[Freethe SF8] Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Screening to Benefit SF8 - October 18, Berkeley

[SF-8 case]

Screening of Ghosts of Abu Ghraib to benefit the SF8.  Featuring SF8 
member Richard Brown!

Th 18 Oct, 7pm, Berkeley.

Act Against Torture Presents "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib," a powerful film 
by Rory Kennedy; and a discussion of the case of the San Francisco 8 
and the fight to close Abu Ghraib & Guantanamo, and end secret 
detention and torture. Join us on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 7:00 
p.m., at 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=mudrakers+cafe+2801+Telegraph+Ave+berkeley&ie=UTF8&ll=37.864826,-122.262511&spn=0.030289,0.058365&z=14&om=1>Mudrakers 
Cafe, 2801 Telegraph Avenue (at Stuart), Berkeley. The event is free; 
donations will be requested to benefit the SF8. Great salads and fair 
trade coffee available at this activist-friendly cafe.

Rory Kennedy's groundbreaking film asks the questions "How did 
torture become an accepted practice at Abu Ghraib? How could ordinary 
American soldiers come to engage in such monstrous acts?" The 
filmmaker interviews soldiers who participated and Iraqis who endured 
the torture.



Torture in United States jails is not new. 34 years ago, murder 
charges against three members of the Black Panther Party were 
dismissed because their confessions to killing a San Francisco cop 
were obtained through torture. But now, eight Black elders are on 
trial for the same 1971 killing, based on the same torture-produced 
"evidence." Richard Brown of the SF8, freed on bail after more than 
seven months in the SF County Jail, will join us to talk about their 
case and how it relates to the torture at Abu Ghraib and other U.S. facilities.



For more info about the film, the event, the SF8 and the work of Act 
Against Torture, see 
<http://www.actagainsttorture.org/>www.ActAgainstTorture.org.
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