An Evening with Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater, on May 3, 7 pm

Mary Brassell and Sacramento for Democracy
Present
 
An Evening With
JEREMY SCAHILL
Author of
BLACKWATER
THE RISE OF THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL MERCENARY ARMY 
Thursday, May 3,   7:00 PM
 
Jeremy Scahill, a Polk Award-winning investigative journalist returns to Sacramento. A frequent contributor to The Nation magazine and a correspondent for Democracy Now, Scahill has reported extensively from Iraq, the former Yugoslavia and Nigeria. He is currently a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute. Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army is his first book.
 
About BLACKWATER:
“The rise of this unchecked mercenary force, as Scahill understands, could presage the final stage in the collapse of American democracy.”
Chris Hedges, former New York Times Middle East Bureau Chief
 
“The most important and chilling book about the death throes of U.S. democracy you will read in years and a triumph of investigative reporting.”
Naomi Klein, author No Logo
 
"Of all the insane Bush privatization efforts, none is more frightening than the corporatizing of military combat forces. Jeremy Scahill admirably exposes a devastating example of this sinister scheme."
Michael Moore, Academy Award Winning Director
 
“In this terrifying and thrillingly written book, Jeremy Scahill introduces us to the shape of things to come, and to the kind of people and corporations who are likely to govern our lives if we don't do something about it pretty quickly.”
Arundhati Roy, author The God of Small Things
 
 
Thursday, May 3,   7:00 PM
United Methodist Church   2100 J St., Sacramento, CA
(Corner of 21st and J Street)
$5- $20 Suggested donation
 
http://sacramentofordemocracy.org/?q=node/view/5364
 
More Information at:  http://www.blackwaterbook.org/
  
Local Contact::  mbrassell [at] riseup.net    (916) 803-3909
 
A BOOK SIGNING OF BLACKWATER WILL FOLLOW THE EVENT.