Bulletin N° 365

Subject: URGENT: PLEASE PROTEST THE ILLEGAL ARREST OF AMERICAN JOURNALIST AMY GOODMAN, MONDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER, AT THE RNC IN St. PAUL, MINNESOTA.



2 September 2008
Grenoble, France

Dear Colleagues and Friends of CEIMSA,
Below is a copy of my letter to Mr. Mike Burke, at Democracy Now! inquiring about the illegal arrest of Amy Goodman yesterday, shortly before noon, at the Republican National Convention.

Link to a YOUTUBE video of her arrest by Saint Paul, Minnesota police :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ

We at CEIMSA encourage readers to write immediately to Mike Burke at: mike@democracynow.org to express solidarity with the arrested journalists.

Sincerely,
Francis McCollum Feeley
Professor of American Studies
Director of Research
Universit Stendhal Grenoble 3
http://www.ceimsa.org/

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Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:24:31 +0200
To: mike@democracynow.org
From: Francis FEELEY <francis.feeley@u-grenoble3.fr>
Subject: Request for information.

Dear Mike Burke,
Could you please tell me if there is anything I can do to help secure Amy Goodman's freedom and her rights to continue her coverage of the Republican National Convention unaccosted by the police or anyone else?
Thank you,
Francis Feeley

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Francis McCollum Feeley
Professor of American Studies/
Director of Research
Universit de Grenoble-3
Grenoble, France
http://www.ceimsa.org/