Saturate D.C. and Everywhere, Part 2

ALL OUT for this powerful and compelling issue. Bush gives his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Listen to it and get ready to broadly agitate with the broadsheet in contrast. ALL OUT Wednesday morning, schools, subway stations, communities. Hold up the back page poster, shout out the first and last parts of the front page article! Discuss the paper, the articles, the graphics, the layout - take this issue out boldly. If you hear of people gathering to hear the speech, get the broasheet in that mix.

Thursday night there will be an orientation for all going to D.C. at the bookstore at 7 PM - be there to get super sharp for getting out 100,000 broadsheets and influence things on a grand scale.

Check the blog every day for additions and edits.

Below is a partial schedule:

Tuesday through Thursday, 11 AM - 9 PM, and Friday 11 AM to afternoon - Saturate Columbia University. Call either Quetzal or Damian. There'll be people on campus all day.

Wednesday early AM - key subways for people going to work. All day for those that can do it.
7 AM - 96 and Broadway
7 AM - Union Square
7 AM - Herald Square

Thursday, January 25
7 AM - another subway team
7PM sharply - orientation for DC - study the new issue - VERY IMPORTANT!

Events are below:

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24 -

7 PM - HUMANITY AND TORTURE: TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th St, 2nd Fl.Admission: $8. Webcast: www.newschool.edu/webcastsThe Wolfson Center for National Affairs at The New School presents a panel discussion focused on a new documentary film, Taxi to the Dark Side, about U.S. policy and practice with respect to torture. This probing and balanced documentary by Alex Gibney, a leading documentary filmmaker, considers the implications of torture policies nationally and worldwide. Panelists will include key people involved in the project who will discuss the intellectual, political, emotional, and economic considerations, commitments, and challenges they faced. The evening includes a sneak preview of a portion of the film.

9 a.m. Iraq, Iran, & Beyond: America Faces the Future featuring Daniel Benjamin, Max Boot, Peter Bergen, Patrick Clawson, Steve Coll, Steven Cook, Noah Feldman, Fawaz Gerges, Karen Greenberg, Stephen Holmes, Toby Craig Jones, Farhad Kazemi, W. Patrick Lang, Dafna Linzer, Salameh Nematt, Paul Pillar, Barnett Rubin, Steve Simon, Craig Unger, Lawrence Wright and others. Event Details *This event is free and open to the public* Location: Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street (between Sullivan & Macdougal Streets)
Schedule of Events
9:15-9:45 a.m. Opening Remarks
10:00-11:15 a.m. The Proxy War: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran featuring Patrick Clawson, Toby Craig Jones, Dafna Linzer, Lawrence Wright. Moderator: Steve Simon
11:20-12:35 p.m. The Taliban Resurgence and the Future of Al-Qaeda featuring Peter Bergen, Steve Coll, Barnett Rubin, moderator: Karen Greenberg
Break
1:30-2:45 p.m. The Last Best Chances? New Plans of Action featuring Max Boot, Noah Feldman, W. Pat Lang, Salameh Nematt, Paul Pillar moderator: Daniel Benjamin
3:00-4:30 p.m. The Neighborhood: Dominoes Ready to Fall? featuring Steven Cook, Fawaz Gerges, Farhad Kazemi, Craig Unger moderator: Stephen Holmes
4:30-4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks

6:30pm Al-Qaeda: Past, Present and Future. Featuring guest speaker Lawrence Wright. The Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue


Thursday, January 25

7:00 -9:00 pm. The Center for Constitutional Right and The Nation Magazine present FROM PINOCHET TO RUMSFELD: Accountability of US Officials for Torture . NY Society for Ethical Culture Auditorium, 2 W. 64th St. at Central Park West,
NY. Free and Open to the Public!. Subway: #1 train to 66th and Broadway; A/B/C/D to Columbus Circle. Featuring: Vince Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights, making introductions, Janis Karpinski , Former US Commanding Officer at Abu Ghraib prison, Ira, Scott Horton , Chair, International Law Committee,Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Michael Ratner , President, Center for Constitutional Rights , and others as they share testimonies of the experience of torture and discuss the legal attempt to bring US officials to justice for war crimes, including a pending criminal complaint in Germany against Donald Rumsfeld, seeking his prosecution in Germany for war crimes. For more information, contact CCR at 212-614-6443, email LKates@ccr-ny.org or visit our website at http://www.ccr-ny.org/ or http://www.thenation.com/.