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12-14-2003, 06:23 AM
"WITNESS Info, December 10, 2003
In this newsletter
I. WITNESS partner Mental Disability Rights International calls for the
InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to take action on behalf of
patients in Paraguay facility
II. WITNESS needs volunteers for upcoming USA Jane's Addiction tour dates
December 2003 and January 2004
III. WITNESS partner Burma Issues' recent footage documents instances of
forced labor and forced portering, practices the Burmese military regime
denies it uses
IV. "Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights
Investigations" now available in Spanish and Arabic editions. Visit
www.witness.org/store for details.
V. Check out the WITNESS Calendar of events online at www.witness.org
VI. WITNESS Partner The Institute for Human Rights and Development in
Africa (IHRD) seeks an intern for its office in the Gambia
VII. Special announcement: 4th Annual Media that Matters Film Festival
call for submissions
INFO
I. WITNESS partner Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) sought the
urgent intervention of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights on
behalf of patients at the Neuro-Psychiatric Facility of Paraguay on Dec. 9,
2003 in Washington D.C. Conditions for the 460 people detained in the
facility are among the worst MDRI has documented in any country,
highlighted by the especially deplorable conditions faced by two patients,
Julio (17) and Jorge (18), who have been detained in six-by-six feet
isolation cells, naked, and without access to bathrooms for the last four
years, according to staff at the facility. Visit www.mdri.org for more
information. Press inquiries should be sent to matisse@witness.org.
II. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNTIY: Jane's Addiction has invited WITNESS to
participate in five upcoming concert dates in the United States. We need
dedicated volunteers to attend the shows and represent WITNESS. Dates and
cities are: Dec.27 Detroit, MI, Dec. 28 Fairfax, VA, Dec.31 New York City,
Jan. 2 Lowell, MA, Jan. 3 Camden, NJ. If you are interested, please write
to matisse@witness.org with "Jane's Addiction / WITNESS" in the subject
heading.
III. Burma Issues recently filmed interviews with three porters from a
group of twenty-four who escaped and fled to the Burma/ Thai border. These
porters were forced by the military to be human mine-sweepers and were held
in a prison which was recently visited by the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC). Burma Issues is providing the footage and a report to
the ICRC and intends to launch a video news release around the story. Other
recent footage from Burma Issues shows forced labor for the building of
roads, especially by women and young children. The Burmese military regime
maintains that it does not practice forced labor or forced portering. Press
inquiries about footage, please write to matisse@witness.org.
IV. "Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights
Investigations" the video produced by WITNESS partner Argentine Forensic
Anthropology Team (EAAF) is now available in Spanish and Arabic versions.
To order, visit www.witness.org/store.
EAAF will host several screenings of "Following Antigone" in El Mozote, El
Salvador this month for families of some victims of the 1981 El Mozote
massacre, a case that EAAF has worked on for over 10 years and is detailed
in the video.
V. WITNESS events: On December 18, 2003, Executive Director Gillian
Caldwell will speak on a panel organized by New York Film and Video Council
at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Room 607B, 116th &
Broadway, from 6-9 p.m. Seating is limited. For more information on other
WITNESS related events, please visit www.witness.org and read the NEWS
section.
VI. Internship: The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa
(IHRD) seeks an intern for their office in the Gambia to support the
production of a documentary to encourage ratification, understanding and
effectiveness of the proposed African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Previous film making experience is required and familiarity with logging
preferred. For more information about the IHRD, please visit
www.africaninstitute.org. For more details about the internship, email
judyakot@africaninstitute.org or call +220 962280.
VII. Special announcement: Call for entries for the 4th ANNUAL MEDIA THAT
MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL / Deadline: January 5, 2004.
A celebration of short films and new media work that spark action and
debate, this yearlong festival includes community screenings around the
country, online streaming, television broadcasts and DVD distribution to
thousands of educators and activists. All genres welcome. Special youth
contest. $1,000 cash awards. For more information and to apply, go to
www.MediaThatMattersFest.org/apply.
