Fwd: [CAE_Defense] Digest Number 138

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> Dear supporters,
>
> Thanks to your continued support of Steve Kurtz and
> Robert Ferrell's case, Critical Art Ensemble's new
> film, MARCHING PLAGUE, will premiere at the Newcastle
> Film Festival and Whitney Biennial in March, and the
> companion book (Marching Plague: Germ Warfare and
> Global Public Health) is also due out from Autonomedia
> in March:
>
> http://www.artscatalyst.org/projects/biotech/caeplague.html
> http://www.critical-art.net/biotech/marching/index.html
> http://www.whitney.org/www/exhibition/biennial_release.jsp
>
> As you may know, this is the project the FBI tried to
> censor by seizing - and vowing never to return - all
> the relevant files, notes, books, computers, art
> materials, and book manuscript during their raid on
> Steve's home (even though their own tests showed that
> there was nothing dangerous there). So the research
> had to be entirely reconstructed.
>
> The film is therefore premiering a year later than it
> would have, but it joins with many other voices as
> proof that people won't be intimidated by this
> proto-fascist administration and will continue to
> resist its policies.
>
> However, without the worldwide outcry of people like
> you who have expressed outrage, sent encouragement,
> raised funds to cover the legal bills, and created the
> media surrounding the case, Steve would probably be in
> jail awaiting trial instead of out in the world
> continuing to work with CAE.
>
> Steve and Bob still face a possible sentence of 20
> years in prison, but your continued support will make
> it possible for us to win the case and help others in
> similar situations.
>
> Thank you again.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Lucia Sommer