The Alameda Public Affairs Forum
Challenging
U.S. Human Rights Violations
Since 9/11
a presentation by Ann Fagan Ginger
September 25, 2004 -
Ann Fagan Ginger, a nationally-known lawyer, teacher, writer, and political
activist, spoke on Saturday, September 25th to the Alameda Public Affairs
Forum about human rights violations since 9/11.
Ann Ginger's talk at the Alameda Public Affairs Forum will be based on her forthcoming book, which contains the broadest coverage of human rights violations ever attempted. "Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since 9/11" will be published by Prometheus Books in March 2005.
Click here to download the MP3 audio recording of the 1 hour and 11 minute event (65 Mb). You can click here to view a Macromedia flash recording of the talk.
You can order the audio CD of the presentation by sending $5.00 to
Alameda Report
c/o Joseph Woodard
2050 Eagle Avenue, #1
Alameda, CA 94501
Ann Ginger's report will be submitted as a Report to the Office of
Inspector General of the U.S. Departments of State, Labor, Defense,
Commerce, and EPA, and to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, the UN Human Rights Committee and UN Committees Against Torture and
To Eliminate Racial Discrimination in Geneva. After carefully collecting
and sorting 183 reports of violations by all U.S. Government agencies since
9/11, Meiklejohn Institute enunciated 30 categories of rights and duties
being violated, listed the relevant laws, and suggests paths for action to
stop the violations.
Ann Ginger is the author of 24 books, has taught at San Francisco State, and lectures widely on human rights and peace law under the U.S. Constitution and the UN Charter and treaties. Ginger argued and won in the U.S. Supreme Court against the Ohio UnAmerican Activities Committee in 1959. She is founder and executive director of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (MCLI) http://mcli.org an organization that seeks to promote social change by increasing the recognition and use of existing human rights and peace law at the local, state, national, and international levels.
Blurb on "Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since
9/11"
can be found on the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute's web site at
http://www.mcli.org/
This Alameda Public Affairs Forum (APAF) was held at the Home of Truth Spiritual Center, 1300 Grand Street, Alameda, from 7 to 9 p.m., an event free and open to the public.
For information on the Alameda Public Affairs Forum, contact Arthur Lipow, the Director, by phoning 510-814-9592 or by sending email to artlipow@aol.com
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
PO Box 673, Berkeley, CA 94701
(510) 848-0599
(510) 848-6008 fax
Send email to issues@mcli.org
