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Description

1. 241 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. "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 practicing secret and illegal 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. Months after a February 1970 protest at Seattle's downtown federal building turned violent, seven SLF leaders were arrested. Michael Abeles, Jeff Dowd, Joe Kelly, Michael Lerner, Roger Lippman, Chip Marshall, and Susan Stern faced federal conspiracy and intent to riot indictments. During their chaotic trial in nearby Tacoma, they received a twelve-day crash course in the real American judicial system. Celebrated Spokane lawyer Carl Maxey and nationally known attorney Michael Tigar led the defense team; the U.S. prosecuting attorney was Stan Pitkin, a young and upcoming Nixon appointee. 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 six defendants, their attorneys, FBI agents, journalists, jurors, the U.S. Marshal, and SLF members, supporters, and critics. She also accessed the trial transcript, appeals briefs and depositions, newspaper and magazine articles, pamphlets, and other ephemera of the times, as well as memoirs and books." -- Publisher's website.

Alternative title

1. Seattle Seven conspiracy story

Subject

1. Boldt, George H. 1903-1984
2. Seattle Seven -- Trials, litigation, etc
3. Seattle Liberation Front (Seattle, Wash.) -- History
4. Trials (Conspiracy) -- Washington (State)
5. Dissenters -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History. -- United States
6. Anti-war demonstrations -- United States -- History
7. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States

Contents

1. What's it all about? -- Part 1: Dissent -- The lay of the land -- Meet the Seattle 8 -- Seattle needs liberating -- TDA: The day after: stop the courts! -- Action and reaction -- Spring into summer -- Gearing up for trial -- Part 2: Trial -- Let the circus begin -- A peerless jury is seated -- Jail them, not us -- The rise and fall of an FBI provocateur -- Calm before the storm -- Mistrial! -- A double dose of contempt -- Part 3: Consequences -- Jailed without bail -- "Free," eventually -- The years after -- Epilogue: the harmony of dissonance.

Call number

1. JFE 18-3012

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Bakke, Kit, author.

Title

1. Protest on trial : The Seattle 7 Conspiracy / Kit Bakke.

Publisher

1. Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2018]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2017047617

ISBN

1. 9780874223569 paperback
2. 0874223563 paperback

Research call number

1. JFE 18-3012