Texas Labor Against the War

WikiLeaks, Backlash, and the Future of Open-Source Journalism

Thursday, August 26 7:00 pm  (NOTE TIME CHANGE FROM 7:30)
*MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop*

WikiLeaks’ recent posting of more than 90,000 documents detailing the war in
Afghanistan was perhaps the most important such disclosure since the
Pentagon Papers. The Afghan War Logs, combined with leaked footage of U.S.
personnel killing civilians and reporters in Iraq, has made WikiLeaks an
important source for unfiltered information on the U.S.’s ongoing wars.
Backlash to the leaks has been swift, with top administration officials
implying that WikiLeaks founders have “blood on their hands.”

**Join University of Texas journalism professor Robert Jensen, Texas
Observer managing editor and former AP war correspondent Chris Tomlinson,
and members of the newly revived Austin Indymedia for a discussion on the
importance of the WikiLeaks documents, backlash, and open-source
journalism. **

This event is sponsored by MonkeyWrench Books, Austin Indymedia and
CodePink.                                                                                                                                                     

www.wikileaks.org
www.austin.indymedia.org

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