[Freethe SF8] June 5 SF - From Black Power to Green Scare: The Criminalization of Dissent

[SF-8 case]

FROM BLACK POWER TO GREEN SCARE:
The Criminalization of Dissent in the United States

Thursday, June 5, 2008
6:30 p.m.

(More details below)

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and the 
National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco Chapter 
for an engaging and important discussion 
exploring the criminalization of dissent both 
historically and in today's era of the so-called "war on terror."

The government has a long and sordid history of 
criminalizing and targeting oppressed communities 
and social justice activists and organizations 
that challenge its abuse of power - from the "Red 
Scare" of the 1920s, to the internment of 
Japanese Americans, to the targeting of the Black 
liberation struggle and other movements.

And today, under the guise of "anti-terrorist" 
legislation, the government is again attempting 
to target and intimidate a wide range of 
communities and movements, from former Black 
Panthers to environmental and animal rights 
groups to Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities.

On Thursday, June 5, hear from directly impacted 
communities as well as attorneys and grassroots 
organizers struggling against repression.

Featured speakers:

SHAYANA KADIDAL, Center for Constitutional 
Rights, Managing attorney of the Guantànamo Global Justice Initiative.

RICHARD BROWN, Committee for the Defense of Human 
Rights and one of the "San Francisco 8," former 
Black Panthers facing renewed charges based on torture evidence

MICHEL SHEHADEH, Palestinian activist and one of 
the "Los Angeles 8," Palestinian and Kenyan 
immigrants targeted for their political activity 
who won a historic victory in November 2007 after a 20-year struggle

ANDREA LINDSAY, SHAC 7 Support Committee and an 
activist involved in combating the "Green Scare" 
against environmental and animal rights activists

LAUREN ORNELAS, Food Empowerment Project and an environmental and animal rights

Location:
The Women's Building
Audre Lorde Room
3543 18th St., #8
San Francisco, CA 94110

Contact 212-614-6466 with any questions. No RSVPs are required.



   To unsubscribe from this list reply to this 
email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line
   Center for Constitutional Rights ll 666 
Broadway 7th floor NY, NY 10012 ll 212-614-6464 ll www.ccrjustice.org

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://freedomarchives.org/pipermail/cdhrsupport_freedomarchives.org/attachments/20080529/1879b1d7/attachment.html