[Imc-chicago-audio] David Swanson -- can anyone record Tuesday evening?

[Dale Lehman]

I have the audio. Will have it up at radio4all later to night.
Dale

--- On Tue, 2/23/10, Kelly Pierce <kkellyp at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Kelly Pierce <kkellyp at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: David Swanson -- can anyone record Tuesday evening?
> To: "Mitchell Szczepanczyk" <mitchell at szcz.org>
> Cc: imc-chicago-audio at lists.indymedia.org, "Don Goldhamer" <Don.Goldhamer at pobox.com>, "Dale Lehman" <dalerlehman at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 1:02 PM
> I wish I could tape this.  The
> topic is highly relevant and
> compelling.  I got the message this morning and my
> equipment is at
> home.  To make it to the event on time, I need to
> bring my equipment
> to work.  I would find more advance notice of events
> and coverage
> opportunities highly useful.  I have had a few paid
> projects recently
> and used the proceeds to buy a digital recorder, the Sony
> PCM D50, and
> can’t wait to trying it out at a few events.  I am
> preparing for the
> day when minidisk technology is no more, unfortunately.
> 
> I welcome the opportunity to work with folks interested in
> capturing
> high quality audio.  People like David Swanson deserve
> to have an
> audience 10 times bigger than what will show up at
> Northwestern
> tonight.  Audio recording enables this and leverages
> public
> appearances from important speakers to the max.  It is
> inexpensive,
> easy to capture, edit and produce, and can be consumed on
> hundreds of
> millions of portable audio players people already own as
> well as on
> broadcast radio.  If anyone is interested, please get
> in touch.
> 
> Kelly
> 
> 
> On 2/22/10, Mitchell Szczepanczyk <mitchell at szcz.org>
> wrote:
> > FYI.  Rita is looking to see if we can get a
> recording of the speech
> > tomorrow night for Chicago Indymedia radio.  Is
> anyone planning to
> > record?  Can anyone record?
> >
> > Rita Sand wrote:
> >> Mitchell--Here is the info about the event and
> Swanson's new book.
> >> Dale Lehman is a member of the group sponsoring
> the event.  I have put
> >> in a call and email to see if he is going to be
> there and tape it
> >> anyway.  I have yet to hear back from him.
> >>
> >> --Rita
> >>
> >> Chicago, IL
> >> February 23, 2010
> >> 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
> >> Northwestern University, the Evanston Campus
> >> The Tech Institute on 2145 Sheridan Road, First
> Floor, Lecture Room No. 2.
> >> SPONSORED BY: Neighbors for Peace
> >> CONTACT THE ORGANIZER:
> >> Karen Pallist
> >> pallist3 at gmail dot com
> >>
> >>  New Book: Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial
> Presidency and Forming a More
> >> Perfect Union
> >>
> >> BOOK TOPIC: Daybreak is a prescription for
> political reform that
> >> literally ends with a to-do list for citizens, and
> draws inspiration
> >> from the misdeeds and missteps of the Bush and
> Obama presidencies. What
> >> powers were stripped from Congress and handed to
> the White House while
> >> George W. Bush lived there, and what would it take
> to permanently move
> >> them back? Which of these powers is Barack Obama
> making use of or even
> >> expanding upon? And in the future, how can we
> expand our rights, create
> >> democratic representation in Congress, and make
> presidents into
> >> executives rather than emperors? This is a
> citizens' guide to the
> >> long-term task of removing power from the hands of
> one person, placing
> >> it in a body of representatives, and (here's the
> hard part) making that
> >> body truly representative of the American people.
> Swanson's analysis
> >> makes clear that the imperial presidency, which
> advanced so dramatically
> >> during the Bush-Cheney era, will not be stopped
> merely by electing
> >> better presidents. Major structural changes are
> needed in our system of
> >> government to rein in both the imperial presidency
> and, at the same
> >> time, the presidential empire. Only through the
> active efforts of
> >> citizens, Swanson argues, can we restore and
> protect our rights, and
> >> expand our conception of political rights to meet
> new challenges.
> >>
> >> AUTHOR BIO: David Swanson is the author of the new
> bestselling book
> >> "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and
> Forming a More Perfect
> >> Union" by Seven Stories Press and of the
> introduction to "The 35
> >> Articles of Impeachment and the Case for
> Prosecuting George W. Bush"
> >> published by Feral House and available at
> Amazon.com. Swanson holds a
> >> master's degree in philosophy from the University
> of Virginia. He has
> >> worked as a newspaper reporter and as a
> communications director, with
> >> jobs including press secretary for Dennis
> Kucinich's 2004 presidential
> >> campaign, media coordinator for the International
> Labor Communications
> >> Association, and three years as communications
> coordinator for ACORN,
> >> the Association of Community Organizations for
> Reform Now. Swanson is
> >> Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, creator of
> ConvictBushCheney.org
> >> and Washington Director of Democrats.com, a board
> member of Progressive
> >> Democrats of America, the Backbone Campaign, and
> Voters for Peace. Full
> >> bio here.
> >>
> >> PRAISE: "David Swanson's Daybreak impressively
> exposes all the ways our
> >> government has changed for the worse under the
> Bush administration, and
> >> makes clear that we need to do far more than elect
