[Freethe SF8] Northwest Tour a Success

[SF-8 case]

Hank Jones, Maisha Quint and Claude Marks just returned from a 5-day 
San Francisco 8 trip to the Northwest. Inspiring turnouts of people 
at numerous campuses and community events saw the film "Legacy of 
Torture" and engaged in discussions about the case.

Much time was spent connecting this case (the SF 8) with other issues 
-  locally, nationally and through out the world - and the challenges 
and necessity to organize in this repressive era. People especially 
made connections to the <http://greenscare.org/outdex.html#top>Green 
Scare Cases and, in Portland, to political prisoner 
<www.youtube.htm>Patrice Lumumba Ford & the Portland 7. The events 
drew diverse crowds, particularly important were students and other 
young people.

We met great crowds at:
    * The University of Oregon at an event sponsored by Steve 
Morozumi and the 
<http://diversity.uoregon.edu/main.htm>Multi-Cultural Center, 
<http://nlg.org/membership/chapters/chapters_northwest.php>National 
Lawyers Guild and <http://cldc.org/>Civil Liberties Defense Center
    * An Etnic Studies Class at the U of O taught by Irmary Reyes-Santos
    * A Teach-In at the U of O demanding the departmentalization of 
Ethnic Studies
    * An event at Lane Community College sponsored by 
<http://www.myspace.com/lccsds>SDS
    * An event at Evergreen State College sponsored by 
<http://antiauthoritarian.net/NLN/current/dunn_olympia.html>SDS - 
<http://oreaddaily.blogspot.com/2008/02/violent-confrontation-with-olympia.html>cancelled 
by the administration - held anyway and defiantly attended by a full crowd
    * An event at Tacoma Community College organized by 
<http://tacomasds.org/node/598>Sociology Instructor Andrew Cho & SDS
    * An event in Seattle organized by former political prisoners 
<http://www.prisonart.org/>Ed Mead and 
<http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/cook.htm>Mark Cook and sponsored 
by the 
<http://nlg.org/membership/chapters/chapters_northwest.php>National 
Lawyers Guild and other groups
    * And a final event in the Portland community organized by 
<http://www.circlearadio.org/>Circle A Radio, radio station 
<http://www.kboo.fm/index.php>KBOO and former Black Panther, 
<http://www.dailyvanguard.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=27636462-8bba-432b-83ae-a4688f9b2f78>Kent 
Ford

Thanks to all those that worked so hard to make this tour so 
successful - helped raise consciousness, support and funds!



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