“Before Watergate, Wikileaks, and Edward Snowden, there was Media, Pennsylvania.”
For our next movie night we’d like to screen the documentary 1971: “On March 8, 1971 eight ordinary citizens broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, a town just outside Philadelphia, took hundreds of secret files, and shared them with the public. In doing so, they uncovered the FBI’s vast and illegal regime of spying and intimidation of Americans exercising their First Amendment rights.”
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Kgo7NNXWs[/youtube]
Adam Forsyth, the son of one of the eight, who called themselves the Citizens’ Commission, will be giving a talk after the screening. The screening is open to the public and BYOB. Some snacks will be provided.
Sign up for the movie here: http://www.meetup.com/Pumping-Station-One/events/221330710/
When: Sunday April 19th, 5 PM
Where: Pumping Station: One Electronics Lab upstairs
