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John Penley is a Vietnam era Navy vet who was put in solitary confinement in 1984 by the U.S. government for a past protest at the Savannah River Nuclear Weapons Plant. A 59-year-old veteran of New York City housing, anti-war and civil rights activism, Penley is also a longtime photojournalist whose work has been pubilshed by most NYC major media outlets; his photo archive is housed at New York University’s Tamiment Library.

Barrett Brown is a writer and author as well as the founder of Project PM. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Onion, New York Press, Skeptical Inquirer, American Atheist, and other outlets. He has been active in the Anonymous movement for several years and serves as an advocate for efficient, ethical alternatives to traditional methods of governance.

Gregg Housh is an Internet activist involved with the online non-group Anonymous. His work has included coordinating global demonstrations against human rights abuses in the Church of Scientology and assisting Iranian members of the Green Movement in reaching the global media. Having built a strong sense of trust among several disparate subgroups of Anonymous, Housh now acts as a media interpreter for major online initiatives such as Operation Payback.

Glenn Greenwald is a former constitutional and civil rights litigator, the author of two bestselling books on the American socio-political environment, and a longtime blogger who currently writes for Salon. He now serves as one of the nation’s most formidable advocates of Wikileaks, Bradley Manning, and information freedom in general. Depending on his location on the day of the event, he’ll be speaking either in person or via relay.

Barry Eisler is a former employee of the CIA's Directorate of Operations who now acts as a critic of that and other intelligence organizations. He's the author of two bestselling series of novels drawing on his own intel background and blogs for a number of outlets. He'll be speaking either via relay or a pre-written message to be read at the event.

Heidi Boghosian is the executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, a progressive bar association established in 1937. She is co-host of the weekly civil liberties radio program Law and Disorder on WBAI, New York and over 30 national affiliate stations. She has published several articles and reports on policing, protest, and the First Amendment.

Professor Jonathan Farley is a mathematics professor whom Seed Magazine named “one of 15 people who have shaped the global conversation on science since 1995,” with a career including stints at MIT, Vanderbilt, and Johannes Kepler University. His work has appeared in Time, The Guardian, Huffington Post, and other publications; he’s also appeared on the BBC and NPR and occasionally serves as a political advisor in addition to his anti-war activism and related pursuits.

Bill Quigley is the Legal Director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, a national legal and educational organization dedicated to advancing and defending the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Bill joined CCR on sabbatical from his position as law professor and Director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University New Orleans. He has been an active public interest lawyer since 1977. He has served as counsel with a wide range of public interest organizations on issues including Katrina social justice issues, public housing, voting rights, death penalty, living wage, civil liberties, educational reform, constitutional rights and civil disobedience. Bill has litigated numerous cases with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., the Advancement Project, and with the ACLU of Louisiana, for which he served as General Counsel for over 15 years. Bill received the 2006 Camille Gravel Civil Pro Bono Award from the Federal Bar Association New Orleans Chapter. Bill received the 2006 Stanford Law School National Public Service Award and the 2006 National Lawyers Guild Ernie Goodman award. He has also been an active volunteer lawyer with School of the Americas Watch and the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. Bill is the author of Ending Poverty As We Know It: Guaranteeing A Right to A Job At A Living Wage (2003) and Storms Still Raging: Katrina, New Orleans and Social Justice (2008). In 2003, he was named the Pope Paul VI National Teacher of Peace by Pax Christi USA and is the recipient of the 2004 SALT Teaching Award presented by the Society of American Law Teachers.

Vagabond Beaumont is a writer, artist and filmmaker. He's worked in the Puerto Rican independence movement since 1997 and has organized rallies, protests and marches and created murals, pamphlets and agitprop in support of thatcause with the artist collective RICANSTRUCTION Netwerk. His work has been featured in Blu Magazine, AWOL, SALVO and Left Turn. His first feature film, MACHETERO, covers the ongoing struggle for Puerto Rican independence and has screened at festivals around the world, winning awards in South Africa, Wales, England, Thailand, Ireland and New York.

Sebastian Gillen is a 21-year-old graduate of Tufts University. When he was eight years old, he was diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma, a rare form of pediatric cancer, and given two weeks to live. More than ten years later, he is still cancer-free and an active advocate for childhood cancer research. He has spoken at rallies on Capitol Hill and Greg Norman's Shark Shootout, among other places. He thinks science is totally awesome and runs a blog at Weareinthefuture.com and administrates Project PM’s Science Journalism Program.

Faith Laugier is a musician, artist, activist, and New York native who’s worked with many of the city’s human rights organizations, art & cultural non-profits and homeless centers in an effort to advance the inherent right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -And she believes in government that is for the people and by the people.

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