Actions You Can Take to Free the San Francisco Eight

Come to court

In San Francisco:
Come to court Wednesday February 13
9:30 a.m. hearing
Courtroom 23, 850 Bryant St. at 7th St., San Francisco.

Learn more about the case, the defendants and the background. Check out the video and audio and audio resources linked from this site (see below), plus the interviews and articles listed under News Stories on the right.
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Many other sources cover Cointelpro, the Black Panther Party, the Black Liberation Army, and the Black Liberation Movement.

The video Legacy of Torture: The War against the Black Liberation Movement, released in January 2007, explores the immediate background of the case. At 28 minutes, it provides a great basis for discussion at house parties, church, mosque, school, and other gatherings. Other short video clips can be downloaded from the News Stories links on the right and new short videos will be available soon – check back.
Purchase Legacy of Torture from Freedom Archives. Or from AK Press (Oakland), Kersplebedeb in Canada, or AK Press (UK).

Radio coverage of the case has been informative; use it to learn more, share it with friends, air it where you can, put it on your iPod.
An audio version of Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation Movement; has been produced by the National Radio Project; it is broadcast quality and available to download.
Additional audio links can be found under News Stories on the right.

Write them – it's one of the most important and effective ways to support political prisoners; even a brief card goes a long way to breaking down the jail walls, and it also lets the jailers know that they are under scrutiny.
Short profiles of each of the defendants can be found on our home page. Addresses are there as well as below:
Addresses:
Herman Bell #2301300, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco CA 94103.
Ray Boudreaux free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Richard Brown free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Henry W. "Hank" Jones free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Jalil Muntaqim, aka Anthony Bottom #2311826, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco CA 94103.
Richard O'Neal free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Harold Taylor free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.
Francisco Torres free on bail. Write to him c/o Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, P.O. Box 90221, Pasadena, CA 91109.

Updated Fact Sheet – two page, front and back, black and white PDF, last updated March 3, 2008. Download now.
New Poster – Famed graphic artist Emory Douglas has created the poster at right and above in support of the San Francisco 8. It is available in an offset version or as a signed original silkscreen. See more on the Emory Douglas poster.
SF8 brochure – download and distribute the new two-page, four-fold flyer. NOTE this is 8.5 x 14 inches printed; It's one PDF file, front and back, in black and white, last updated October 2007. Download now.
"Résistez à la répression" – le même en français: Résistez à la répression (deux pages, PDF, noir et blanc, 8 fevrier 2007; grace à kesplebedeb).
Poster – download and distribute the "Fight! Write! Rally!" poster at left in various sizes:
— small black & white (letter size), 8.5x11", 4.2 MB jpg graphic
— small color (letter size), 8.5x11", PDF
— medium color, 12 x 16", 7.1 MB jpg graphic
— large color (poster size), 18 x 24", 14 MB jpg graphic
— also available as a color web version, a 420x542 pixel gif image, 31 KB.
Note - the first 4 images are large and must be downloaded and saved to your computer before being opened. Your browser cannot open them. They can be sent to a printer or opened in a graphic program like Adobe Photoshop.
Check back here for future additions.

Buttons like the image are now available, 1.75" diameter.
$2.00 each; if you would like to order 10 or more, contact CDHR at the address / phone / e-mail below.

Help to organize house parties, school events, film showings and festivals, gatherings at churches, mosques, temples, and community centers.

Visit the Committee To Defend Human Rights (CDHR) on Myspace; be a friend.
Search the blogosphere for discussions of the case and post your comments;
several blogs are following the issues.

Supporters from All of Us Or None say "Free the Eight!"
(Photo: Scott Braley)

Committee for the Defense of Human Rights
P.O. Box 90221
Pasadena, CA 91109