We wish you a very happy and peace-filled holiday season,
The WITNESS team Hakima Abbas, Program Associate / Matisse Bustos, Outreach
Coordinator /Gillian Caldwell, Executive Director / Menaka Chandurkar,
Development Associate / Sara Federlein, Development and Special Projects
Manager / Sam Gregory, Program Manager / Grace Lile, Archive Manager /
Tamaryn Nelson, Program Associate / Bryan Nunez, Technology Coordinator /
Shilpa Raman, Archive Assistant / Greg Rossi, Office Manager
www.witness.org
witness@witness.org "
"If Emory University takes its own mission seriously, it
should challenge this abuse of medical knowledge and technology to
manipulate people for commercial purposes."
http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/neuromarketing.cfm
For a good intro to peace psychology, you may want to read Christie, D.,
Wagner, R., & Dunann Winter, D. (2001). Peace, Conflict, and Violence:
Peace psychology for the 21st century. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall. Carol Wolman's original essay. Roy and Judy Edelstein's paper on Five
Dangerous Ideas (American Psychologist 58,3, pp. 182-192) and the first
paper in Peter Coleman's series: The characteristics of protracted,
intractable conflict: Toward the development of a metaframework (Journal of
Peace Psychology, 9,1,2003). Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and
Violence. Annual Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award Div. 48 (Society
for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence)
http://www.webster.edu/peacepsychology/
Send nominations via email to eborris@attglobal.net or APA Division 48
Awards Committee, c/o Dr. Eileen Borris, 6450 East Hummingbird Lane,
Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253. The deadline for submissions is March 15
Info about food stamps and fuel assistance, so I am sending it to all. Fuel
Assistance 413 584 4030 food stamps 1800 249 2007 also the website for
all the info on financial assistance including housing and medical care is
massresources.org
By Josh Kriegman, Coordinating Director of Zuzu's Place e-mail:
zuzus_place@yahoo.com independent housing alternative for psychiatric
survivors
http://www.zuzusplace.org The following is the introduction to a new model
for discovering and reclaiming mental health.http://www.tidal-model.co.uk/
There is an excellent page here involving the Metaphor for Psychological
Distress at:
http://www.tidal-model.co.uk/Metaphor3.htm
The Tidal Model acknowledges the central importance of 'nursing', in the
social rather than professional sense.
Thomas J. Scheff, Professor Emeritus Dept of Sociology, UCSB, Santa Barbara,
CA. 93106 Web http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/faculty/scheff
Please look at this good website :)
http://www.gedenkstaettesteinhof.at/index.shtml?lang=en;style=small
its in English and it deals with the Viennese psychiatric institute
steinhoff and the medical mass murders.
Sunday, November 9, 2003 copyright 2003 San Francisco Chronicle | Feedback
URL:
sfgate.com/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/09/ING9C2QSKB1.DTL
"How American corporate philanthropies launched a national campaign of
ethnic cleansing in the United States, helped found and fund the Nazi
eugenics of Hitler and Mengele and then created the modern movement of
'human genetics.' "
http://www.waragainsttheweak.com/
Edwin Black"
"DR. LOREN MOSHER, "LIBERATING MADNESS: HEALING WITHOUT MEDICATION" Contact
Freedom Center (413) 582-9948;
info@freedom-center.org; or
www.freedom-center.org for more information. Loren R. Mosher M.D., a
Harvard-trained psychiatrist and author of more than 100 scientific
publications, is former Chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia at
the US National Institute of Mental Health, and former editor-in-Chief,
Schizophrenia Bulletin. Mosher
founded the Soteria Project, a non-drug, home-like, residential treatment
facility for schizophrenics and acutely psychotic persons that proved the
effectiveness of alternatives to medication.
6 NEWS BRIEFS: Freedom in Mental Health - 22 Sept. 2003
http://www.MindFreedom.org * * * please forward! * * *
Psychiatric "Mind Control Implant" Technology
is Now Real and Getting Debated in Philadelphia
What are the Bush Administration & Pentagon Links to the
Stanley Foundation, the Main Pushers of Implants?
Other news: David Hilton Remembered... Jonathan Harte...
17-Year-Old Alex Asch.... Electroshock... Fast Fallout
The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers
Katherine Greider Public Affairs, $14, pp 189 ISBN 1 58648 185 1 Reviewed
by Ray Moynihan.
We at Truehope would like to inform you that Truehope and the research
behind Empowerplus entitled, "Impossible Cure?" on :)
TruehopeNutritionalSupport888-TRUEHOPE www.truehope.com
An article from a friend of mine, John Breeding,PhD who is a strong advocate
in the battle to stop the drugging of children with Schedule II drugs. This
and Bush's agenda are Capitalism at it's worst. Profit before People, other
species, and the environment. More about John and his organization at :)
www.wildestcolts.com
These may be a good movement to connect with especially regarding
globalization of electroshock, meds & other western approaches: I went to a
talk given by 3 visiting members of the Peoples Health Movement. (they have
a very simple and straightforward approach- not a web-site to get lost at).
www.phmovement.org
News from our friendly FDA and the pharmaceutical industry..All drugs
containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are being recalled
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/default.htm
http://www.raggededgemagazine.com
http://www.InclusionDaily.com
As always, feel free to copy and share, as well. Thanx! Enjoy your eve'
and Holidays as you can. Ciao, for now. james m nordlund
In this newsletter
I. WITNESS partner Mental Disability Rights International calls for the
InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to take action on behalf of
patients in Paraguay facility
II. WITNESS needs volunteers for upcoming USA Jane's Addiction tour dates
December 2003 and January 2004
III. WITNESS partner Burma Issues' recent footage documents instances of
forced labor and forced portering, practices the Burmese military regime
denies it uses
IV. "Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights
Investigations" now available in Spanish and Arabic editions. Visit
www.witness.org/store for details.
