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July 11: Berkeley Rally Opposing Fascism in USA
Stop Fascism in America! Come to a support rally for Lynne Stewart, an attorney falsely accused under the "Patriot" Act and threatened with 40 years in jail; for a class action lawsuit for 2000 detainees of Middle East origin and to oppose the biggest attempt at silencing dissent since the Fascist Era of the 1950s in the US.
Stop Fascism in America! Come to a support rally for Lynne Stewart, an attorney falsely accused under the "Patriot" Act and threatened with 40 years in jail; for a class action lawsuit for 2000 detainees of Middle East origin and to oppose the biggest attempt at silencing dissent since the Fascist Era of the 1950s in the US.
DATE: July 11, 2002
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: First Congregational Church
Channing and Dana, Berkeley, California
CONTACT: 415/821-0459 or 510/548-0542
TICKETS: $15 at Cody's, Black Oak, Modern Times, City Lights, Walden Pond and Pegasus bookstores
BENEFIT: Middle East Children's Alliance, Friends of Free Speech Radio, Bay Area Progressive Forum
CO-SPONSOR: Vanguard Public Foundation
SPEAKERS:
LYNNE STEWART: Embattled New York attorney facing 40 years in prison; falsely charged under "Patriot" Act with materially aiding a terrorist organization; attorney for Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman; victim of government wiretapping, violation of attorney-client privilege, and government eavesdropping on discussions in prison with Rahman.
BILL GOODMAN: Legal director, Center for Constitutional Rights (founded by William Kunstler); legal representative in a class action lawsuit against US government of 2000 detainees of Middle Eastern origin.
NANCY HORMACHEA: Participating in the recent National Lawyers Guild Emergency Delegation to the Occupied Territories; board member, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute; immigration attorney who will link US policy in Palestine to escalating domestic repression.
TONY SERRA: attorney representing Daryl Cherney, victor in historic Earth First!/Judi Bari lawsuit against the FBI and Oakland police.
HOSTS:
BARBARA LUBIN: Director, Friends of Free Speech Radio and Middle East Children's Alliance
JEFF MACKLER: Director, Bay Area Progressive Forum; Coordinator, Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Websites:
Middle East Children's Alliance
http://www.mecaforpeace.org
Free Speech Radio News
http://www.fsrn.org/
Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
http://www.freemumia.org/
Flashpoints
http://www.flashpoints.net/
National Lawyers Guild
http://www.nlg.org/
DATE: July 11, 2002
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: First Congregational Church
Channing and Dana, Berkeley, California
CONTACT: 415/821-0459 or 510/548-0542
TICKETS: $15 at Cody's, Black Oak, Modern Times, City Lights, Walden Pond and Pegasus bookstores
BENEFIT: Middle East Children's Alliance, Friends of Free Speech Radio, Bay Area Progressive Forum
CO-SPONSOR: Vanguard Public Foundation
SPEAKERS:
LYNNE STEWART: Embattled New York attorney facing 40 years in prison; falsely charged under "Patriot" Act with materially aiding a terrorist organization; attorney for Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman; victim of government wiretapping, violation of attorney-client privilege, and government eavesdropping on discussions in prison with Rahman.
BILL GOODMAN: Legal director, Center for Constitutional Rights (founded by William Kunstler); legal representative in a class action lawsuit against US government of 2000 detainees of Middle Eastern origin.
NANCY HORMACHEA: Participating in the recent National Lawyers Guild Emergency Delegation to the Occupied Territories; board member, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute; immigration attorney who will link US policy in Palestine to escalating domestic repression.
TONY SERRA: attorney representing Daryl Cherney, victor in historic Earth First!/Judi Bari lawsuit against the FBI and Oakland police.
HOSTS:
BARBARA LUBIN: Director, Friends of Free Speech Radio and Middle East Children's Alliance
JEFF MACKLER: Director, Bay Area Progressive Forum; Coordinator, Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Websites:
Middle East Children's Alliance
http://www.mecaforpeace.org
Free Speech Radio News
http://www.fsrn.org/
Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
http://www.freemumia.org/
Flashpoints
http://www.flashpoints.net/
National Lawyers Guild
http://www.nlg.org/
For more information:
http://www.mecaforpeace.org
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