Announcement :: Anti-racism / Racism : Civil Liberties / Human Rights : Police and Jails : War + Peace
Tortured by the U.S. Government: from Abu Graib to San Quentin
08 Jan 2005
by International Socialist Organization
A public forum at the Rochester Institute of
Technology will discuss the links between the U.S.
government’s mistreatment of prisoners seized abroad and the situation of prisoners caught up in the domestic criminal justice system. Featured speakers are Shujaa Graham, a former inmate on California’s death row, exonerated and released in 1981; and Anthony Arnove, editor of Iraq Under Siege (Haymarket/Pluto) and co-editor with Howard Zinn of Voices of a People’s History of the United States (Seven Stories Press).
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Announcement :: Poverty
Poor People United, Emergency Warming Station kicks off !
29 Dec 2004
by posted by garrett stark

It has been a long wait to see this project underway. Throughout the process of planning and building, there have been delays, lack of funding, few volunteers, legal obstacles, etc. I am amazed that we have completed at all. Our first night was last Monday. I was so worried that our homeless guests would not stay. Is the heating adequate? Do we have enough blankets? What will we do with no bathroom on the bus? Questions like these worried me as we drove out to our overnight location. As the night progressed, I realized that many of those fears did not materialize.
See also:
POOR PEOPLE UNITED IN THIRD WEEK OF HYPOTHERMIA BUS PROJECT
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News :: Civil Liberties / Human Rights
President Bush signed order to allow torture, says ACLU
22 Dec 2004
by ACLU / CCNWON
A document released for the first time today by the American Civil Liberties Union suggests that President Bush issued an Executive Order authorizing the use of inhumane interrogation methods against detainees in Iraq. Also released by the ACLU today are a slew of other records including a December 2003 FBI e-mail that characterizes methods used by the Defense Department as "torture" and a June 2004 "Urgent Report" to the Director of the FBI that raises concerns that abuse of detainees is being covered up.
(Reposted from NYC IMC)
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Announcement :: Arts and Entertainment
Evolutionary Girls Club Art Auction and Benefit
16 Dec 2004
by passionatepoet

The Evolutionary Girls Club will host an Art Auction and Benefit next Wednesday (12/22/04) at the A/V gallery.
The Evolutionary Girls Club is an INCLUSIVE group of artists and activists with a focus of sharing voice, access and opportunity between its members and within the communities we live in and visit. We have many genders within our membership. You need not identify as female to belong.
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News :: Anti-racism / Racism
Successful Community Meeting Addresses Racism And Police Brutality
13 Dec 2004
by Howard J. Eagle
On December 7, 2004, Rochester City Councilman Adam McFadden and the 21st Century African American Leadership Council convened a well attended community meeting to address racism and brutality by members of the Rochester Police Department.
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