[sudo-discuss] Tonight in Berkeley: Birgitta Jónsdottír of WikiLeaks

[Andrew]

Thanks Cyrus! I'm thinking of heading to this tonight. Anyone else planing
on going?


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Cyrus Farivar <cfarivar at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA
> 7:30pm
> June 11, 2013
>
> https://www.facebook.com/events/541541322569737/
>
> Our civil liberties developed painstakingly by generations of historically
> great thinkers are vanishing at an alarming rate. The United States is more
> than losing its standing on the global stage as a democracy; it is
> relinquishing its stature as a country that abides by the rule of law.
>
> Our panel of speakers sound the alarm and formulate ways for all of us to
> work together and make a difference.
>
> Birgitta Jónsdóttir English<https://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir.english?directed_target_id=0>
> (Member of Parliament, Iceland – Pirate Party) Poetician, Director of the
> International Modern Media Institute, co-producer of the aerial weapons
> team, WikiLeaks “Collateral Murder” video, Bradley Manning supporter, and
> plaintiff-litigant in the NDAA case Hedges v. Obama.
>
> Daniel Ellsberg was a high-level military planner who leaked the Pentagon
> Papers, a top-secret study of the Vietnam War becoming America's most
> well-known whistleblower. He is a founding board member of the Bradley
> Manning Support Network and the Freedom of the Press Foundation and
> plaintiff-litigant in the NDAA case Hedges v. Obama.
>
> Norman Solomon
> Journalist, media critic, anti-war activist, co-founder of
> Rootsaction.org, author of “War Made Easy.”
>
> Nadia Kayyali
> Legal Fellow with the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Executive Vice
> President for the National Lawyers Guild
>
> Moderator Bob Jaffe
> Volunteer Attorney in the Hedges v. Obama case challenging the indefinite
> military detention provisions of the NDAA.
>
> Our experts will address the paramount civil liberty issues of our time
> including the chilling effect of the military detention provisions of the
> NDAA - National Defense Authorization Act signed into law by Obama in
> January 2012. The panelists will also discuss other threats to civil
> liberties and what we can do to turn the erosion of these liberties around.
>
> The panel will also create a platform for all of us to reflect and
> question the increasing government surveillance of its citizens including
> journalists and activist groups as well as the blatant violations of the
> Constitution by the US government with the supposed legal justification of
> war powers and state security. At an alarming rate whistleblowers are
> criminalized and overprosecuted for exposure of state corruption and
> illegality under the rubric of state security at the expense of hard won
> liberties. Other issues for discussion are the global militarization of our
> police forces and extra judicial assassinations .These profound shifts in
> the governments overreach on many fronts affects the lives of all of us
> even though they may appear to only affect the few. This interactive and
> co-creative discussion will highlight direct actions that each of us can
> engage to effect change wherever we
> are.
>
>
> $10 contribution request, all proceeds will go to support the Bradley
> Manning Legal Defense Fund, no one turned away for lack of funds
>
>
> Sponsors include: ACLU Berkeley Chapter • Alameda County Against Drones
> (ACAD) <https://www.facebook.com/ACADrones?directed_target_id=0> •
> Aquarian Minyan • Bill of Rights Defense Committee<https://www.facebook.com/bordc?directed_target_id=0>•
> Cair Sfba <https://www.facebook.com/cair.sfba?directed_target_id=0> •
> CodePink • National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter<https://www.facebook.com/nlgsf?directed_target_id=0>•
> Occupy Bay Area Jewish Contingent• Rootsaction.org • SF 99% Coalition<https://www.facebook.com/sf99coalition?directed_target_id=0>
>
> --
> Cyrus Farivar
> "suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var"
>
> Journalist and radio producer | cyrusfarivar.com
> Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere" | internetofelsewhere.com
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>
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