Two events for the SF8 in Eugene

Legacy of Torture: The War Against The Black Liberation Movement

Eight former Black Panthers were arrested on January 23rd, 2007 in California, New York and Florida on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Similar charges were thrown out back in 1975 after it was determined that the evidence used to indict the men was extracted by police torture. Two of the men have been held as political prisoners for the past thirty years in New York state prisons, but the other six have been living regular lives, working and raising families. These men have become known as the “San Francisco 8”—or SF8. There arrests are part of an ugly history of brutal government repression against civil rights activists. The struggle to gain these men's freedom is growing but it will require much more public support. In a manner similar to the campaign waged in 1971-1972 to free Angela Davis and the ongoing campaign to free Mumia Abu Jamal, this campaign must become widespread and international.
Join us for a showing of the Freedom Archives film Legacy of Torture: The War Against The Black Liberation Movement followed by presentations about the case with filmmaker Claude Marks of the Freedom Archives, Hank Jones of the SF8 (recently released on bail), and Mayisha Quint of the Bay Area Committee to Free the San Francisco 8.
TWO EVENTS!
Wednesday, March 5th, 6:30pm, Room 175, Knight Law Center, University of Oregon
Thursday, March 6th, 3:00pm, Building 17,The Forum, Room 308/309, at Lane Community College