Date: September 22, 1998 Posted by: deepdish@igc.apc.org /* Written 7:58 AM Sep 22, 1998 by deepdish@igc.apc.org in justice.prisons */ /* ---------- "WEBCAST OF CRITICAL RESISTANCE" ---------- */ DEEP DISH TV presents: WEB CAST!! CRITICAL RESISTANCE CONFERENCE CRITICAL RESISTANCE WEB CAST Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex A National Conference and Strategy Session Berkeley, CA Sept 25-27, 1998 Since 1980, the U.S. prison population has tripled. Almost two million people are currently locked up in U.S. prisons and jails, the majority being people of color. Prisons have become one of the most lucrative industries in the United States, a virtual prison industrial complex This historic conference brings together activists, scholars, policy makers and former prisoners in a national strategy session to resist the incarceration of our nation. Deep Dish Community Network will bring the voices and the visions of the conference to the web: panels and discussions interviews and portraits drawings, music and poems from prisoners Included will be a telephone message from Leonard Peltier, and messages from Russell Shoatz, Ray Levasseur, Laura Whitehorn, Mumia Abu Jamal and other political prisoners. The closing plenary, entitled Day One of the Campaign will feature Angela Davis, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Geronimo Pratt and other activists. Down load the information! Pass it on!! Tape the audio for your local radio station!! Help spread the word from this important meeting!!! The text, audio, video and graphic presentions will be archived on the web for one year. http://www.igc.org/deepdish http://www.igc.org/justice/critical http://www.freespeech.org TUNE IN DOWN LOAD PRINT OUT SPREAD THE WORD Deep Dish TV 339 LaFayette St, NY NY 10012 212 473 8933 deepdish@igc.org This webcast i made possible with the assistance of The institute for Global Communication, Deep dish TV, Paper Tiger West, Progressive Networks and dozens of volunteers. Funding provided by the Instructional Telecommunications Foundation and The Funding Exchange. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO OTHER EMAIL LISTS!!!!! +-+ sent by the Prison Activist List +-+ A project of the Prison Activist Resource Center. See the Prison Issues Desk at . In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1