Partisan Defense Committee Letter

2 August 2026

Partisan Defense Committee P.O. Box 99, Canal Street Station, New York, NY 10013

email: partisandefense@earthlink.net   www.partisandefense.org

Contact: Kevin Gilroy (212) 406-4252

The following letter was written by the Partisan Defense Committee.

2 August 2026

Prosecutor William Daniel
Union County Prosecutor's Office
32 Rahway Avenue null
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
ucpo@ucpo.org

Municipal Prosecutor
Law Department
City of Elizabeth
50 Winfield Scott Plaza
Elizabeth, NJ 07201

The Partisan Defense Committee demands that all charges be dropped against the "Port Elizabeth 4."

These four activists—Teresa Grady, Danny Creamer, Ellen Grady and Mark Scibilia-Carver—joined over a hundred people at an October 3, 2025 protest against the shipment by Maersk of 1,000 tons of weapons and military goods to be used by Israeli forces carrying out the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. For taking a stand against genocide, they now face multiple bogus "disorderly persons" charges of obstructing traffic and being "present at the scene of a riot." Another group of 10 arrested at a Port Elizabeth protest against genocide on May 22, 2026 are also facing charges.

These prosecutions threaten the right of protest for all. We demand an end to the prosecution of the anti-genocide protesters. Drop the charges!

Sincerely,

Jonathan Piper
for the PDC