DNL #10: TRUTH-TELLERS. Grace North Keynote: Supporting Truth-Tellers By Any Means Necessary
Channel: Disruption Network Lab
Date: 18/02/2017

Disruption Network Lab
An ongoing platform of events and research on art, hacktivism and disruption in Berlin.

Berlin, November 25 - 26, 2016:
TRUTH-TELLERS. The Impact of Speaking Out
10th Event of the Disruption Network Lab, Kunstquartier Bethanien Berlin, Studio 1.

Web: http://www.disruptionlab.org/truth-tellers
Twitter: @disruptberlin Facebook: /disruptionlab

Artistic Director and Curator: Tatiana Bazzichelli
Programme Manager: Claudia Dorfmüller & Kim Voss

Credits:
Disruption Network Lab Berlin - www.disruptionlab.org
Video by Eykon Productions - facebook.com/vinujosephfilms and  Rofsofilms - www.rofsofilms.com
CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Photo thumbnail: Maria Silvano

Saturday November 25, 2016
17.00-18.30 · KEYNOTE
EXPOSE, CONFRONT, AND SABOTAGE:
SUPPORTING TRUTH-TELLERS BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

Grace North (Director of the Jeremy Hammond Defense Committee, and Jeremy Hammond Campaign Manager, USA). Moderated by Andy Müller-Maguhn (Courage Advisory board member, Wau Holland Stiftung board member, DE).

“We have an obligation to expose, confront & sabotage by any means necessary the system which oppresses and exploits us all”, said once Jeremy Hammond. A hacktivist associated with Anonymous, Jeremy Hammond is currently in prison for hacking the private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor) server, and releasing the information, which revealed massive corporate and government spying through WikiLeaks. Jeremy is a whistleblower, or truthteller - a brave individual who, at great personal sacrifice, lived out the true essence of what a whistleblower is, and exposed the system that exploits us all. This keynote presentation by Grace North, Director of the Jeremy Hammond Defense Committee, and Jeremy Hammond Campaign Manager, will explore not only what a truthteller is and why we should support them, but some practical ways we can offer our assistance to not only our jailed heroes, but the communities they have risked it all to support.