This is Part 8 of Consortium News’ multi-part series on the 50th Anniversary of the late Sen. Mike Gravel obtaining the Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg and the consequences Gravel faced for revealing the top secret documents in Congress, just hours before the Supreme Court decided the case on June 30, 1971, a half century ago today.
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Speakers at the @4aPeoplesParty convention:
@CornelWest
@ninaturner
@GravelInstitute
@marwilliamson
@ProudSocialist
@jimmy_dore
This line up has me fired up!
This is the party that represents me
Mark your calendars: August 30th!
Marianne Williamson is back — to talk about forming a third party
Self-help author Marianne Williamson and former Sen. Mike Gravel — left-wing contenders who ran for the White House this cycle — will appear at the “People’s Convention.” Other previously announced headliners include Nina Turner, Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign co-chair, and Cornel West, a Harvard philosopher and past Sanders surrogate.