vol. 6 No. 5 (1971) — Grand Jury Coverage
Issue of Berkeley Tribe (Vol. 6, No. 5, 1971) containing a Tom Miller article on grand juries.
Chicago Guild Update — National Lawyers Guild (February 1985)
NLG Chicago Chapter newsletter (Feb 1985) covering highlights from the 1985 National Lawyers Guild Conference in Atlanta. (Note: cataloged filename references 'criminal justice' but the document is the Chicago Guild Update — Freedom Archives source data has crossed URLs for two records in this collection.)
Comité de California Contra La Represión
Pamphlet with a short history of the Comité de California Contra la Represión and its principles of unity under the slogan 'Repression Breeds Resistance.'
End Grand Jury Repression — Committee Leaflet
Single-leaflet flyer outlining the Committee to Stop Grand Jury Repression, the historical roots and current uses of grand juries, and how to organize against them.
Fight for Justice: Francisco "Kiko" Martínez (CSU Pueblo exhibit panel)
A panel from a Colorado State University Pueblo library exhibit on Chicano-movement attorney Francisco "Kiko" Martínez. Titled "Fight for Justice," it reproduces a September 16, 1983 La Cucaracha article — "Martínez Cleared on Bomb Charges" — reporting U.S. District Judge Frank G. Theis's August 18, 1983 dismissal of the last 1973 bombing counts against him...
Firmes En La No Colaboración (1983)
Spanish-language monograph on the politics of non-collaboration with grand juries, with sections on Albizu Campos and the grand jury.
Free to Protest — Dissent, Prophetic Ministry and the Bill of Rights (August 1985)
Pamphlet covering the history of political repression, new repression, legislative/executive acts, grand juries, prosecutors and agents, the Bill of Rights, and FBI visits.
Grand Jury and FBI Activities
Reproduction of a report on nationwide grand juries and their activities.
If an Agent Knocks — Federal Investigators and Your Rights (March 1985)
March 1985 Center for Constitutional Rights pamphlet with frequently asked questions about the FBI and your rights when approached by federal investigators.
Letter to 'Friends' — Committee to End Grand Jury Repression
Correspondence informing Bay Area progressive groups of developments in the Special Federal Grand Jury convened to investigate the SLA.
National Peoples Moratorium 1979 — Against Police, INS, BIA Crimes and Grand Jury / FBI Repression
Bilingual (English/Spanish) 1979 flyer for a conference to discuss and organize against government repression of social movements.
National Rally to Support Francisco "Kiko" Martínez — defense materials (1981)
A nine-page compilation of materials supporting Chicano-movement attorney Francisco "Kiko" Martínez, assembled around the National Rally held in Pueblo, Colorado on January 24, 1981 — three days before the first of the federal trials charging him with mailing explosives in 1973. It gathers the rally flyers in English and Spanish, the Rally Committee's Januar...
Non-Collaboration — The Only Answer to Political Investigations (1985)
Statements from JBAKC-connected grand-jury resisters refusing to cooperate with the federal probe into the 1983 Capitol / War College / Navy Officers Club / Navy computer bombings claimed by the Armed Resistance Unit and Red Guerrilla Resistance. Includes a Terry Bisson poem.
Organizational Rights — Tips on Surveillance and Security
Factsheet on counteracting government surveillance of progressive organizations.
Our Constitutional Rights — Statement to SF Grand Jury (Clayton Van Lydegraf, 1973)
Reproduction of Clayton Van Lydegraf's statement before a San Francisco grand jury in January-February 1973.
Police Repression — N.Y. Committee Against Repression (1978)
Monograph on police murders and police/FBI alliances against oppressed communities, framing repression as the U.S. government's answer to the just struggle of oppressed people.
Repression in the Land of the Free
Documents exposing and resisting U.S. government attacks on domestic and international progressive and revolutionary movements.
Statement of Shelley Miller to the Grand Jury (February 2, 1983)
Shelley Miller's statement refusing to testify before a grand jury, framed as a defense of the Puerto Rican nation's right to fight U.S. imperialism.
The FBI Is in Town — Don't Talk (National Lawyers Guild)
Pamphlet informing people of their right not to talk to the FBI: tricks to watch for, how to refuse, and what to do if agents visit friends.
The FBI Story — Woodstock Times No. 41 (October 14, 1976)
Reproduction of an article on the FBI from the October 14, 1976 issue of the Woodstock Times.
The New State Repression — Ken Lawrence (1985)
Analyzes political repression in three forms: police brutality, vigilantism, and secret police. Covers the strategy of permanent repression, Frank Kitson's counterinsurgency theory, and Louis Giuffrida under Reagan.
The Political Grand Jury — An Instrument of Repression
Pamphlet with background information on how a grand jury works, the political grand jury, non-collaboration, and what readers can do.
The Political Repression of a Chicano Movement Activist: The Plight of Francisco E. "Kiko" Martínez
An academic conference paper by James Barrera (South Texas College) examining the decades-long political repression and federal prosecution of Chicano movement attorney and activist Francisco E. "Kiko" Martínez, presented in the NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings. Open-access via SJSU ScholarWorks / the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies A...
Your Rights and the Grand Jury
Pamphlet covering grand juries, fighting subpoenas, preparing for the grand jury, refusing to testify, and mounting an offensive campaign.