Daniel Ellsberg Week
Co-sponsored by The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy & The RootsAction Education Fund
Co-sponsored by The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy & The RootsAction Education Fund
A week of education and action to honor peacemaking and whistleblowing
Daniel Ellsberg became a whistleblower by giving the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the New York Times, the Washington Post and 17 other newspapers. Ellsberg’s subsequent trial on twelve felony counts, posing a possible sentence of 115 years, was dismissed in 1973 on grounds of governmental misconduct against him, leading to the convictions of several White House aides and figuring in the impeachment proceedings against President Nixon. Since the end of the Vietnam War, Ellsberg has been a lecturer, scholar, writer and activist on the dangers of the nuclear era, wrongful U.S. interventions and the urgent need for principled whistleblowing.
A week of education and action to honor peacemaking and whistleblowing
Daniel Ellsberg — the Pentagon Papers whistleblower who has been an inspiring activist for peace since the early 1970s — recently wrote a public letter disclosing that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, with a prognosis that he has only three to six months to live.
Join us for “Daniel Ellsberg Week” to celebrate the life’s work of Daniel Ellsberg, to take action in support of whistleblowers and peacemakers, and to call on state and local governments around the country to honor the spirit of difficult truth-telling with a commemorative week, April 24-30.
Daniel Ellsberg became a whistleblower by giving the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the New York Times, the Washington Post and 17 other newspapers. Ellsberg’s subsequent trial on twelve felony counts, posing a possible sentence of 115 years, was dismissed in 1973 on grounds of governmental misconduct against him, leading to the convictions of several White House aides and figuring in the impeachment proceedings against President Nixon. Since the end of the Vietnam War, Ellsberg has been a lecturer, scholar, writer and activist on the dangers of the nuclear era, wrongful U.S. interventions and the urgent need for principled whistleblowing.
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Read articles by Daniel Ellsberg and about his legacy
The Ellsberg Archive Project, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Living on a Deadline in the Nuclear Age. Some Personal News., Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg’s website, Daniel Ellsberg
‘You’ll Be Hearing From Me as Long as I’m Here,’ Daniel Ellsberg Vows After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Common Dreams
My Fifty Years with Dan Ellsberg, Seymour Hersh
Things to Learn from Daniel Ellsberg, David Swanson
50th Anniversary of the Pentagon Papers Release – 6/13/21, Ellsberg.net
The Man Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers Is Scared, NY Times
On Nuclear Annihilation and Other Topics: A Talk With Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, Common Dreams
To Avoid Armageddon, Don’t Modernize Missiles – Eliminate Them, The Nation
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, book
Watch videos featuring Daniel Ellsberg and about his legacy
Daniel Ellsberg Interview– March 23, 2023, CNN
The Most Dangerous Man in America, Documentary
Pentagon Papers at 50 – Daniel Ellsberg on Risking Life in Jail to Expose U.S. Lies About Vietnam War, Democracy Now!
Slash the Pentagon Budget in Half and Abolish ICBMs: Dan Ellsberg on How to Avoid Nuclear Armageddon, Democracy Now!
Truth, Dissent & the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg, The Ellsberg Archive Project
The Defuse Nuclear War Podcast with Daniel Ellsberg, Defuse Nuclear War
The Defuse Nuclear War Podcast With Daniel Ellsberg
The Defuse Nuclear War Podcast
Directed by Oscar-nominee Judith Ehrlich, the series explores the dangers of nuclear weapons and the politics that drive their existence. Hear firsthand accounts from Ellsberg about his time as a nuclear war planner for the U.S. military and learn hidden truth about realities of nuclear weapons. In episode 1, Daniel Ellsberg accounts the death toll and violent realities of nuclear war.
Directed by Oscar-nominee Judith Ehrlich, the series explores the dangers of nuclear weapons and the politics that drive their existence. Hear firsthand accounts from Ellsberg about his time as a nuclear war planner for the U.S. military and learn hidden truth about realities of nuclear weapons. In episode 2, Daniel Ellsberg makes the case for the U.S. to eliminate hair-trigger ICBMs which can’t be called back and are vulnerable to attack.
Directed by Oscar-nominee Judith Ehrlich, this video podcast series explores the dangers of #nuclearweapons and the politics that drive their existence. Hear firsthand accounts from world-renowned #PentagonPapers #whistleblower #DanielEllsberg about his time as a #nuclearwar planner for the U.S. military, and learn hidden truths about the life-snuffing realities of nuclear weapons in all their aspects. In Episode 3, Daniel Ellsberg addresses what’s on everyone’s mind in this context: #Russia. Learn more and get involved at www.DefuseNuclearWar.org
Directed by Oscar-nominee Judith Ehrlich, this video podcast series explores the dangers of #nuclearweapons and the politics that drive their existence. Hear firsthand accounts from world-renowned #PentagonPapers #whistleblower #DanielEllsberg about his time as a #nuclearwar planner for the U.S. military, and learn hidden truths about the life-snuffing realities of nuclear weapons in all their aspects. In Episode 4, Daniel Ellsberg exposes what is kept secret from most: that there are “a lot of fingers on a lot of buttons in the world,” not just the president of the United States.
Directed by Oscar-nominee Judith Ehrlich, this video podcast series explores the dangers of #nuclearweapons and the politics that drive their existence. Hear firsthand accounts from world-renowned #PentagonPapers #whistleblower #DanielEllsberg about his time as a #nuclearwar planner for the U.S. military, and learn hidden truths about the life-snuffing realities of nuclear weapons in all their aspects. In Episode 5, Daniel Ellsberg sounds an alarm about the universality of a nuclear threat to life on Earth. Learn more and get involved at www.DefuseNuclearWar.org
Directed by Oscar-nominee Judith Ehrlich, this video podcast series explores the dangers of #nuclearweapons and the politics that drive their existence. Hear firsthand accounts from world-renowned #PentagonPapers #whistleblower #DanielEllsberg about his time as a #nuclearwar planner for the U.S. military, and learn hidden truths about the life-snuffing realities of nuclear weapons in all their aspects. In Episode 6, Daniel Ellsberg exposes truths about the money behind the military industrial complex and the refusal to eliminate ICBM’s. The U.S. continues to escalate, calling it a conspiracy to commit omnicide. Learn more and get involved at www.DefuseNuclearWar.org
Help build a movement to prevent nuclear war
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