MFI News: Electroshock Protested, Jim Gottstein on Internet Radio, Mad Pride & More

Mon May 14 20:18:54 CDT 2007

MindFreedom International NEWS - 14 May 2007 - please forward
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BELOW are seven (7) *very* brief news items for nonviolent revolution  
in the mental health system!

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    (1) Toronto, Montreal & Ireland Hold Successful Protests Against  
Electroshock of Moms & Grandmothers

Lively demonstrations to warn the public about "electroconvulsive  
therapy" were held yesterday in three cities on Mother's Day, 13 May  
2007. The theme: How electroshock doctors target women, especially  
older women.

Links to reports and photos of the protests are here:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/inter/mfire/mf-ireland-electroshock

or use this web address:

http://tinyurl.com/2z9ry3

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    (2) Jim Gottstein -- Psychiatric Survivor, Harvard-Trained  
Attorney, Whistle-Blower

    Jim is the Guest This Wednesday, 16 May 2007 at 4 pm ET on

    MindFreedom International Free Internet Radio

You may listen and phone in LIVE to this Internet radio show *this*  
Wednesday, 16 May at 4 pm ET at http://prncomm.net. Host is David Oaks.

Jim single-handedly exposed Eli Lilly's secret files about their  
psychiatric drug Zyprexa. Hear about this and his many other projects  
and lawsuits to challenge psychiatric human rights violations. Let's  
hear your comments and questions LIVE.

For more info and bio go to:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/media/mfradio/next

or use this web address:

http://tinyurl.com/2fw7fl

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      (3) Psychiatric survivor/activist featured in Michigan newspaper.

The newspaper _Northern Express_ features Ben Hansen and his  
challenge to the massive psychiatric drugging of Michigan preschoolers:

http://www.northernexpress.com/editorial/features.asp?id=2465

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      (4) Do you live in Chicagoland area?

Catch a free speaking engagement by MindFreedom director David Oaks,  
on Wednesday, 23 May 2007, at 7 pm, at Roosevelt University, 2nd  
Floor Congress Lounge, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. More info:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/mf-chicagoland

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      (5) Do you live in Lane County, Oregon?

Check out the launch of the Opal Network, uniting mental health  
consumers, psychiatric survivors and mental health agencies for  
voice, empowerment and self-determination in the mental health system:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/or/lane/opal/

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      (6) Live near London, England?

Don't miss this celebration of Mad Pride called BONKERSFEST,  
Saturday, 2 June 2007!

http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride/bonkersfest-2007

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      (7) Live on Planet Earth?

You'll want to celebrate Mad Pride wherever you are, especially this  
July.

See the updated list of Mad Pride 2007 events and view a brief online  
video from England about how you can organize an inexpensive Mad  
Pride music event:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride

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* Win human rights campaigns in mental health?

* End abuse by the psychiatric drug industry?

* Support self-determination of psychiatric survivors?

* Promote safe, humane, effective options in mental health?

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and affiliate groups with individual members, and is accredited by  
the United Nations as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with  
Consultative Roster Status.

MindFreedom is one of the very few totally independent groups in the  
mental health field with no funding from governments, drug companies,  
religions, corporations, or the mental health system. While most of  
MindFreedom's members are psychiatric survivors, *all* who support  
human rights are invited to join and become active leaders.

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Please forward.

"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted." -  
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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