Berkeley, CA 94705
USA
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
(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
Activist and Author
Nadia Kayyali
Legal Fellow with the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Executive Vice President for the National Lawyers Guild