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Laborfest: Free Press, Julian Assange,Chelsea Manning, Bryan Carmody

Date:
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Event Type:
Teach-In
Organizer/Author:
Laborfest
Location Details:
518 Valencia, San Francisco. 16th St BART.

Press Freedom, Whistleblowers and the Cases of Assange, Manning and Carmody

Journalists and whistleblowers are under attack, from Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning to freelance journalist Bryan Carmody in San Francisco. When the president of the United States calls journalists “scum” and encourages his supporters to verbally and physically threaten journalists, the right of all journalists to do their work is threatened.

The raid by the San Francisco police of Byran Carmody’s home and office in flagrant violation of the California Shield law is another example that press freedom is a local, national, and international issue.

This forum will look at the issue of who is a journalist and the right of journalists to do their work. Although Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been a member of the Australian MEEA’s Media section since 2007, and this is the trade union that represents Australia media workers, the media, however, continue to argue that he is not a journalist and does not deserve to be protected.

The use of a 1917 US espionage law to target Assange now opens the way to charge all journalists and newspapers that use material from whistleblowers. This is a basic challenge to our freedom and right to information.

Initial Speakers: Mickey Huff, Project Censored; Steve Zeltzer, KPFA WorkWeek Radio; Ann Garrison, Black Agenda KPFA

Sponsored by WorkWeek, LaborNet

https://laborfest.net/event/press-freedom-whistleblowers-and-the-case-of-assange-manning-and-carmody/
Added to the calendar on Wed, Jun 19, 2019 10:36PM
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