Daniel Ellsberg (Memorial)
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Note from Daniel's son @MichaelEllsberg: with his blessing, I now maintain this account as a living memorial to Daniel's ideas and work.
Berkeley, CA
Joined July 2009
Daniel Ellsberg, speaking at a protest at Livermore Lab, CA, Nagasaki Day, 8/9/17 (link below). At the end of this speech from 2017, Daniel quotes what he said when getting arrested on the tracks at Rocky Flats, Nagasaki Day, thirty-nine years earlier, 8/9/78: "'There
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80 years ago.
75 years ago, on the night before August 6, 1945 the people of Hiroshima slept, not yet knowing it was possible to burn a city with a single bomb. Now we know. But as Baldwin wrote, “People find it very difficult to act on what they know.”
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Daniel Ellsberg, Hiroshima Day 2009: "America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years." His still-relevant warning on the continuing, world-threatening dangers of the nuclear era: https://t.co/h2l00MAoxG
truthdig.com
Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame writes that “official secrecy and deceptions about our nuclear weapons posture and policies and their possible consequences have threatened the survival of the...
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Today is the 2nd anniversary of the passing of legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Here he is on the Gulf of Tonkin false flag and warns Americans of future US false flag attacks to justify foreign policy Remember this when you see the move to war with
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It's been two years since @DanielEllsberg passed away, and his powerful voice for peace, human rights, and speaking truth to power is missed more than ever. To keep his spirit and legacy alive, we've established the Ellsberg #Whistleblower Award. https://t.co/SkndkF4zpc
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Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the passing of legendary whistleblower, anti-war hero, and FPF co-founder @DanielEllsberg. His courageous decision to leak the Pentagon Papers to the press in 1971 led to the most important Supreme Court case for press freedom in the century.
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My father died on Father’s Day two years ago. (6/16). @Plough had scheduled this interview with me to run that day. “A Father’s Legacy to His Son – and His Country”
plough.com
Robert Ellsberg talks about his father, Daniel Ellsberg, their relationship, and his impact in this interview.
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Join us this Thursday for our this kickoff webinar for the 2025 Ellsberg Conference - Reckoning and Reconciliation: Vietnam War and its Legacies. Rregister at: https://t.co/vHCh2o06TA
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✨ Happy birthday to the late and great Daniel Ellsberg — whistleblower, truth-teller, and dear friend of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. 🎂 Watch his Kelly Lecture here! https://t.co/L9Zb5s5nDU
#DanielEllsberg #NuclearBan
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Two years ago, my dad enjoying his last birthday cake. He would be 94 today. 🎂
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Congratulations @LaurenLeHarper! We can't wait to see the important work you do as the first Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy at @FreedomofPress.
We are excited to welcome @LaurenLeHarper as our first @DanielEllsberg Chair on Government Secrecy at @FreedomofPress. Harper will honor the legendary whistleblower and continue the fight for secrecy reform. https://t.co/9e9Pgc7fWT
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Here are moving obituaries and tributes to Daniel's dear friend and inspiration, Randy Kehler, 1944-2024. As Daniel always said, "No Randy Kehler, no Pentagon Papers." Our family sends love to the Kehler family. https://t.co/FyQToXGriA
nytimes.com
Daniel Ellsberg was so moved by Mr. Kehler’s opposition to the Vietnam War that he decided to leak documents that changed the course of the conflict.
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Randy died on July 21 at the age of 80. So grateful to him and his wife Betsy for all their dedication and service to the cause of peace. Like a pebble in a pond, the ripples extending from his acts of conscience and humanity have reached wide and changed the world.
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To people who doubted the value of protests, Randy said: "You never know! I gave a speech, and it set in motion a series of actions that helped end the war." As for my father, he always gave credit to Randy and others who set an example. "Without Randy, no Pentagon Papers."
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He later said that Randy's words hit him like an axe--cutting his life in two. Before and after. (Photo shows him visiting Randy in La Tuna prison.) Randy went on to contribute to peace in many ways--as a co-founder of the National Freeze movement and tax resister.
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