MindFreedom International NEWS - 14 May 2007
http://www.MindFreedom.org

(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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All this and lots more that's new at the MindFreedom News Web Site:

http://www.mindfreedom.org

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Status.

MindFreedom is one of the very few totally independent groups in the

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religions, corporations, or the mental health system. While most of

MindFreedom's members are psychiatric survivors, *all* who support human

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"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted." -

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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