Professor Cornel West, Chris Hedges speak out for Bradley Manning
What: Trial Update, Speak Out, Q & A
When: August 4, 2013, 3-5:30 PM ET
Where: Friends Meeting of Washington D.C.
2111 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Join us Sunday, August 4, 2013, from 3 to 5:30 PM for a matinee discussion and trial update for Bradley Manning. Widely renowned scholar Dr. Cornel West and former New York Times war correspondent Chris Hedges will join members of the Bradley Manning Support Network for a special presentation on the legal, journalistic and ethical implications of this historic trial.
This event is free and open to the public as well as members of the press.
For more information, contact [email protected]
Cornel West is The Class of 1943 Professor of African American Studies at Princeton and Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He’s an acclaimed author, academic, and polemicist, who speaks largely on matters of race, class, and injustice in America.
Chris Hedges is the author of War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. Having served as war correspondent for the New York Times for 15 years, his writing now appears on TruthDig. He recently sued the Obama Administration over the constitutionality of new detention powers in the National Defense Authorization Act.
Both guests have attended Bradley Manning’s court martial proceedings at Ft. Meade, MD, and have spoken in support of the young whistleblower.
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i hope they support publicly the nobel pp for bradley
I shant be able to attend. Though, I’m hopeful to watch via Livestream/Ustream.
Bradley Manning is being Railroaded.
It falls to us . . . to free him . . . and to punish the TRUE criminals. [Obama, Bush, Wall St., etc.]
How I wish I could be there, to hear these two outstanding people speak to this! What a great opportunity that will be for those in attendance.