ACLU of Massachusetts "Wonk" Podcasts
Why even try to deny it? We're wonks -- and it's because we care about and want to know what's going on in this country.
If you do, too, download our new "Wonk" podcasts. "Wonk" makes available recordings from ACLU of Massachusetts events, such as speeches and conference workshops, as well as interviews with staff, volunteers, and experts on civil liberties issues.
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2009 Statewide Conference
The ACLU of Massachusetts held its 2009 Statewide Conference on Feb. 7, 2009, at UMass Boston. More than 500 people attended. We recorded the keynote address and have made it available here:
 Beyond the Politics of Fear
2008 Statewide Conference
The ACLU of Massachusetts held its 2008 Conference on Jan. 26, 2008, at Bentley College. Nearly 400 people attended. We recorded several of our workshops and have made them available here:
Blogging for Civil Liberties
Charley Blandy and George Jenkins
Photo by Marilyn Humphries |
Charley Blandy, Co-Founder and Co-Editor, BlueMassGroup.com
George Jenkins, IveBeenMugged.Typepad.com
Chris Ott, Communications Manager, ACLU of Massachusetts
Listen (52 minutes, MP3, 23 MB) |
Confronting the Surveillance Society: Real ID, NSA Spying, Warrantless Wiretapping, and Fusion Centers
Mike German
Photo by Marilyn Humphries |
Mike German, ACLU Policy Counsel and former FBI Special Agent
Carol Rose, Executive Director, ACLU of Massachusetts
Listen (51 minutes, MP3, 23 MB) |
Freedom of Speech and Association in the Post-9/11 World
Harvey Silverglate & Wendy Kaminer
Photo by Marilyn Humphries |
Wendy Kaminer, Lawyer, Social Critic, ACLUM Board Member
Harvey Silverglate, Counsel, Good & Cormier; Author, ACLUM Board Member
Listen (52 minutes, MP3, 23 MB) |
Moving Beyond the War on Drugs
Whitney Taylor
Photo by Marilyn Humphries |
Jack Cole, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Whitney Taylor, Campaign Manager, Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy
Listen (50 minutes, MP3, 23 MB) |
Next Steps for LGBT Rights
Norma Shapiro & Gary Buseck
Photo by Marilyn Humphries |
Gary Buseck, Legal Director, GLAD
Norma Shapiro, Legislative Director, ACLU of Massachusetts
Listen (66 minutes, MP3, 30 MB) |
Racial, Ethnic & Religious Profiling in the Post 9/11 World
Anjali Waikar & Merrie Najimy
Photo by Marilyn Humphries |
Nancy Murray, Education Director, ACLU of Massachusetts
Merrie Najimy, President, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Massachusetts
Anjali Waikar, Equal Justice
Works Fellow, ACLU of Massachusetts
Listen (56 minutes, MP3, 51 MB) |
Torture, Rendition, Guantánamo
Laura Rótolo and Neil McGaraghan
Photo by Marilyn Humphries |
Neil McGaraghan, Attorney at Bingham McCutchen LLP, who has represented detainees at Guantánamo
Laura Rótolo, Human Rights Fellow, ACLU of Massachusetts
Listen (51 minutes, MP3, 51 MB) |
First Amendment Minutes
Bill Newman - Photo by Marilyn Humphries
The ACLU Minute -- with Bill Newman, director of the ACLU's Western Massachusetts Legal Office -- highlights threats to our civil liberties and what you can do to protect our freedoms. Hear it throughout the week on WHMP 1240/1400AM or 96.9FM in western Massachusetts, or listen to these MP3s anytime right here.
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