[IMC] Fwd: Hands Off Syria: The Role of Communications, Media and Creative Resistance

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IMC members are welcome to join in on this important dialogue about the role of community media and creative resistance in opposing an attack on Syria. RSVP below. Danielle 


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> From: Betty Yu <socialmedia at mediajustice.org>
> Date: September 19, 2013, 7:01:38 AM CDT
> To: chyn at ucimc.org
> Subject: Hands Off Syria: The Role of Communications, Media and Creative Resistance
> Reply-To: socialmedia at mediajustice.org
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> September 19, 2013
> You're Invited to the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net)'s September Digital Dialogue Edition
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> In May, as the civil war began to escalate, the Syrian government blocked Internet and online communication between Syria and the rest of the world.  More recently, the NSA has dominated the news as we learn about the massive spying program that’s collecting phone, email, banking and medical data domestically.  In each instance, the Open Internet is at stake, as Governments and Corporations work (often together) to control or eliminate our online rights.  Whether abroad or at home, these infringements on our first amendment rights are part of a long history of government surveillance and suppression of social justice movements.   
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> Join us for a digital dialogue that explores the intersections of technology, media justice and democracy. How has the government justified their surveillance of our communications post 9/11?  What is the relationship between the Internet and dissent? What has been the role of the corporate media in times of conflict?  Why and how is the government and corporations collaborating to stifle oppositional voices at home and abroad?
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> This call will feature organizers, activists and media experts who will tackle these questions, and highlight grassroots organizing efforts, the use of social media/alternative media, cultural responses and ways people can get involved. 
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> Featured Speakers:
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> Mounzer Ahmad, Syrian American Forum
> Matt Howard, Iraq Veterans Against the War
> Robin Andersen, Professor and Author of "A Century of Media, A Century of War"
> Alfredo Lopez, May First / People Link
> Moderated by Elandria Williams, Highlander Research & Education Center and Betty Yu, Center for Media Justice
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> Register for the September 25th Digital Dialogue Now!
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