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It's Not Just A Good Idea, It's Blair's Law
By Ed Driscoll · September 4, 2006 07:16 PM · Bobos In Paradise · Muggeridge's Law · The Return of the Primitive · War And Anti-War

Check out the seemingly endless roster of leftwing special interest groups involved in a 9/11 anniversary-timed gathering titled "Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?":

Breakthrough & Mission and Social Justice of The Riverside Church present:

Why Can’t America Have Human Rights?

Thursday, September 14th, 2006, 6:30 pm

The Nave at The Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, New York

www.breakthrough.tv

An evening of performance and talks on Human Rights in the United States, including the death penalty, detentions and deportations, poverty, and violence and discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, and sexuality. The Forum will work to strengthen our connections and raise our voices to build an America that supports human rights instead of violating them.

Speakers and performers include:
Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes Jr.
Larry Cox of Amnesty International USA
Mallika Dutt of Breakthrough
La Bruja
DJ Spooky
Roger Bonair-Agard

Nasry Malak
Blackout Arts Collective
Afsheen Shamsi of CAIR NY
Aarti Shahani of Families for Freedom
Silvia Henriquez of National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Ajamu Baraka of The United States Human Rights Network

Mary Beth Maxwell of American Rights at Work
Joo-Hyun Kang of The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Kent Lebsock of the American Indian Law Alliance
Rabbi Michael Feinberg of the Greater New York Labor-Religion

Coalition
The Riverside Inspirational Choir

Co-Sponsors
Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
American Indian Law Alliance
Amnesty International USA
American Rights at Work
Andolan - Organizing South Asian Workers

Asian American Justice Center
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Blackout Arts Collective
Border Action Network
Bringing Human Rights Home Project, HRI, Columbia Law School

Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
Center for the Study of Human Rights
Center for Women’s Global Leadership
Council on American-Islamic Relations (NY)
The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions

Desipina & Co
EarSay/Crossing the BLVD
EarthRights International
Equality Now
Families for Freedom
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues
Global Action Project
Global Rights
Hip Hop Theater Festival

Human Rights Advocates
Human Rights Project-Urban Justice Project
Indo-American Arts Council, Inc.
International Gender Organization
International Women’s Health Coalition
International Women 29/32 Rights Action Watch

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Less AIDS Lesotho
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
Ms. Foundation for Women
Muslim Consultative Network
National Advocates for Pregnant Women

National Center for Human Rights Education
National Economic & Social Rights Initiative
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
National Lawyers Guild

New York Asian Women’s Center
New Immigrant Community Empowerment
North Star Fund
NYNonProfit.com
Peacekeeper Cause-Metics
Planned Parenthood of New York City
Project Pericles at Pace University
Queers for Economic Justice

SAKHI for South Asian Women
SALAAM Theatre
South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
The Lane~Leota Group
Third Wave Foundation
Third World Newsreel

US Human Rights Network
WITNESS
Women’s Environment and Development Organization
Women In Islam, Inc.
World Up!

The very definition of Blair's Law in action. Not to mention Muggeridge's.



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