NYC Forum this Saturday:Torture and Lies: Who Is Accountable?
From Abu Ghraib to the Downing Street Minutes
New York City Town Hall Meeting
Saturday July 23, 2005 2-4 p.m.
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W. 64th St.
Free admission, donations suggested
Seating is limited, no reservations
Sponsored by The Nation and Democrats.com
Speakers:
Rep. Maurice Hinchey
Hon. Liz Holtzman
Randi Rhodes
[Wilson and Others Are Supposed To Be Present as Well]
Moderator: Bob Fertik
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), who has represented a conservative district
in upstate New York since 1993, has spoken passionately about the
significance of the Downing Street Minutes and the need to hold the
President accountable for taking the nation to war on the basis of lies.
http://www.democrats.com/hinchey-newpaltz
Hon. Liz Holtzman, a former Congresswoman from New York, served on the
House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment of President Nixon. She
later served as District Attorney of Brooklyn and currently serves on the
Nazi and Japanese Imperial War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group.
She just published "Torture and Accountability," an extraordinary article
in The Nation:
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050718&s=holtzman
Randi Rhodes hosts The Randi Rhodes Show, the hugely popular afternoon
show on Air America Radio.
http://therandirhodesshow.com/live/
Bob Fertik is the President of Democrats.com and a co-founder of
AfterDowningStreet.org, a broad national coalition formed on May 26 to end
the U.S. media blackout of the Downing Street Minutes, which exposed the
Bush administration's pre-war declarations as deliberate lies.
July 23 is the 3rd anniversary of the Downing Street Minutes. Town Hall
Meetings are being held all across the country, organized by Rep. John
Conyers and AfterDowningStreet.org.
Co-sponsors:
Air America Radio
AfterDowningStreet.org
Billionaires for Bush
The Blame Show
The Iraq Project
New Democratic Majority
NYC Downing Street Coalition
NYS Senator Eric Schneiderman
openDemocracy.net
PoliticalStrategy.us
Progressive Democrats of America
United for Peace and Justice
Veterans For Peace
VoterMarch.org
For updates visit:
http://democrats.com/july23
To volunteer visit:
http://democrats.com/contact
Bob Fertik, President
Democrats.com
bob@...
718-424-7772
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*AfterDowningStreet.org*
Once again the Military Troops were Lied too, for the most Devestating/Destructive/Illegal Action known caused by Men on Men/Women/Children, by Civilian/Military Leadership of this Country! This Nation went through this not Long ago and were to Learn the Lessons of that Extreme Mistake, yet Didn't for it Repeats with even more Devestation of Multiple Deployments into Theaters!
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July 23, 2005
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