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USA Mental Health Agency Cancels Journalist Robert B. Whitaker as Keynoter of Alternatives 2010 |
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by Mind Freedom International, |
Bob Whitaker's Book "Anatomy of an Epidemic" Criticizes Psychiatric Pharmaceutical Claims
A major annual conference funded by the US government since 1985 advertises itself as "organized by and for mental health consumers and survivors." The goal of this popular "Alternatives Conference" is to support empowerment, self-determination and choice by mental health clients.
But MindFreedom International News discovered that after Alternatives 2010 organizers confirmed their choice of keynote speaker as journalist Robert B. Whitaker, author of a new book with a scathing critique of psychiatric pharmaceutical claims, upper-level federal officials objected. |
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22 Jul 2010
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Filed under: News / Social Welfare |
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COINTELPRO and the Omaha Two --An interview with Michael Richardson |
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by Angola 3 News, |
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Since 2007, local Boston journalist Michael Richardson has been writing a series of articles about Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa, who are two Black Panther political prisoners known as the Omaha Two. Richardson argues that they were framed for the 1970 murder of a policeman as part of the FBI’s notorious counterintelligence program, dubbed “COINTELPRO.” |
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22 Jul 2010
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Filed under: Interview / Human Rights : Race |
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Two Flash Mobs for Labor Rights |
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by BAAM, |
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This past month in Boston, two flash-mob actions took place in support of two very prevalent labor struggles. First, on June 11th the Boston Sass Attack and The Radical Marching Band took over Hyatt Hotel’s downtown location to do their dance version of “Boycott Hyatt. (to the tune of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.”) |
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05 Jul 2010
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Filed under: News / Labor |
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