ANTI-WAR SPEAKOUT/TWEETOUT
7:30PM UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNION
MALET STREET LONDON WC1E 7HY
For more details, see: http://bit.ly/n9X9qz
Whether you attend the Antiwar SpeakOut/TweetOut in person in
London, or you watch the live stream on the Stop the War website,
this is an event not to be missed.
You will see poets, rappers and spoken word artists (see below)
performing at a Twitter convention in which everyone can
participate.
Don't worry if you are not a Twitter user yet. This will be an
event in which you can learn how it works and why it has become
such an important tool for activists and campaigners, not least
as was shown in the Arab Spring uprisings. It is today enabling
instant eyewitness reports of the brutal crackdown on the Yemen
democracy movement.
Stop the War has taken the idea of a TweetOut from the Egyptian
democracy movement, which used them to spread the word about
their protests.
As well as enjoying the brilliant cast of spoken word artists
performing for Stop the War, the aim will be to publicise as
widely as possible in the Twittersphere the Antiwar Mass Assembly
in Trafalgar Square on 8 October, marking the tenth anniversary
of the war in Afghanistan.
If you're coming to the SpeakOt/TweetOut in person, come armed
with your mobile! Or your laptop, if you want to be really
ambitious (there will be a WiFi link).
If you're not a Twitter user yet, you will be able to text your
messages which Stop the War will turn instantly into tweets for
display on the Tweet Screen and publish directly to Twitter.
The performers in the SpeakOut include author Michael Rosen, who
was until recently the Children's Poet Laureate, poets Michael
Horowitz, Michael Powell and Sanasino Al-Yemen, rapper Jimmy
Jitsu, and many more.
Twitter users at the event, and those following it on the live
stream, are asked to use the hashtag #8oct (non Twitter users
will learn what a hashtag is on the night!).
Tweeters will also be reacting to the spoken word artists,
whether watching them in the audience or the live stream, and
instantly communicating with their Twitter followers about the
performances.
The aim is to make SpeakOut/TweetOut as interactive as possible
and as much a collective event as we can. Join us in person if
you live in London, or online if you don't.
ANTI-WAR SPEAKOUT/TWEETOUT
7:30PM UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNION
MALET STREET LONDON WC1E 7HY
For more details, see: http://bit.ly/n9X9qz
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