CELEBRATE AND DEFEND THE LEGACY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY
DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST THE SAN FRANCISCO 8
Friday, November 30, 7 pm
(doors open at 6:30)
Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center
310 W. 43rd Street (between 8th & 9th Ave.) NYC
Speakers: Gil Noble, veteran host of ABC-TV’s Like It Is
SF-8 defendants Francisco Torres, Harold Taylor, Ray Boudreaux and Hank Jones
Soffiyah Elijah, attorney on the SF-8 case
Special Announcement by Lois Dauway, World Council of Churches
Performing: alixa + naima/Climbing Poetree;
Jamal Joseph and IMPACT! youth group
The San Francisco 8 are eight former “original” Black Panther Party members and active supporters (ages 56 to 72) arrested last January on charges from a1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Some of the 8 faced virtually identical charges 35 years ago—charges dropped when it was revealed that police torture had extracted “confessions.”
That was in 1973. Now that torture has been made acceptable in this country, the case is back on—based on the same flawed evidence.
The 6 bail-eligible defendants are out on bond. The two who aren’t eligible for bail—NY state political prisoners Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim—have already served more than 34 years; the new charges include actions for which they are already doing time.
Come welcome home four of the SF-8 defendants and learn more about the case.
For Information Contact: Committee to Free the SF-8 (freethesf8.org), Local 1199 (Michael[at]1199.org), Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (mxgm.org),
the Jericho Movement (thejerichomovement.com) or call: (718) 254-8800 or (646) 246-0770
SEIU Local 1199, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Center for Constitutional Rights, NYC National Lawyers Guild, Al-Awda, NY State Taskforce for Political Prisoners, the Jericho Movement, Resistance in Brooklyn, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Pro Libertad, Frances Goldin, Safiya Bukhari-Albert Nuh Washington Foundation, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), Black Panther Commemoration Committee (NY), Malcolm X Commemoration Committee, NYC Anarchist Black Cross, Gabriela Network USA, Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan, Friends of David Gilbert, Albany Political Prisoner Support Committee
Dinner available at low cost; Childcare provided
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nycabc[at]riseup[dot]net
Support my friend Daniel McGowan! — http://www.supportdaniel.org/
Support the San Francisco 8! — http://www.freethesf8.org
Free All Political Prisoners! — http://jerichony.org/
Que se vayan tod@s! — http://autonomista.org/
Get out of town! — http://counterrecruitmentguide.org/
An injury to one is an injury to all! — http://www.iww.org/