Thursday, Jan. 28, 5-6:30pm
online
free

"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." -Thomas Paine

What if armed revolutionaries walked up the Capitol steps, broke down the doors and forced lawmakers to huddle in fear, all to protest a fair and legal election?

Well, they just did.

Join progressive activist Robert Meeropol as he explores how original American revolutionary - or insurrectionist? - Thomas Paine, would respond to today's political unrest, global migration, and climate change.

Suggested donation: $20

All donations benefit the mission of the Latin American Relief Fund: to assist migrants and refugees in Mexico.

Biography of Robert Meeropol

Founder, Rosenberg Fund for Children

Robert Meeropol is the younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. In 1953, when he was six years old, the United States Government executed his parents for “conspiring to steal the secret of the atomic bomb.”

For over 50 years he has been a progressive activist, author and public speaker. In the 1970’s he and his brother, Michael, successfully sued the FBI and CIA to force the release of 300,000 previously secret documents about their parents.

Robert founded the Rosenberg Fund for Children, a public foundation that provides for the educational and emotional needs of children whose parents have been harassed, injured, jailed, lost jobs or died in the course of their progressive activities. The Fund also supports youth who have been targeted for their own activism.

Robert’s memoir, AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY, was published on the 50th anniversary of his parents’ executions. The book details his odyssey from Rosenberg son to political activist and founder of the Rosenberg Fund for Children. His blog, Still Out on a Limb, is at robertmeeropol.com/blog.

In 2016 – in the wake of overwhelming new evidence showing that the U.S. government knew Ethel was not a spy and executed her anyway – Robert and his brother Michael Meeropol, launched a nationwide petition campaign asking President Obama to exonerate their mother. The effort garnered 60,000 petition signers, and generated extensive and favorable coverage by many of the most respected and far-reaching media outlets around the U.S. and internationally.

The exoneration campaign succeeded in dramatically moving the needle on the public’s understanding of how the government wronged Ethel, and why, and educated the public about the dangers of unchecked government power, especially in times of heightened concern about national security.

All proceeds from this webinar benefit the mission of the Latin American Relief Fund and are tax-deductible under US law