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DESCRIPTION:From Attica to Abu Ghraib:   An Organizing Conference on Human Rights, 
 Torture, and Resistance  sponsored by the International Human Rights 
 Initiative  Friday, April 22, 6 - 9 p.m.: Opening Event featuring keynote 
 speaker Cynthia McKinney.  St. Joseph the Worker Church, Berkeley, 
 California  Saturday, April 23, 8:30 a.m. - 9 p.m: Working Conference.  
 U.C. Berkeley  Email: info@attica2abughraib  Website: 
 http://www.attica2abughraib.com  Phone:  510-593-3956   Torture, illegal 
 detention and other human rights abuses have always been weapons used by 
 the United States government to crush dissent and social justice movements. 
  Today, the criminalization of people of color in the US, mass illegal 
 detentions and deportations of Arabs, Muslims and immigrants, torture in 
 Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and the ongoing torture of political prisoners in US 
 prisons are evidence of a terrifying escalation in US repression both at 
 home and abroad.   What can we do?  Our strength lies in building on the 
 experiences of those who resist: here in the US, in Latin America, 
 Palestine, the Philippines, the Caribbean, and in countless communities 
 throughout the world.  The International Human Rights Initiative was 
 conceived by a strong diverse coalition, including US political prisoners, 
 to help unite the emerging global resistance movement.  Conference Goals  
 This is a conference for organizers, activists and members of the community 
 to strategize and coordinate resistance to U.S. Government policies that 
 violate human rights and international law.  Activists will share their 
 current work, experiences and strategies, and interactive working sessions 
 will develop proposals for joint work which will be refined into a campaign 
 plan.   The priorities of the conference are:  1. Develop strategic plans 
 and launch an international campaign to stop the U.S. and its agents’ use 
 of torture, detention, grand juries, immigration raids, and other human 
 rights abuses.   2. Document these violations of human rights, domestic and 
 international law in order to pursue redress in domestic and international 
 forums.  3. Organize an International Day of Solidarity to demand freedom 
 for political prisoners, within and outside the U.S.  4. Share resources 
 and strengthen relationships among local, national and international 
 organizations.  Focus areas   The conference program is divided into three 
 broad areas of focus and analysis   Each is a key component of the workings 
 of U.S. empire and provides a focus for linking movements within and 
 outside the U.S.  Our aim is to use the analysis of these focus areas to 
 formulate concrete plans to unite domestic and international organizations 
 in a successful anti-imperialist campaign.  1.  The Criminalization of 
 Resistance: Political Prisoners, Prisoners of War, and Systematic Torture  
 2.  The Repression of Dissent: COINTELPRO, The Patriot Act, and Grand 
 Juries  3.  U.S.-sponsored Terrorism: Occupation, Colonization, Racial and 
 Religious Oppression, Attacks on Arabs, Muslims, and Immigrants, and the 
 globalization of repression.   How You Can Participate  We want you (and 
 your group, if you are part of one) to join in planning, publicizing, 
 financing and putting on the conference, and building campaigns and 
 networks growing out of the conference.  Get in touch with us at the email 
 address and phone number above.  Tax deductible contributions can be made 
 to International Human Rights Initiative (IHRI)/Agape, and mailed to IHRI, 
 P. O. Box 3585, Oakland CA 94609.  Partial List of Sponsors and Endorsers  
 	All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (AAPRP)       Al-Awda, the 
 Palestine Right to Return Coalition  	American Arab Anti-Discrimination 
 Committee (ADC)   	American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Africa 
 Initiative – SF   	Amnesty International- Western Region  	Arabs Building 
 Community   	Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA)       BAYAN USA 
  	Black Radical Congress (BRC) – SF Bay Area  	California Prison Focus    
 	Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)  	Center for Justice and 
 Accountability (CJA)  	Challenging White Supremacy Workshops   	Critical 
 Resistance (CR)        Education Not Incarceration  	Ella Baker Center for 
 Human Rights (EBC)  	GABRIELA Network   	Global Exchange  	Haiti Action 
 Committee   	International League of Peoples Struggle (ILPS)  	Jericho 
 Movement       Justice Now       Justice in Palestine Coalition  	LAGAI – 
 Queer Insurrection  	Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC)  
 	Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM)  	National Committee to Free the 
 Cuban Five    	National Lawyers Guild (NLG) – San Francisco Bay Area 
 Chapter  	Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political 
 Prisoners  	Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC)  	Queers Undermining 
 Israeli Terror (QUIT!)  	San Francisco Women in Black   	School of the 
 Americas Watch (SOA Watch)   	SUSTAIN (Stop US Tax Aid to Israel Now)- Bay 
 Area Chapter  	TransAfrica Forum       World Organization for Human Rights 
 USA  \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/03/57083.php
SUMMARY:Attica to Abu Ghraib: Human Rights, Torture, and Resistance Conference
LOCATION:Friday, April 22, 6 - 9 p.m.: Opening Event featuring keynote speaker 
 Cynthia McKinney.  St. Joseph the Worker Church, Berkeley, California  
 Saturday, April 23, 8:30 a.m. - 9 p.m: Working Conference.  U.C. Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/03/57083.php
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