[mgj-discuss] 11/17: State Repression in the Era of the "War on Terrorism"- A Panel Discussion

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State Repression in the Era of the "War on Terrorism"

A Panel on the  Criminalization of Animal and Environmental Activists and
the Continued War  on the Black Liberation Movement

Featuring:

Ashanti Alston, former  political prisoner and Black Panther
Ramona Africa of MOVE
Will Potter,  Journalist and Creator of GreenIsTheNewRed.com

Other Speakers: TO BE  ANNOUNCED

Saturday, November 17 at 7 p.m.
at St. Stephen's  Church
1525 Newton Street NW
Washington, D.C.

$5-10 donation will  cover expenses and benefit political prisoners.
NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK  OF FUNDS.

Join journalists, attorneys, and former political prisoners at  a forum
discussing the links between past and present instances of
state  repression of social justice movements. From the targeting of animal
and  environmental activists being dubbed by many as the "Green Scare" to  the
37-year-old charges being brought against former Black Panthers in  San
Fransisco, hear how history is repeating itself as state  repression
intensifies in the era of the "War on Terrorism" -- and what we  can do to
fight it.

FEATURING:

Ashanti Alston Omowali is an  anarchist activist, speaker, and writer, and
former member of the Black  Panther Party. He was also a member of the
Black Liberation Army, and spent  more than a decade in prison after
government forces captured him (and the  official court system convicted
him) for armed robbery. A former northeast  coordinator for Critical
Resistance, Ashanti is currently co-chair of the  National Jericho Movement
(to free U.S. political prisoners), a member of  pro-Zapatista
people-of-color U.S.-based Estación Libre, and a member of the  Malcolm X
Grassroots Movement, NYC.


Ramona Africa is the sole  adult survivor of the massacre of 11 members of
the MOVE organization. On May  13, 1985, the FBI and the City of Philadelphia
dropped a C4 bomb on MOVE's  6221 Osage Avenue home in West Philadelphia.
Carrying the young Birdie Africa  (the only other survivor) with her, Ramona
dodged gunfire and escaped from  the fire with permanent scarring from the
burns. After surviving the bombing,  she was charged with conspiracy, riot,
and multiple counts of simple and  aggravated assault. Subsequently Ramona
served 7 years in prison. If she had  chosen to sever her ties with MOVE, she
could have been released far earlier.  In the face of this she held true to
her revolutionary beliefs and was  uncompromising in the face of state
terror. Since her release from prison,  Ramona has tirelessly worked as the
MOVE Minister of Communication on behalf  of the MOVE 9, Mumia Abu-Jamal,
and all political prisoners and prisoners of  war.


Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist based in  Washington,
D.C., who focuses on how the War on Terrorism affects civil  liberties. He
has tracked how lawmakers and corporations have labeled  animal
rights and environmental activists as "eco-terrorists." He has  also
closely followed the trial of the SHAC 7, a landmark First Amendment  case
involving a group of activists charged with "animal enterprise  terrorism"
for running a controversial website.


For further  information and updates, go to: www.dcinfoshop.org
Or call,  202-986-0681


Co-Sponsored by: Brian MacKenzie Infoshop; Red Emma's  Bookstore and
Coffeehouse; Friends and Family of Daniel McGowan; Black August  Planning
Organization




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