A panel discussed
and shared possible strategic actions and selected tactics for the
purpose of banning electroshock ("ECT"). The psychiatric
procedure of electroshock is a paradigm of psychiatry's 3Fs: force,
fear and fraud. This panel included both shock survivors and antipsychiatry
activists who have helped organize and participated in anti-shock
actions in their countries including Canada, the United States, and
Ireland. The panel included a maximum of five (5) speakers known for
their knowledge and anti-shock activism, and a moderator who acted
as facilitator. The panelists focused on specific and practical anti-shock
organizing strategies they find useful and currently advocate. The
panelists also discussed strategies and some tactics that have not
been helpful including public hearings. The current campaign to stop
the reclassification of shock machines as "safe" in the
United States was also critically discussed.