V. Check out the WITNESS Calendar of events online at www.witness.org
VI. WITNESS Partner The Institute for Human Rights and Development in
Africa (IHRD) seeks an intern for its office in the Gambia
VII. Special announcement: 4th Annual Media that Matters Film Festival
call for submissions
INFO
I. WITNESS partner Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) sought the
urgent intervention of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights on
behalf of patients at the Neuro-Psychiatric Facility of Paraguay on Dec. 9,
2003 in Washington D.C. Conditions for the 460 people detained in the
facility are among the worst MDRI has documented in any country,
highlighted by the especially deplorable conditions faced by two patients,
Julio (17) and Jorge (18), who have been detained in six-by-six feet
isolation cells, naked, and without access to bathrooms for the last four
years, according to staff at the facility. Visit www.mdri.org for more
information. Press inquiries should be sent to matisse@witness.org.
II. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNTIY: Jane's Addiction has invited WITNESS to
participate in five upcoming concert dates in the United States. We need
dedicated volunteers to attend the shows and represent WITNESS. Dates and
cities are: Dec.27 Detroit, MI, Dec. 28 Fairfax, VA, Dec.31 New York City,
Jan. 2 Lowell, MA, Jan. 3 Camden, NJ. If you are interested, please write
to matisse@witness.org with "Jane's Addiction / WITNESS" in the subject
heading.
III. Burma Issues recently filmed interviews with three porters from a
group of twenty-four who escaped and fled to the Burma/ Thai border. These
porters were forced by the military to be human mine-sweepers and were held
in a prison which was recently visited by the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC). Burma Issues is providing the footage and a report to
the ICRC and intends to launch a video news release around the story. Other
recent footage from Burma Issues shows forced labor for the building of
roads, especially by women and young children. The Burmese military regime
maintains that it does not practice forced labor or forced portering. Press
inquiries about footage, please write to matisse@witness.org.
IV. "Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights
Investigations" the video produced by WITNESS partner Argentine Forensic
Anthropology Team (EAAF) is now available in Spanish and Arabic versions.
To order, visit www.witness.org/store.
EAAF will host several screenings of "Following Antigone" in El Mozote, El
Salvador this month for families of some victims of the 1981 El Mozote
massacre, a case that EAAF has worked on for over 10 years and is detailed
in the video.
V. WITNESS events: On December 18, 2003, Executive Director Gillian
Caldwell will speak on a panel organized by New York Film and Video Council
at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Room 607B, 116th &
Broadway, from 6-9 p.m. Seating is limited. For more information on other
WITNESS related events, please visit www.witness.org and read the NEWS
section.
VI. Internship: The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa
(IHRD) seeks an intern for their office in the Gambia to support the
production of a documentary to encourage ratification, understanding and
effectiveness of the proposed African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Previous film making experience is required and familiarity with logging
preferred. For more information about the IHRD, please visit
www.africaninstitute.org. For more details about the internship, email
judyakot@africaninstitute.org or call +220 962280.
VII. Special announcement: Call for entries for the 4th ANNUAL MEDIA THAT
MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL / Deadline: January 5, 2004.
A celebration of short films and new media work that spark action and
debate, this yearlong festival includes community screenings around the
country, online streaming, television broadcasts and DVD distribution to
thousands of educators and activists. All genres welcome. Special youth
contest. $1,000 cash awards. For more information and to apply, go to
www.MediaThatMattersFest.org/apply.
We wish you a very happy and peace-filled holiday season,
The WITNESS team Hakima Abbas, Program Associate / Matisse Bustos, Outreach
Coordinator /Gillian Caldwell, Executive Director / Menaka Chandurkar,
Development Associate / Sara Federlein, Development and Special Projects
Manager / Sam Gregory, Program Manager / Grace Lile, Archive Manager /
Tamaryn Nelson, Program Associate / Bryan Nunez, Technology Coordinator /
Shilpa Raman, Archive Assistant / Greg Rossi, Office Manager
www.witness.org
witness@witness.org "
"If Emory University takes its own mission seriously, it
should challenge this abuse of medical knowledge and technology to
manipulate people for commercial purposes."
