... but it looks like it's been postponed. Again. From nopoliticalrepression.wordpress.com:

Thanks to everyone who called in today. Hundreds of people flooded the US attorney’s office with calls. This afternoon the people subpoenaed for tomorrow’s grand jury hearing received word that their appearances were being postponed a couple of weeks. As soon as we have a date and more details, we will update the blog.

Earlier this month, The Stranger ran a story about Leah-Lynn Plante, who had been summoned to testify before a grand jury—where she wouldn't be allowed legal representation: grand juries are funny that way—apparently to talk about the smashup on May Day. Which is fine and all, but the way the FBI and local police secured their warrants, conducted their raids, and issued their subpoenas made it look like they were targeting people for their political convictions instead of evidence of any crime. Hence, the protests.

From the story:

Plante had been summoned to Seattle by a federal subpoena, delivered to her in the early hours of July 25, when the FBI raided her home—one of several raids in Seattle, Olympia, and Portland in the past couple of months. FBI agents, she said, smashed through her front door with a battering ram with assault rifles drawn, "looking paramilitary." According to a copy of the warrant, agents were looking for black clothing, paint, sticks, flags, computers and cell phones, and "anti-government or anarchist literature."

The warrants for the related raids used similar language. One warrant for an early morning raid at a Seattle home also listed black clothing, electronics, and "paperwork—anarchists in the Occupy movement." In effect, witnesses in Portland and Seattle say, federal and local police burst into people's homes while they were sleeping and held them at gunpoint while rummaging through their bookshelves, looking for evidence of political leanings instead of evidence of a crime. (For the record, I executed a quick search of my home early this morning and found black clothing, cans of paint, sticks, cloth, electronics, and "anarchist literature.")

"When I see a search warrant that targets political literature, I get nervous," said attorney Neil Fox, president of the Seattle chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. (The Seattle chapter released a statement urging the FBI and the US Attorney to end the raids and drop the grand jury subpoenas.) Raids like those can have a chilling effect on free speech, he said, and a long-term "negative effect on the country—you want to have robust discussions about political issues without fear."

He also has concerns about the scope of the warrants: "'Anti- government literature' is so broad," he said. "What does that include? Does that include the writings of Karl Marx? Will that subject me to having my door kicked in and being dragged in front of a grand jury?"

Plante appeared before the grand jury, refused to testify, and was told to come back on Aug 30. Whether the phone-in campaign worked or not, her appearance has been postponed again.