The SPSCC student group BRICK (Building Revolution by Increasing Community Knowledge) brought social critic and activist Glenn Greenwald to town yesterday for a speech about civil rights and terrorism in the era of the Obama Administration. Greenwald is a regular contributor to Salon.com, and there is more information about his current tour there, and more information about him, and his visit to SPSCC on the BRICK website here.

Greenwald was trained as a constitutional attorney, and practiced as a litigator in New York before giving up on the courts to become a writer. He has written articles for The New York Times, LA Times, Harper's, and other noteworthy publications.

Greenwald talked about popular conceptions of civil liberties and terrorism, and detailed how these are often false. For example, even though the definition of civil liberties is quite simple—it's basically the set of rules that protect people against government intrusion (e.g. freedom of speech, and protection against unreasonable search and seizure)—that a lot of people don't understand what civil liberties are about. When you think about civil liberties, think about the Bill of Rights.

And terrorism, in contrast, is something that people popularly think they know and understand, but in reality, the definition is really nebulous and popularly misunderstood.

[now updated with photo link to the Dow Chemical Golden Skeleton.]

April 26, 2010 — Olympia, Washington

The South Puget Sound Community College student group B.R.I.C.K. (Building Resistance by Increasing Community Knowledge) hosted Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Men at the Capitol Theatre.

The Yes Men are composed of Andy B. and Mike Bonanno. During the presentation, Andy mostly talked about what the Yes Men have done, how they work, and also about their recent film, The Yes Men Fix the World.
Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men
at the Capitol Theatre in Olympia Washington

Sponsored by BRICK (Building Revolution by Increasing Community Knowledge).

VANDANA SHIVA TO SPEAK IN OLYMPIA--SPSCC
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Time: 6:30PM - 9:30PM PDT
Location: Minnaert Center at SPSCC
2011 Mottman Rd SW
Olympia, WA 98512

Information provided by the TC ProNet Calendar

Located at SPSCC Gymnasium: 2011 Mottman Road SW. Free food and admission!

Featuring live music: The Blackberry Bushes, The Grizzle Grazzle Tune Snugglers and squaredance caller Paul Silveria. Come for a night of food, dancing, and a celebration of International Worker’s Day.

What is May Day?
Today we see tens of thousands of activists embracing the ideals of the Haymarket Martyrs and those who established May Day as an International Workers' Day. Ironically, May Day is an official holiday in 67 countries and unofficially celebrated in many more, but rarely is it recognized in this country where it began. Over one hundred years have passed since that first May Day. In the earlier part of the 20th century, the US government tried to curb the celebration and further wipe it from the public's memory by establishing "Law and Order Day" on May 1st. We still have locked out union workers struggling for justice. We still have voices of freedom behind bars as in the cases of Mumia Abu Jamal and Leonard Peltier. We still had the ability to mobilize tens of thousands of people in the streets of a major city to proclaim "THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!" as at the WTO demonstrations. The sacrifices of so many people can not be forgotten or we will end up fighting for those same gains all over again. And in actuality we do continue to struggle as we fight the trend to build more sweatshops and create more "Free Trade Zones" where labor and environmental rights are rendered inapplicable in efforts to maximize profits. We chose to stand up and say "No More!" "Labor is entitled to all it creates!" This is why we celebrate May Day. For more information on the History of May Day, visit the BRICK website: www.spsccbrick.org

If you require disability accommodations, please contact the Office of Student Life at studentlife@spscc.ctc.edu or call (360) 596-5306.

Presented by BRICK

Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009

Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Capitol Theater
206 5th AVE Olympia, WA
Email: PACC@yahoogroups.com

FILMS:

-Kabul Transit-2007
In the broken cityscape of Kabul Afghanistan, amid the the dust and rubble of war, Westerners and Afghans adjust to the uncertain possibilities of peace. This film shuttles through the broken streets of the city, listening in on conversations, posing questions, probing the darker alleys mainstream media avoids.

-A Call to Action-2009
Hundreds of people took part in stustained direct action to demiliarize the Port of Olympia for 10 days in Nov. '07. Directed by AJ Strosahl and Noah Sochet, this film documents the multifaceted effort by Olympia activists to resist the use of our infrastructure to enable American imperialism.

An interactive art experience for GLBQTI students and straight allies!

Free dinner, free program, no art skill needed! Meet at South Puget Sound Community College, Building 21, Room 293.

A production of Queer Art Heals Your Heart. Sponsored by Stonewall Youth and PiPE (Partners in Prevention Education), presented by BRICK (Building Revolution by Increasing Community Knowledge).

Facilitated by Teresa Guajardo, MA. Teresa is a registered Mental Health Counselor with Queer Art Heals Your Heart. She has facilitated group therapy sessions for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth, as well as victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. She has a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Saint Martin's University.

Register by Friday, Feb. 6- LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE!

EMAIL: HEALYOURHEART@Q.COM
OR CALL: 360-789-4647

Colonel (ret.) Ann Wright visited Olympia yesterday for a series of presentations on Iraq, on official wrongdoing within government, and on her new book, which is published by Koa Books. Dissent, Voices of Conscience: Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq is co-authored by Ms. Wright and Susan Dixon. It chronicles the stories of about 25 government and military whistle-blowers who have come forward to expose corruption and wrongdoing in their respective professional settings.

Colonel Wright was a career diplomat with the US State Department. When the US Government, under the dictate of the Bush Administration, launched an invasion in Iraq she resigned her post (along with two other US diplomats.) I saw and listened to Ms. Wright give a presentation (on her experience vís a vís her professional career and Iraq) at South Puget Sound Community College. Her visit was sponsored by Washington Peace Action and BRICK (the SPSCC student group Building Revolution by Increasing Community Knowledge).