Actions You Can Take to Free the San Francisco Eight
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Distribute the new tabloid on the case: Drop the Charges.
Also the updated brochure.
See below for details.
Sign the Open Letter to Attorney General Jerry Brown
The Attorney General initiated the prosecution of the SF8 and is the person who has the power to stop it. The Open Letter refers to the International Call, initiated by Desmond Tutu. This is what we are asking:
- The Open Letter to Attorney General Jerry Brown was first published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian – view it here as a one-page PDF.
- Please ask influential or leaders you may have access to or other progressive people that you know to sign on to the letter. You can print a signable copy here (1 page PDF).
- The same letter is available here in petition form.
- Please do NOT send the letter directly to Jerry Brown.
- Please DO send the names of the people who wish to sign to freethesf8 [at] riseup [dot] net and put ATTENTION JUDY in the subject.
- Please include the name and title or descriptive phrase by which you or your contact wishes to be identified.
Come to court
- In San Francisco:
Preliminary hearing starts Monday, July 6
Demonstration 8:00 a.m. – hearing 9:00 a.m.
850 Bryant Street at 7th Street - The preliminary hearing has been scheduled to run four days a week, Monday through Thursday, from july 6 to September 3.
Come to screenings, discussions, and benefits
Donate
- Money is needed for commissary, travel, bail, and support work.
- Donations can be tax-deductible.
- Donations can be made by check or online.
- Get more information by visiting our donations page, or:
- Jump directly to the Agape/CDHR web page for online donations.
Learn more / Get e-mail alerts
- Learn more about the case, the defendants and the background. Check out the video and audio and audio resources linked from this site (see below), plus the interviews and articles listed under News Stories on the right.
- Get regular e-mail alerts; go to the sign-up form
- Many other sources cover Cointelpro, the Black Panther Party, the Black Liberation Army, and the Black Liberation Movement.
Buy the video / Show the video
- The video Legacy of Torture: The War against the Black Liberation Movement, released in January 2007, explores the immediate background of the case. At 28 minutes, it provides a great basis for discussion at house parties, church, mosque, school, and other gatherings. Other short video clips can be downloaded from the News Stories links on the right and new short videos will be available soon – check back.
- Purchase Legacy of Torture from Freedom Archives. Or from AK Press (Oakland), Kersplebedeb in Canada, or AK Press (UK).
Get the audio / Play the audio
- Radio coverage of the case has been informative; use it to learn more, share it with friends, air it where you can, put it on your iPod.
- An audio version of Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation Movement; has been produced by the National Radio Project; it is broadcast quality and available to download.
- Additional audio links can be found under News Stories on the right.
Write to the defendants
- Write them – it's one of the most important and effective ways to support political prisoners; even a brief card goes a long way to breaking down the jail walls, and it also lets the jailers know that they are under scrutiny.
- Short profiles of each of the defendants can be found on our home page. Addresses are there as well as below:
- Addresses:
Herman Bell #2301300, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco CA 94103.
Ray Boudreaux free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Richard Brown free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Henry W. "Hank" Jones free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Jalil Muntaqim, aka Anthony Bottom #2311826, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco CA 94103.
Richard O'Neal free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Harold Taylor free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Francisco Torres free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Print and distribute posters and flyers
- New tabloid newsletter: Drop the Charges. Four pages, newspaper-sized, September 20, 2008. See it on your computer in PDF format; order copies from the addresses below.
- Updated SF8 brochure – download and distribute this three-fold flyer. It's one PDF file (4.5MB), front and back, in black and white, updated September 2008. Download now.
- Fact Sheet – two page, front and back, black and white PDF, updated March 2008. Download now.
- New Poster – Famed graphic artist Emory Douglas has created the poster at right and above in support of the San Francisco 8. It is available in an offset version or as a signed original silkscreen. See more on the Emory Douglas poster.
- "Résistez à la répression" – le même en français: Résistez à la répression (deux pages, PDF, noir et blanc, 8 fevrier 2007; grace à kesplebedeb).
- Poster – download and distribute the "Fight! Write! Rally!" poster at left in various sizes:
— small black & white (letter size), 8.5x11", 4.2 MB jpg graphic
— small color (letter size), 8.5x11", PDF
— medium color, 12 x 16", 7.1 MB jpg graphic
— large color (poster size), 18 x 24", 14 MB jpg graphic
— also available as a color web version, a 420x542 pixel gif image, 31 KB.
Note - the first 4 images are large and must be downloaded and saved to your computer before being opened. Your browser cannot open them. They can be sent to a printer or opened in a graphic program like Adobe Photoshop.
- Check back here for future additions.
Order buttons
- Buttons like the image are now available, 1.75" diameter.
- $2.00 each; if you would like to order 10 or more, contact CDHR at the address / phone / e-mail below.
Talk to your friends and community
- Help to organize house parties, school events, film showings and festivals, gatherings at churches, mosques, temples, and community centers.
Be a MySpace friend / Post to blogs
- Visit the Committee To Defend Human Rights (CDHR) on Myspace; be a friend.
- Search the blogosphere for discussions of the case and post your comments;
several blogs are following the issues.
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Supporters from All of Us Or None say "Free the Eight!" |
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights
P.O. Box 90221
Pasadena, CA 91109
(415) 226-1120
E-mail: freethesf8 [at] riseup [dot] net
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