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DESCRIPTION:Intro presentation, webinar viewing and discussion\n\n“Russiagate” 
 continues to dominate the news. The FBI recently indicted thirteen people 
 overseas working for the private Internet Research Agency, which allegedly 
 purchased Facebook ads during the 2016 election. Now, it seems, behind 
 every voice of dissent, is a “Russian troll” or “agent,” abetting 
 the so-called “Russian interference in the U.S. elections.” \n\nThis 
 extends from the presidential campaign of Jill Stein (Green Party), to 
 Black Lives Matter, to the organizers of both pro- and anti-Trump 
 protesters. Unsourced lists of left-wing and anti-establishment websites 
 have been posted in the Washington Post as “Russian-influenced,” while 
 Google, Twitter and Youtube have used the opportunity to block or discredit 
 what they unilaterally consider “fake news.”\n\nThe temperature of this 
 campaign went up again this week, and spread like wildfire through Britain, 
 after a former Russian double agent there was allegedly poisoned with a 
 nerve agent in a public park. The Labour Party’s left-wing leader Jeremy 
 Corbyn has been attacked for not quickly enough accepting the British 
 government’s version of events, and the station RT is on the verge of 
 losing its license to operate in Britain.\n\nThis is a very dangerous 
 development and radical and progressive activists need to arm ourselves 
 intellectually with talking points and arguments. That is the main point of 
 this webinar “Russiagate: Talking Back to the New McCarthyism” \n\nThe 
 topics of the webinar are:\n• Behind the headlines on Russiagate  \n• 
 What are the facts about alleged Russian interference? \n• The US history 
 of interference in other countries’ elections\n• The demonization of 
 dissent in the US \n• Impact on grassroots organizers and left-wing 
 electoral campaigns\n• The targeting of alternative media\n\nNow more 
 than ever, we need to ground our organizing work in collective power and a 
 revolutionary and internationalist vision.\n\n$3-10 donation, no one turned 
 away for lack of funds. \nRefreshments provided. Wheelchair 
 accessible.\n\nJoin us in our office to participate.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/03/15/18807422.php
SUMMARY:Forum/Webinar - 'Russiagate': Talking Back to the New McCarthyism
LOCATION:2969 Mission St., near 26th St. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/03/15/18807422.php
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