We Demand Transparency Conference, NYC

[jaqeboy]

There is talk of a New England ride-sharing trip to this conference on 9/11:
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We are about to make the big announcement about the WE DEMAND TRANSPARENCY conference.

Take a look at our blog.
http://changeandtransparency.blogspot.com/

"We Demand Transparency!" is the conference on peace, truth and economics, in NYC, at St. Marks Church, from 9/11/09 to 9/13/09. This conference will bring together progressives and populists, patriots and peace activists. Saturday, 9/12, we have top presenters on the 9/11 cover-up. Sunday, we move onto even uglier secrets, like the USA's economic dysfunction. Where is the justice? How can we have a bigger, post-partisan, mass movement for peace, truth and real, grassroots economic change?

PEACE!

Sander Hicks
Producer
"We Demand Transparency" a concert and conference
for peace, truth and a new economics
9/11/09 - 9/13/09
St. Marks-in-The Bowery, E. 10th and 2nd Ave, NYC
    http://changeandtransparency.blogspot.com/

[jaqeboy]

Looking for carpoolers so we can make the trip together..
PM me if interested.

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We Demand Transparency
A Conference for Peace, Truth, & New Economics
New York City September 11 - 13, 2009

St. Marks Church
corner of 10th St. & 2nd Ave.
New York, NY 10003
347 446 4461

The meetup begins with our attending annual events at ground zero.
A three-day conference, with an opening concert, film premieres,
and a rally for the 9/11 investigation ballot referendum.

This is the formula for building a bigger, post-partisan, mass movement for peace, truth and real economic change. This is the beginning of bridge between the "peace" and "truth" movements. It all starts in NYC, on the anniversary weekend of the 9/11 attacks!

KICK OFF EVENT: 9/11 Anniversary Concert
Friday, September 11th, Walker Stage, 8pm, 56 Walker Street, Manhattan

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE at St. Marks-In-The-Bowery:

Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 AM - 7 PM
Featured Experts on the Real History of 9/11:

* Richard Gage, AIA (founder Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth)
* Erik Lawyer (founder, Firefighters for 911 Truth)
* Steve Alten (author, "The Shell Game")
* Kevin Barrett (author, "Truth Jihad Against the 911 Big Lie")
* Barry Zwicker and Ian Woods (Canadian journalists)
* Barry Kissin (critic of the FBI anthrax investigation)
* Sander Hicks (author, "The Big Wedding", investigative journalist)
* Graham McQueen (Canadian peace and truth activist)


Saturday Night - NYC CAN Rally
9/12, 5-7 PM

* 911 Family Members, First Responders and Survivors, with an update on NYC CAN's court battle to get a new investigation for 9/11 on the ballot in November.
* Bob McIlvaine - Father of 9/11 Victim Bobby McIlvaine, Member of Executive Council, NYC CAN
* William Pepper, Esq. - Prolific Attorney and Author of "Act of State" Chief Counsel to NYC CAN.


Also on Saturday, 9/12, 12-6 PM, in the Parish Hall
Film Premieres + Director Q&As:

* Jason Bermas (co-director, Loose Change, debuts excerpts Invisible Empire)
* Daniel Hopsicker (Debuts new film "New American Drug Lords" )
* Craig Ranke (director, screens National Security Alert)
* Mike Berger (director, screens Life on the Edge of the Bubble: Blowing the American Dream)


Sunday, Sept. 13, 2 PM - 10 PM
Featured Activists and Authors on Economics, Intelligence, and Transparency

* Ellen Brown (author, "Web of Debt", feminist scholar, attorney)
* William Bergman (former Federal Reserve economist)
* Russ Baker (author of explosive new book on the Bush family, "Family of Secrets.")
* Robert Steele (former CIA agent, expert on Open Source Intelligence)
* Tony Gronowicz (BMCC Professor, Presenting on the Secret History of the Drug War.)
* Frank Morales, NYC squatter activist presents on "Squatting in the Shrinking City."

Special Panel, 8-10 PM:
Can We Build a Mass Movement to End War, and Bring about Real Transparency?

* Debra Sweet (National Coordinator, World Can't Wait)
* Doug Wight (NYC 9/11 Truth Organizer)
* Graham McQueen (Canadian professor and peace activist.)
* Matt D'Aloiso (Catholic Worker/Witness Against Torture)

We Are Taking Action
The truth movement in NYC has been on the move for the past two years, gathering over 70,000 signatures to petition the City Council to allow a new 9/11 investigation question to appear on the November, 2009 NYC ballot. In July 2009, the City threw out 24,000 of these carefully validated signatures. However, the NY Supreme Court appointed a "special referee" to arbitrate the conflict, after NYC CAN sued to have the signatures re-certified.

The first day of "We Demand Transparency" ends with a two-hour rally for NYC CAN at St. Marks Church. Victims family member Bob McIlvaine, and NYC CAN attorney William Pepper (confidante of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King), discuss the on-going court battle with the City to allow democracy at the ballot box this November. Part of the proceeds from this conference will benefit NYC CAN. http://www.nyccan.org

Opening Night 911 Anniversary Concert:
On the night of 9/11/09 kick off the conference with The NYC stop of the national TRUTH TOUR! An All-Night Concert of New Rock and Hip Hop Artists: Jordan Page, The Madeleine Haze, Sturgeon Scott (from Leftover Crack), and many others, http://www.polygraphradio.com/
At Walker Stage, 56 Walker Street in Tribeca $10 at the door

ADVANCE CONFERENCE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW.
Tickets are $40 in advance, $60 at the door. Buy now and save $20. One ticket admits one to both days. (The conference is using a "fair-trade" ticket selling company that does not charge excessive fees. See the blog for special rates for out-of-town groups.)

Go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/76541
Special Advance Price of $40 expires on Aug. 23.

Contact: Sander Hicks 347 627 4705 (w.) or sanderhicksdotcom AT gmail.com

[jaqeboy]

New site for the conference: http://wedemandtransparency.com/

Looks like we have one carfull going down to the city for the conference. Anyone else interested? - we might be able to get a big room in the HI hostel for all of us. We're working on another interesting possibility, too.

[Little Owl]

This may have been covered before, but I have to ask anyway: What level of investigation and "transparency" would convince you that 9/11 was NOT a cover up?  Is there one?  So much of what I read about 9/11 sounds like the same people who could never change their religious faith regardless of the evidence.

If no amount of investigation and "transparency" would sway you, it doesn't make sense for anybody to bother.

[jaqeboy]

L.O., are you looking to ride-share to the conference in NYC? The Sunday portion looks especially interesting to libertarians - topics on intelligence, Federal Reserve System and the drug war, among others. The stated goal is to create a new mass movement for peace, truth and real economic change. Sounds good, eh? If you want to go, we're starting to put together a 2nd carload of folks. What town are you in?

[Little Owl]

I would go into all of the reasons I would need to know more about this to determine if I would be interested, but its all academic.  I can't leave town this weekend no matter what.  If I could, I would probably go to the big tea party in DC anyway.

[jaqeboy]

K, I'll let you know what happens. Leaving 5AM tomorrow, picking up folks in several towns along the way.