The ANSWER Coalition is circulating the following message from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and The Center for Protest Law and Litigation. Congress is expected to vote imminently on legislation that would give the government the power to destroy non-profits that speak out against the genocide of Palestinians. Click here to contact the Congressional representative in your area and demand they vote no on HR 9495.

Tell Congress to Vote No on H.R. 9495 - this proposed law will grant President-Elect Donald Trump the extraordinary ability to target non-profits and strip them of tax-exempt status without evidence or due process. This is a dangerous weapon that will be immediately used to attack those challenging the ongoing US-backed genocide in Gaza. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is calling on all those who care about free speech and the right to dissent to take immediate action to contact Congress and demand that they oppose this outrageous bill and protect the First Amendment.

“We know that, straight-away, this will be used to revoke the tax-exempt status of lawful non-profit organizations who speak out on issues related to Palestine, who oppose the genocidal slaughter of tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza, their forced ethnic displacement, and the use of starvation as a weapon of war. They will first target groups who protest against the US support of the genocidal war against Palestinians. They will not stop there,” warned Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and its project The Center for Protest Law & Litigation.

“This law will be used to widely target those who dissent, those who protest and organize mass opposition and stand up for fundamental principles of justice. This law will be used as a tool for retribution and suppression as a matter of policy against those who democratically dissent. "

Demand that your Congressional representative vote no on HR 9495