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Hi all. Attached is the flyer with details on the upcoming conference.
This can be printed out for outreach.<br>
Text follows.<br><br>
<font size=6><b>Attica to Abu Ghraib<br>
</font><font size=3>An organizing conference on human rights, torture,
and resistance<br>
Sponsored by the International Human Rights Initiative<br><br>
</font><font size=6>Opening Event<br>
</b></font><font size=5>featuring<br>
</font><font size=6><b>Congresswoman<br>
Cynthia McKinney<br>
</font><font size=4>Georgia congresswoman recently<br>
returned to office in a<br>
ringing vindication<br>
of her outspoken<br>
opposition to U.S. torture<br>
and human rights abuses<br>
</font><font size=5>Rima Chaudry and Others<br>
</b></font><font size=4>Spoken Word, Music and More<br>
</font><font size=6><b>Friday, April 22<br>
6:00–9:00 pm<br>
</font><font size=5>St. Joseph the Worker Church<br>
</font><font size=3>1640 Addison St., Berkeley, CA<br><br>
</font><font size=6>Working Conference<br>
</font><font size=5>Saturday, April 23<br>
8:30 am–9:00 pm<br>
U.C. Berkeley, Dwinelle Hall<br><br>
</b></font><font size=7>T</font><font size=4>orture, illegal detention
and other human rights<br>
abuses have always been weapons used by the<br>
United States government to crush dissent and<br>
social justice movements. Today, the criminalization<br>
of people of color in the US, mass detention and<br>
deportation of Arabs, Muslims and immigrants, and ongoing<br>
torture in Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan, and in US<br>
prisons are evidence of a terrifying escalation in US repression<br>
both at home and abroad.<br><br>
What can we do? Our strength lies in building on the experiences<br>
of those who resist: here in the US, in Latin America,<br>
Palestine, the Philippines, Haiti, Cuba, and in countless<br>
communities throughout the world. The International<br>
Human Rights Initiative was conceived by a strong diverse<br>
coalition, including US political prisoners, to help unite the<br>
emerging global resistance movement.<br><br>
<b>Conference Goals<br><br></b></font>
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<dd><font size=3>This is a conference for organizers, activists and
members of the community
<dd>to strategize and coordinate resistance to U.S. Government
<dd>policies that violate human rights and international law. Activists
will
<dd>share their current work, experiences and strategies, and
interactive
<dd>working sessions will develop proposals for joint work which will be
<dd>refined into a campaign plan.<br><br></font>
</dl><font size=4><b>The priorities of the conference are:</font>
<dl>
<dd><font size=3>1. Develop strategic plans and launch an international
campaign
<dd>to stop the U.S. and its agents’ use of torture, detention,
<dd>grand juries, immigration raids, and other human
<dd>rights abuses.<br>
<dd>2. Document these violations of human rights, domestic and
<dd>international law in order to pursue redress in domestic
<dd>and international forums.<br>
<dd>3. Organize an International Day of Solidarity to demand freedom
<dd>for political prisoners, within and outside the U.S.<br>
<dd>4. Share resources and strengthen relationships among local,
<dd>national and international organizations.<br><br></font>
</dl><font size=4>Focus Areas<br>
</b></font><font size=3>The conference program is divided into three
broad areas of focus<br>
and analysis. Each is a key component of the workings of U.S. empire<br>
and provides a focus for linking movements within and outside the<br>
U.S. Our aim is to use the analysis of these focus areas to
formulate<br>
concrete plans to unite domestic and international organizations in
a<br>
successful anti-imperialist campaign.<br><br>
<dl>
<dd><b>1. The Criminalization of Resistance: Political Prisoners,
<dd>Prisoners of War, and Systematic Torture<br>
<dd>2. The Repression of Dissent: COINTELPRO, The Patriot Act,
<dd>and Grand Juries<br>
<dd>3. U.S.-sponsored Terrorism: Occupation, Colonization, Racial
<dd>and Religious Oppression, Attacks on Arabs, Muslims, and
<dd>Immigrants, and the globalization of repression.<br><br></font>
</dl><font size=4>How You Can Participate<br>
</b></font><font size=3>We want you (and your group, if you are part of
one) to join in planning,<br>
publicizing, financing and putting on the conference, as well as<br>
building campaigns and networks growing out of the conference. Get<br>
in touch with us at the email address and phone number on the
front.<br><br>
Tax deductible contributions can be made to International Human<br>
Rights Initiative (IHRI)/Agape, and mailed to IHRI, P. O. Box 3585,<br>
Oakland CA 94609.<br><br>
</font><font size=4><b>Contact:<br>
info@attica2abughraib.com<br>
<a href="http://www.attica2abughraib.com/" eudora="autourl">
www.attica2abughraib.com<br>
</a>415 273-4608<br><br>
Partial List of Sponsors and Endorsers<br>
</b></font><font size=1>African Anti-War Front (AAWF) • Al-Awda, the
Palestine Right to Return Coalition • All-African<br>
Peoples’ Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) • Alliance of South Asians Taking
Action (ASATA) • American<br>
Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) • American Friends Service
Committee (AFSC) Africa<br>
Initiative–SF • American Muslim Voice • Amnesty International-Western
Region • Arabs Building<br>
Community • Arab Students Association (ASU)–UC Berkeley • BAYAN USA • Bay
Area Local<br>
Organizing Committee (BayLOC)–National Hip Hop Political Convention
(NHHPC) • Black Radical<br>
Congress (BRC)–SF Bay Area • Break the Chains • California Prison Focus •
Center for Constitutional<br>
Rights (CCR) • Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) • Challenging
White Supremacy<br>
Workshops • Club Knowledge–Laney Community College • Collision Course
Video • Committee for<br>
Human Rights in the Philippines (CHIRP) • Critical Resistance (CR) • East
Side Arts Alliance (ESAA)<br>
• Education not Incarceration (ENI) • Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
(EBC) • Data Center •<br>
GABRIELA Network • Global Exchange • Haiti Action Committee • Heads Up
Collective • Interfaith<br>
Alliance for Prison Reform • International League of Peoples’ Struggle
(ILPS) • Jericho Movement<br>
• Justice Now • Justice in Palestine Coalition (JPC) • LAGAI–Queer
Insurrection • Legal Services for<br>
Prisoners with Children (LSPC) • Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) •
Middle East Children’s<br>
Alliance • Muslim Students Association (MSA)–UC Berkeley • National
Committee to Free the Cuban<br>
Five • National Lawyers Guild (NLG)–San Francisco • Not in Our Name • Out
of Control • Peace and<br>
Justice Foundation • Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC) • Prisoners
Justice Action Committee–<br>
Toronto • Prison Legal News (PLN) • Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism
(QUIT!) • Radical Arab<br>
Women’s Activist Network (RAWAN) • San Francisco Women in Black • School
of the Americas<br>
Watch (SOA Watch) • Stop U.S. Tax Aid to Israel Now (SUSTAIN) •
TransAfrica Forum • Truth and<br>
Justice Coalition–Masjid Al Islam • Women of Color Resource Center (WCSC)
• World Organization<br>
for Human Rights USA<br><br>
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<font size=3 color="#FF0000">The Freedom Archives<br>
522 Valencia Street<br>
San Francisco, CA 94110<br>
(415) 863-9977<br>
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