Tuesday, April 4 Capitol Calling Party: Banned?!
Channel: CODEPINK
Date: 2023-04-05

Join CODEPINK Congress and Massachusetts Peace Action as we speak with US-banned RT television host Lee Camp and CODEPINK's Wei Yu about Congressional calls to ban TikTok. Why the need to ban? Is silencing dissenting voices necessary to manufacture consent for wars with Russia and China? Good questions! Let's explore the answers together.

Featuring:
Lee Camp is a writer, comedian, podcaster, news journalist and news commentator. As a television host, he presented the show Redacted Tonight for several years on the Russian state-funded network RT America until it was removed from the US airwaves after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Lee Camp recently returned from The People's Republic of China and will share highlights from his trip and his thoughts about the role of the media in manufacturing consent for endless war.

Wei Yu is CODEPINK's China is Not Our Enemy campaign coordinator. Wei was born in Tianjin, China and has lived in the US since her high school years. While in university pursuing her degree in Sociology and International Studies, Wei conducted an independent research project on neocolonial bias in Global North academia. Wei has worked with several nonprofit organizations serving women, racial minorities, and other progressive causes. Wei is passionate about anti-imperialist and peace-building work.
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Links of Interest:
Patriot Act on Steroids: Left and right unite against "fear-mongering" TikTok ban: http://bit.ly/3zv2Wfe
US War Planners Court China's Neighbors: http://bit.ly/3U9beTu
Restrict Act (S.686): https://bit.ly/3KcsUJg 
Official Website of Comedian Lee Camp https://leecamp.com

Action #1: Petition- Tell Congress to Stop Using TikTok to Drive Fear and War Towards China https://www.codepink.org/tiktok

Action #2: Call Congress at (202) 224-3121
Calling Script: "Hi, my name is ___________ and I am calling from zip code _________ to urge
you to vote no on the Restrict Act (S.686), which opens the door to massive digital
surveillance and appoints an executive panel to censor the internet."
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