[Imc-newsroom] Jello Biafra speaks - 10/16] (fwd)

[Dan Chambers]

Hey everyone, listen up:


>OCTOBER 16 7:00 PM FOELLINGER AUDITORIUM
>Jello Biafra speaks on Free Speech, Censorship, and Democracy in America
>Free and Open to the Public (No Ticket Required)
>
>Jello Biafra crosses the boundaries of poetry, comedy, commentary, and
>theater, weighing in on a range of contemporary issues.  The former lead
>vocalist of the pioneering punk band, Dead Kennedys, Biafra was the first
>musician to be put on trial for a record's content.  A devoted advocate of
>free speech and artistic freedom, his extensive discography includes the
>1998 spoken-word album, _If Evolution is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will
>Survive_.  Biafra's latest, _Become the Media_, is an account of the 
>Seattle
>WTO protests, Biafra's involvement with the Green Party (he was a nominee
>for the 2000 Green Party presidential candidate), and the rise of
>independent media.
>
>Jello Biafra's appearance at U of I is brought to you by the Student
>American Civil Liberties Union, the U of I Law School ACLU, Amnesty
>International Chapter #124, Unaffiliated Illini, Allen Hall/Unit One,
>Electronic Frontier Foundation, Feminist Majority, Students for Radical
>Thought, Campus Greens, YWCA, and Student Peace Action.
>
>PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY.


"When I fed the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why they are 
poor, they called me a communist."

--Brazilian Archbishop Dom Helder Camara

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