On Tuesday, February 22nd, the Heads Up Collective showed “Out, the Making of a Revolutionary” as a benefit for the From Attica to Abu Ghraib Conference. The film tells the story of Laura Whitehorn, an American woman who spent 14 years in prison after she was convicted in the 1983 US Capitol bombing, and for "conspiring to influence, change, and protest policies and practices of the United States government through violent and illegal means" The screening is part of the Televising the Revolution film series, which includes screenings each 4th Tuesday, to benefit different causes. From Attica to Abu Ghraib: An Organizing Conference on Human Rights, Torture, and Resistance will be held in Berkeley on April 22nd and 23rd.

Organizers of the conference say: "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 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." International Human Rights Initiative, the organization that is sponsoring the conference, was conceived by a strong diverse coalition, including US political prisoners, to help unite the emerging global resistance movement."

From Attica to Abu-Ghraib Website