We stand with those calling for the charges against the African People’s Socialist
Party and Uhuru Movement members to be dropped. The indictments from a grand
jury are a serious blow at constitutional protections, using trumped-up charges of
being “foreign agents.” This pretext has been used by the government for decades
to go after militant workers, Black rights fighters, the Socialist Workers Party and
others. It is being used again as a Democrat-led campaign against constitutional
rights is stepped up, including targeting opponents of Washington’s policy against
Cuba with FBI visits.

“Foreign agent” laws are a key part of the government’s “national security” arsenal
— a direct attack on First Amendment protections. If any of your political
positions are similar to some other country’s government you’re fair game to be
spied on, disrupted and prosecuted.

We also know that whenever one ruling-class party attempts to criminalize its
differences with the other, their assaults batter constitutional protections and
inevitably come back on the working class. Defending constitutional freedoms
against government assault remains central to advancing the common struggles of
workers and the oppressed. Drop the charges against the APSP!