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

[Anthony Di Franco]

I want to go but can't.
Can someone who's going take a video if no one there is already taking one
for public consumption and it's otherwise cool to do so?


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:

> 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
>> US: +1 510 394 5485 (m) | Twitter/Skype: cfarivar
>> "Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the
>> Internet."
>> cfarivar at cfarivar.org
>>
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