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<H2><FONT color=#800000>May 3: Torture and the American Psyche</FONT></H2>
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<P><SPAN class=390342016-14042008>H</SPAN>ere’s an announcement of a<SPAN
class=390342016-14042008>n upcoming </SPAN>forum <SPAN
class=390342016-14042008>on culural and psychological aspects of our society's
tolerance on US torture, and on the role of psychologits and other health
professionals in that torture</SPAN>. A flyer, suitable for printing and
posting, is available <A
href="http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/May3_torture-flyer_v4.pdf">here</A>:</P>
<P align=center><STRONG><FONT color=brown size=4>Torture and the American
Psyche:</FONT></STRONG><BR><STRONG><FONT color=brown size=4>Blurring the
Boundaries Between Healers and Interrogators</FONT></STRONG><BR><EM>Saturday,
May 3, 2008,<BR>9:30 am – 12:30 pm</EM></P>
<P align=center>First Parish Unitarian Church,<BR>382 Walnut
Street,<BR>Brookline, MA<BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><A
href="http://www.firstparishinbrookline.org/">http://www.firstparishinbrookline.org</A></SPAN>
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<P align=center><STRONG><EM>admission is free</EM></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT color=#800000><STRONG>DESCRIPTION:</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P>Every day the news brings further details about our country’s recent use of
torture and other detainee abuse in national security, and of the debates among
our leaders and citizens of practical, legal, and ethical implications of this
use. We invite concerned citizens and members of the mental health professions
to join together in an open discussion of the far reaching human and moral
implications of our nation’s use of torture.</P>
<P>We will discuss the emotional and ethical consequences of being members of a
society that sanctions torture and that uses psychologists to make sure abuse is
medically and “ethically” conducted. We will have three speakers, followed by a
discussion among the panelists and with the members of the audience on the
diverse aspects of this topic. Our aim is to facilitate a discussion which will
include the emotional, ethical and spiritual dimensions of this topic and allow
room for all to participate.</P>
<P>We understand that the topic will give pause to all who consider attending
and care will be taken to ensure that the discussion will not devolve into a
political diatribe or an immersion into a graphic depiction of torture. We hope
that some perspective on feasible actions may emerge from the discussion.</P>
<P><FONT color=#800000><STRONG>SPEAKERS:</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG>Eric Fair</STRONG> currently a divinity student at Princeton will
speak from his experience as a civilian contract interrogator in Baghdad,
Fallujah, and Abu Ghraib in early 2004. He will lend his first person account to
our conversation.</P>
<P><STRONG>Leonard Rubenstein, J.D.</STRONG> President of Physicians for Human
Rights, a Nobel Prize winning organization, is an attorney and veteran of many
human rights struggles. He will speak of the role of torture in our contemporary
political culture.</P>
<P><STRONG>David Sloan-Rossiter, Ph.D.</STRONG> will bring his long standing
interest in using a psych oana¬lytic perspective to aid communities to the role
of moderator of the program. He is co-chair of the Curriculum Committee at
Boston Institute for Psychotherapy and Massachusetts Institute for
Psychoanalysis.</P>
<P><STRONG>Stephen Soldz, Ph.D.</STRONG> a local psychoanalyst, social activist
and Professor at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, is one of the
nation’s leaders in opposing psycholo¬gist participation in torture and abuse.
He will speak to the history of that struggle in the context of the broader
struggle for human rights.</P>
<P><FONT color=#800000><STRONG>SPONSORS:</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><EM>Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Institute for the Study of
Violence</EM><BR><STRONG>Boston Institute for
Psychotherapy</STRONG><BR><EM>Boston Psychoanalytic Society and
Institute</EM><BR><STRONG>Brookline PeaceWorks</STRONG><BR><EM>Coalition for an
Ethical Psychology</EM><BR><STRONG>First Parish of
Brookline</STRONG><BR><EM>Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic
Psychology</EM><BR><STRONG>Massachusetts Institute for
Psychoanalysis</STRONG><BR><EM>Physicians for Human
Rights</EM><BR><STRONG>Psychoanalytic Institute of New
England</STRONG><BR><EM>Psychologists for Social Responsibility–End Torture
Action Committee</EM></P>
<P><EM><STRONG>Registration is not required but would help us anticipate
attendance. If you are interested in attending this program, please email
MLoug23@aol.com by Monday, April 28, 2008.</STRONG></EM></P>
<P><EM>Download flyer <A
href="http://psychoanalystsopposewar.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/May3_torture-flyer_v4.pdf">here</A>.</EM><SPAN
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