FROM BLACK POWER TO GREEN SCARE

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.