Update: Tues., Jan. 8th, 4-6 p.m., hear Michael Rapkin & Sunsara Taylor with host Michael Slate on KPFK (90.7 FM).

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Witness Torture

Thurs., Jan. 10th, 7:00 p.m.
Echo Park United Methodist Church
1226 N. Alvarado Blvd. (one block north of Sunset)
Los Angeles

Join us on Thursday, Jan. 10th at 7 p.m. for the forum “Shut Down Guantanamo! Drive Out the Bush Regime” on the eve of the International Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo.

Speakers will include:

Michael Rapkin, Marina del Rey lawyer who has represented an “enemy
combatant” in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His client was imprisoned for five years
without charges or trial, and was tortured. Michael met with his client in
Guantanamo. He is a member of both the Union and Foundation Boards of the
ACLU. He will discuss the conditions in Guantanamo, including torture, lack
of basic protections, and the assault on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of
Rights.

Dennis Loo, sociology professor at CalPoly Pomona and co-editor of “Impeach the
President: The Case Against Bush & Cheney”. As a member of The World Can’t
Wait’s National Steering Committee, Dennis created the “Declare It Now - Wear
Orange” campaign. He will speak about the importance of individuals taking
personal responsibility for acting daily and publicly through DIN, and about the
difference each and every individual who does this makes in changing the dynamic
in society.

Sunsara Taylor, writer for Revolution newspaper and World Can’t Wait National
Advisory Board member, who occasionally spars with Bill O’Reilly. She will
address the critical moment that we face with the revelation of the CIA’s
destruction of torture tapes. Will the people in this country be silent and
accept this as the new norm? Or will millions speak out and reverse the direction
that the Bush administration, and the Democrats whoare complicit, are taking
society?

Actor and activist John Heard will read from the powerful new book, “Poems from
Guantanamo”.

A $5 donation will be requested at the door. No one will be turned away for lack
of funds. For more information, please call World Can’t Wait - LA at
323-462-4771, or e-mail us at worldcantwait_la@yahoo.com.