Emma Cape of Courage to Resist to talk about Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks

Monday, September 19, 2011

4:30 p.m.

Room: Science Center 199

Swarthmore College (maps and directions)

The WikiLeaks have raised valuable questions about foreign relations, human rights, security, and how each of these things operate in an increasingly digitized and interconnected world. Private First Class Bradley Manning, a 23-year old Army intelligence analyst, has been charged with leaking a number of these files, including the infamous “Collateral Murder” video, along with the Afghan War Diary, the Iraq War Logs, and numerous U.S. diplomatic cables. Since May 2010, Manning has been held in solitary confinement awaiting trial for charges ranging from fraud to aiding the enemy.  His imprisonment has lead many to ask: Is unveiling the human cost of war and the inner-workings of the governments that wage them a crime or simply the right of an open and democratic society?

Courage to Resist staff member and Bradley Manning Support Network organizer Emma Cape will be presenting Courage to Resist’s new book on recent war resisters, About Face, which features the case of Bradley Manning. The discussion will focus on the contents of the leaked documents—mentioned in over a third of all New York Times editions of the past year—and the WikiLeaker’s motivations in publicizing the documents as well as attempted UN investigations into Manning’s alleged torture in Quantico, Virginia as well as ongoing international efforts to support him.

Cosponsored by Students for a Democratic Society, Peace and Conflict Studies program, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Political Science

Swatties arrive in Northern Ireland

Hannah Kurtz ’13 (a special major in Peace and Conflict Studies) and Josh Satre ’13 arrived in Northern Ireland today to begin their semester of study at the Irish School for Ecumenics (Trinity College Dublin at Belfast) and other community-based coursework. They met with Laura Couser at the Bytes Project.

They are pictured here in the Bytes HQ with Northern Ireland Semester adviser, Adree Wallace, and Laura Couser of the Bytes Project.

(Photo credit: Denise Crossan, Northern Ireland Semester adviser)

Hannah Kurtz '13 and Josh Satre '13 at Bytes Project

Isadora Duncan Week (October 4-7) at Swarthmore

Isadora Duncan Week

Along with Bryn Mawr College, Eastern University and Drexel Dance Programs, Swarthmore will be hosting a lecture/class with Alice Bloch as part of an Isadora Duncan week.

Dr. Alice Bloch, trained by renowned Isadora Duncan teachers Lori Belilove, Ellen Forman, Gemze DeLappe, and the late Julia Levein, carries on the Duncan tradition in her staging of these dances.  Alice Bloch has a doctorate in Dance History from Temple University and a choreographic MA from UCLA.   Dr. Bloch will teach a majority of the workshops during the residency.

“Isadora Duncan was more than just a founder of modern dance, she was a pioneer, a free thinker and a feminist,” said Dr. Miriam Guguere, director of Drexel’s Dance program. “It is an honor to have two internationally renowned scholars on this essential artist together in one week. I am delighted to be collaborating with three other dance programs in the Philadelphia area in order to bring this work to a wider audience from the dance community.”

All residency events are free and open to the public; however several have limited openings for participation.

For more information, check out the calendar: http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=8003&information_id=24211&type&syndicate=syndicate

Isadora Duncan Week (October 4-7) at Swarthmore

Isadora Duncan Week

Along with Bryn Mawr College, Eastern University and Drexel Dance Programs, Swarthmore will be hosting a lecture/class with Alice Bloch as part of an Isadora Duncan week.

Dr. Alice Bloch, trained by renowned Isadora Duncan teachers Lori Belilove, Ellen Forman, Gemze DeLappe, and the late Julia Levein, carries on the Duncan tradition in her staging of these dances.  Alice Bloch has a doctorate in Dance History from Temple University and a choreographic MA from UCLA.   Dr. Bloch will teach a majority of the workshops during the residency.

“Isadora Duncan was more than just a founder of modern dance, she was a pioneer, a free thinker and a feminist,” said Dr. Miriam Guguere, director of Drexel’s Dance program. “It is an honor to have two internationally renowned scholars on this essential artist together in one week. I am delighted to be collaborating with three other dance programs in the Philadelphia area in order to bring this work to a wider audience from the dance community.”

All residency events are free and open to the public; however several have limited openings for participation.

For more information, check out the calendar: http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=8003&information_id=24211&type&syndicate=syndicate