May 20, 2009

Green Scare Fundraiser: May 23rd In Portland

"May 23rd – A Benefit for Green Scare Prisoners and Rose City Copwatch

Saturday May 23rd at Liberty Hall 7pm sharp.

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Please join us for an evening of music and speakers on Saturday May 23rd at 7pm as we examine State Repression as on ongoing strategy of the State to silence dissent. Liberating Dissent II: Against State Repression will raise funds for Green Scare Prisoners and the community organizing efforts of Rose City Copwatch. Speakers will include Kristian Williams, author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America and American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination as well as Lauren Regan founder and executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center. Music will be provided by Resist (Portland anarchopunk legends), Adelit@s (fusion of punk and latin American folk music), Coffin Ship (folk punk) and Silent Majority (sparse melodic punk).

When: Saturday May 23rd 7pm-12am

Where: Liberty Hall (311 N Ivy st. Portland OR)

What: Speakers: Lauren Regan and Kristian Williams, music from Resist, Adelit@s, Coffin Ship and Silent Majority

How much: $6-$100 sliding scale donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.

More info: www.cldc.org/green.html, www.rosecitycopwatch.org, www.greenisthenewred.com

Contact: destroycreate@gmail.com"

ORIGINAL SOURCE: ShiftShapers.GNN.tv

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