From: "Sylvia Ollinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Event Notice! Daniel Ellsberg--"Truth Telling in a Time of War", Jan 27 Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:41:45 -0800
Matters of Controversy ~ A Monthly Series Saturday, January 27, 2007 7:30 PM Truth-Telling In A Time of War: A Call to Civic Courage Guest Speaker: Daniel Ellsberg Our nations most renowned and respected whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg will speak on the need for a Pentagon Papers of the Middle East, a new ethic of patriotic whistle blowing, a resolution to the constitutional crisis due to the presidents abuses of power, and an enlightened and effective policy to prevent nuclear proliferation and further U.S. aggression. Background Information Daniel Ellsberg was former official in the Defense and State Departments. He released the Pentagon Papers to the press in 1971. These top-secret documents revealed that official accounts of U.S. decision-making in Vietnam were deliberate deceptions. His courageous act helped bring about the resignation of President Nixon and the end of the Vietnam War. For the last 35 years Daniel has continued to be a leading voice of moral conscience and warning. · In an article in the October 06 issue of Harpers Magazine, he calls on officials within the government to release the Pentagon Papers of the Middle East to avert a possible war in Iran. · In Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers (2002) he warns about the illegality, deceptions, and hopelessness of the Iraq War. · In 2004, Ellsberg launched the Truth-Telling Project, which helped catalyze the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, formed and led by FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. The Coalition now includes more than sixty former national security officials and conducts effective lobbying for whistleblower protection and against abuses of secrecy. · Daniel is currently writing a book on government whistle blowing and a memoir on the dangers of the nuclear era. · In 2005 the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation awarded Daniel their first Fellowship for his efforts to bring sanity to global nuclear policy; · Among the other numerous awards honoring Daniel Ellsberg for his lifetime of civic achievement is the prestigious 2006 Right Livelihood Award in recognition of his lifelong commitment "to putting peace and truth first, at considerable personal risk." Ellsberg writes, Our nation is at a critical juncture. Policies by the current administration are increasing the dangers to our nation and the world. Yet this crisis offers real opportunity for political action and change. The Next War Originally from Harper's Magazine, October 2006. By Daniel Ellsberg. http://www.harpers.org/TheNextWar.html For more information: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 858 459-4650 Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest, San Diego (opposite UCSD Medical Center) *Wheelchair Accessible Parking: Church parking lot (limited) / Street parking (within 2 blocks) Directions: From Washington Street (Hillcrest): North on 1st St., 3 blocks / Left on Arbor, 1 block. Church is on your left / UCSD Medical Center is on your right. Cost: $10 suggested donation no one will be turned away. Presented by: Peace and Democracy Action Group, First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Diego, CA To subscribe to Peace and Democracy Action Group (PDAG) media list, please type the word "subscribe" in the subject line and send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
