Jim Fennerty
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Jim Fennerty is based in Chicago and is a member of the National Lawyers Guild.
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Richard Criley Memorial
In 2000, Jim Fennerty served on the welcoming committee for the Chicago Memorial Service for Richard Criley, a long-time activist with the Communist Party USA and a leader of the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights.[1]
National Lawyers Guild
As at November 03, 2006, Fennerty was a member of the National Lawyers Guild.[2]
September 24, 2010 FBI Raids
Fennerty is working as an attorney for the activists under investigation following the September 24, 2010 FBI Raids.[3]
Sept. 27 outside Chicago FBI HQ
On September 27, an estimated "four hundred people gathered in front of Chicago FBI headquarters on Monday, September 27, to protest last Friday’s outrageous raids and attacks by FBI agents against anti-war and Solidarity movement supporters in Minneapolis, Chicago and other cities." Speakers at the protest included:[4]
- Jim Fennerty, National Lawyers Guild (the attorney representing Hatem Abudayyeh)
- Stephanie Weiner and husband Joe Iosbaker
- Stan Willis, National Conference of Black Lawyers, Black People Against Police Torture
- Ahmed Rehab, executive director, Council on American-Islamic Relations (Chicago)
- Jorge Mujica, leading immigration rights activist
- Andy Thayer, Gay Liberation Network, leading Chicago anti-war activist
- and speakers from American Muslims for Palestine, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (Chicago)
References
- ↑ Memoriam Service Program, 2000
- ↑ Democracy Now website: One Day After Surrender, AWOL Iraq War Resister Flees Again; Says Military Reneged on Deal to Turn Himself In, Nov. 3, 2006 (accessed on Oct. 6, 2010)
- ↑ Committee to Stop FBI Repression website: ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS: “WE HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO A GRAND JURY”, Oct. 5, 2010 (accessed on Oct. 6, 2010)
- ↑ Revolutionary Communist Party USA: Snapshot of rally in support of anti-war/Solidarity activists in Chicago, September 30, 2010 (accessed on Oct. 6, 2010)