> a new president to
> >> see our tattered Democracy restored." -- Vincent
> Bugliosi, author,
> >> former federal prosecutor
> >>
> >> "Daybreak offers a powerful and compelling picture
> of what real change
> >> in America could look like. The world needs more
> true advocates of
> >> democracy like David Swanson!" -- Thom Hartmann,
> Author, The Last Hours
> >> of Ancient Sunlight
> >>
> >> "David Swanson's masterful exposure of the
> emergence of a monarch-like
> >> president coupled with an effete, irresponsible,
> and constitutionally
> >> ignorant Congress is well worth the price of
> admission. An aroused
> >> public with a litmus test of honoring the
> Constitution is urgently
> >> needed to prevent the Republic from capsizing." --
> Bruce Fein, Associate
> >> Deputy Attorney General under President Reagan
> >>
> >> "Daybreak is an eyeopener about how our nation was
> hijacked by the Bush
> >> administration and how much repair work we, as
> citizens, must do. David
> >> Swanson, who has been a one-man wonder leading the
> charge for
> >> accountability, writes a compelling narrative that
> inspires not just
> >> outrage, but ACTION." --Medea Benjamin, CoFounder
> of Code Pink and
> >> Global Exchange
> >>
> >> "David Swanson is the most thoughtful, determined,
> and energetic
> >> progressive activist in America, and one of the
> most important voices of
> >> his generation. He's also a unique bridge between
> traditional real-world
> >> organizing and the brand new world of online
> activism. His combination
> >> of cheerful organizing, passionate speaking, and
> brilliant blogging is
> >> an inspiration to everyone who craves a more just,
> peaceful, and
> >> sustainable world." -- Bob Fertik, President of
> Democrats.com
> >>
> >> "In this important book, David Swanson carefully
> documents the myriad
> >> ways in which Bush-Cheney has amassed
> unprecedented imperial power,
> >> while Congress has abdicated its constitutional
> duty to check and
> >> balance the executive. A useful guide to restore
> the balance of powers
> >> and reclaim our constitutional system of
> government." -- Marjorie Cohn,
> >> President of National Lawyers Guild
> >>
> >> "Our times cry out for a smart, witty and
> courageous Populist who hasn’t
> >> forgotten how to play offense. Luckily we have
> David Swanson." -- Mike
> >> Ferner, National President of Veterans For Peace,
> author of "Inside the
> >> Red Zone: A Veteran For Peace Reports from Iraq."
> >>
> >> "Swanson has been an indefatigable commentator and
> activist tirelessly
> >> advocating for the dismantling of the imperial
> presidency and the
> >> restoration of the principles of our Constitution.
> His energy and
> >> passion are infectious, as is his cogent
> reasoning. 'Daybreak' urgently
> >> reminds us that good political intentions are not
> sufficient to ensure
> >> the continuation of our democracy; informed
> vigilance is vital to that
> >> task." -- Mark Karlin, Editor and Publisher,
> BuzzFlash.com
> >>
> >> "If Tom Jefferson were with us today, he would be
> saying that we still
> >> must burst the chains of monkish ignorance and
> superstition and break
> >> the bindings that strangle our liberty. But
> Jefferson - like Paine - is
> >> gone. So it falls to another from Virginia to
> sound the signal for a
> >> rising on behalf of the republic and our own
> freedom. That man is David
> >> Swanson, and this remarkable book is his - and
> America's - call to
> >> arms." -- John Nichols, from the Introduction
> >>
> >> "David Swanson writes faster than anyone I know,
> and is always worth
> >> reading. He wields a wicked pen (well, technically
> a wicked keyboard), a
> >> la Swift or Twain. He thinks with precision and
> intelligence, with the
> >> powerful logic of an undefeated chess-playing
> computer program. He is
> >> fearless, speaking truth to both power all the
> time. He bears daily
> >> witness to the decomposition of our would-be
> democracy, and he carries
> >> that same crusading spirit into this book. Read
> it. Buy it for your
> >> friends, especially your younger ones. Get
> together and argue about it.
> >> Ask John Stewart and Stephen Colbert to have him
> on their shows. Because
> >> a better world is still possible, and to get
> there, a more democratic
> >> America is necessary." -- Steve Cobble
> >>
> >> "There have now been many books written which
> chronicle the imperial,
> >> lawless presidency of the Bush era, but
> Swanson’s superb new book --
> >> Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and
> Forming a More Perfect
> >> Union -- is one of the very few to examine how we
> can recover from it
> >> and reverse its pernicious trends. Many Bush
> books, given the horrific
> >> subject matter, have been dark and gloomy, even
> somewhat depressing.  To
> >> be sure, there are parts of Swanson's book that
> documents in gruesome
> >> detail all of the liberties abridged and damage
> done during the last
> >> eight years.  This book also does not shy
> away from highlighting those
> >> areas in which the Obama presidency has, much to
> the dismay of many,
> >> come to replicate some (though by no means all) of
> the worst Bush
> >> abuses.  But Daybreak is far more uplifting
> and inspiring than virtually
> >> any other book in its genre, as it devotes itself
> to laying out a
> >> detailed plan for how American citizens -- through
> the activism to which
> >> he has devoted himself -- can bring about a
> rejuvenation of our
> >> political values." -- Glenn Greenwald
> >>
> >
> >
>