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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine's 25th Anniversary with Jeremy Scahill
SATURDAY, OCT. 8, 2016 - Between The Lines' 25th anniversary event
JEREMY SCAHILL to Keynote Between The Lines' 25th Anniversary Forum in New Haven, CT
Award-winning author, a founding editor of The Intercept and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker for "Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield" Jeremy Scahill will be the keynote speaker at Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine's 25th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 8, in New Haven, CT. Scahill's speech, "Drones, Terrorism and The President," will address America's endless wars, "targeted assassinations" and the critical policy decisions facing our next president, issues largely ignored by U.S. corporate media. Scahill will also be signing his latest book, "The Assassination Complex," with a foreword by Edward Snowden and afterword by Glenn Greenwald
Introductions, Democracy in Action Awards, public forum and Q&A, booksigning with Jeremy Scahill 2:00-4 p.m. United Church on the Green 270 Temple St., New Haven, CT (corner of Temple and Elm Streets).
Suggested contribution: ($10 advance, $15 at the door).
More information on reserving tickets, directions, reception/silent auction, at Squeakywheel.net or http://squeakywheel.net/BTL25thanniv.html Call 203-268-8446 or email info@squeakywheel.net
Jeremy Scahill is one of the three founding editors of The Intercept. He is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international best-selling books "Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield" and "Blackwater: The Rise of the Worldâ€s Most Powerful Mercenary Army." Scahill has served as the national security correspondent for The Nation and Democracy Now! and was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award. Scahill is a producer and Oscar-nominated filmmaker of "Dirty Wars," which also premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) community media organization whose mission is to promote and foster public awareness of points of view, news and information generally ignored or marginalized in the media in order to encourage a more just and democratic global community.
Nonprofit Squeaky Wheel Productions primarily produces and distributes the half-hour, weekly syndicated Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine (BTLonline.org), in addition to organizing educational events examining such topics as the importance of independent, non-commercial media to strengthen democracy; American foreign policy; wealth and inequality; the need for establishing universal health care in the U.S., and the urgency of repairing America's broken political and economic system.
Since 1991, Between The Lines, produced by an all-volunteer staff, has been made available for broadcast to non-commercial radio stations at no cost, and distributed as a free podcast on iTunes since 2006. Each week, more than 50 non-commercial radio stations broadcast Between The Lines.
Listen to this week's Between The Lines program at BTLonline.org
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LocationUnited Church on the Green (View)
270 Temple St., (corner of Temple and Elm Streets)
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
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