http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/neuromarketing.cfm
For a good intro to peace psychology, you may want to read Christie, D.,
Wagner, R., & Dunann Winter, D. (2001). Peace, Conflict, and Violence:
Peace psychology for the 21st century. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall. Carol Wolman's original essay. Roy and Judy Edelstein's paper on Five
Dangerous Ideas (American Psychologist 58,3, pp. 182-192) and the first
paper in Peter Coleman's series: The characteristics of protracted,
intractable conflict: Toward the development of a metaframework (Journal of
Peace Psychology, 9,1,2003). Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and
Violence. Annual Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award Div. 48 (Society
for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence)
http://www.webster.edu/peacepsychology/
Send nominations via email to eborris@attglobal.net or APA Division 48
Awards Committee, c/o Dr. Eileen Borris, 6450 East Hummingbird Lane,
Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253. The deadline for submissions is March 15
Info about food stamps and fuel assistance, so I am sending it to all. Fuel
Assistance 413 584 4030 food stamps 1800 249 2007 also the website for
all the info on financial assistance including housing and medical care is
massresources.org
By Josh Kriegman, Coordinating Director of Zuzu's Place e-mail:
zuzus_place@yahoo.com independent housing alternative for psychiatric
survivors
http://www.zuzusplace.org The following is the introduction to a new model
for discovering and reclaiming mental health.http://www.tidal-model.co.uk/
There is an excellent page here involving the Metaphor for Psychological
Distress at:
http://www.tidal-model.co.uk/Metaphor3.htm
The Tidal Model acknowledges the central importance of 'nursing', in the
social rather than professional sense.
Thomas J. Scheff, Professor Emeritus Dept of Sociology, UCSB, Santa Barbara,
CA. 93106 Web http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/faculty/scheff
Please look at this good website :)
http://www.gedenkstaettesteinhof.at/index.shtml?lang=en;style=small
its in English and it deals with the Viennese psychiatric institute
steinhoff and the medical mass murders.
Sunday, November 9, 2003 copyright 2003 San Francisco Chronicle | Feedback
URL:
sfgate.com/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/09/ING9C2QSKB1.DTL
"How American corporate philanthropies launched a national campaign of
ethnic cleansing in the United States, helped found and fund the Nazi
eugenics of Hitler and Mengele and then created the modern movement of
'human genetics.' "
http://www.waragainsttheweak.com/
Edwin Black"
"DR. LOREN MOSHER, "LIBERATING MADNESS: HEALING WITHOUT MEDICATION" Contact
Freedom Center (413) 582-9948;
info@freedom-center.org; or
www.freedom-center.org for more information. Loren R. Mosher M.D., a
Harvard-trained psychiatrist and author of more than 100 scientific
publications, is former Chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia at
the US National Institute of Mental Health, and former editor-in-Chief,
Schizophrenia Bulletin. Mosher
founded the Soteria Project, a non-drug, home-like, residential treatment
facility for schizophrenics and acutely psychotic persons that proved the
effectiveness of alternatives to medication.
6 NEWS BRIEFS: Freedom in Mental Health - 22 Sept. 2003
http://www.MindFreedom.org * * * please forward! * * *
Psychiatric "Mind Control Implant" Technology
is Now Real and Getting Debated in Philadelphia
What are the Bush Administration & Pentagon Links to the
Stanley Foundation, the Main Pushers of Implants?
Other news: David Hilton Remembered... Jonathan Harte...
17-Year-Old Alex Asch.... Electroshock... Fast Fallout
The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers
Katherine Greider Public Affairs, $14, pp 189 ISBN 1 58648 185 1 Reviewed
by Ray Moynihan.
We at Truehope would like to inform you that Truehope and the research
behind Empowerplus entitled, "Impossible Cure?" on :)
TruehopeNutritionalSupport888-TRUEHOPE www.truehope.com
An article from a friend of mine, John Breeding,PhD who is a strong advocate
in the battle to stop the drugging of children with Schedule II drugs. This
and Bush's agenda are Capitalism at it's worst. Profit before People, other
species, and the environment. More about John and his organization at :)
www.wildestcolts.com
These may be a good movement to connect with especially regarding
globalization of electroshock, meds & other western approaches: I went to a
talk given by 3 visiting members of the Peoples Health Movement. (they have
a very simple and straightforward approach- not a web-site to get lost at).
www.phmovement.org
News from our friendly FDA and the pharmaceutical industry..All drugs
containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are being recalled
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/default.htm
http://www.raggededgemagazine.com
http://www.InclusionDaily.com
As always, feel free to copy and share, as well. Thanx! Enjoy your eve'
and Holidays as you can. Ciao, for now. james m nordlund