Protest on Trial

The Seattle 7 Conspiracy
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-87422-356-9
Verlag: Washington State University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

The Seattle 7 embodied late 1960s counterculture--young, idealistic, active organizers against racism and the Vietnam War, and fond of long hair, rock'n'roll, sex, drugs, and parties. In January 1970 they founded the Seattle Liberation Front (SLF). Nationally, the FBI was using tactics such as wiretapping, warrantless break-ins, and the placing of informers and provocateurs to destroy organizations like the SLF. But in Seattle, it went a step further.After a protest at Seattle's downtown federal building turned violent, seven SLF leaders--Michael Abeles, Jeff Dowd, Joe Kelly, Michael Lerner, Roger Lippman, Chip Marshall, and Susan Stern--faced federal conspiracy and intent to riot indictments. Their chaotic trial became a crash course in the real American judicial system. Carl Maxey and Michael Tigar led the defense team; the U.S. prosecuting attorney was Stan Pitkin. When Pitkin's key witness faltered and the government's case appeared doomed, the presiding judge issued a surprise ruling to end the trial and send the defendants to prison.For this solidly researched oral history, the author conducted dozens of interviews with defendants, attorneys, FBI agents, jurors, and others. She also accessed the trial transcript, appeals briefs and depositions, media articles, books, and more.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: What's it All About?Part 1: Dissent1. The Lay of the Land
2. Meet the Seattle 8
3. Seattle Needs Liberating
4. The Day After (TDA): Stop the Courts!
5. Action and Reaction
6. Spring into Summer
7. Gearing up for TrialPart 2: Trial8. Let the Circus Begin
9. A Peerless Jury is Seated
10. Jail Them, Not Us
11. The Rise and Fall of an FBI Provocateur
12. Calm Before the Storm
13. Mistrial!
14. A Double Dose of ContemptPart 3: Consequences15. Jailed Without Bail
16. "Free," Eventually
17. The Years AfterEpilogue: The Harmony of Dissonance
Author's Note
End Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kit Bakke strongly believes that the freedom to organize and protest are crucial to the American democracy. Bakke was active in Students for a Democratic Society and later Weatherman, participating in anti-war and anti-capitalism actions around the country. Born and raised in Seattle, she returned to work as a pediatric oncology nurse.