Panel on the Presidential Election

A panel discussion will be followed by a screening of the final presidential debate

$10 tickets are on sale now

Date

Oct

Monday
October 22, 2012
7:00 PM ET

Location

Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA 02138

Tickets

$10.00

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Harvard Book Store, Boston Review, and The Baffler are pleased to present a Panel on the Presidential Election and screening of the final debate with Harvard's Theda Skocpol, The Boston Globe's Juliette Kayyem, and Stephen Oleskey, who acted as co-lead counsel in the case of Boumediene v. Bush, which established habeas corpus rights for Guantanamo prisoners. The discussion will be moderated by Christopher Lydon, host of Radio Open Source.

The evening will begin with a panel discussion covering topics relating to the presidential election and the debates, including the state of the current administration, Barack Obama's and Mitt Romney's performances thus far, and what to expect in the final debate. We look forward to a lively, informative talk! After the panel discussion concludes, the event will transition to a screening of the final debate.

Christopher Lydon

Christopher Lydon is the host of Open Source, a conversation on arts, ideas and politics – both online and on public radio. An unconventional voice in print, television and radio journalism, Chris Lydon is an Internet pioneer, credited with doing the first (and now the longest-running) “podcast” with the proto-blogger Dave Winer in 2003 from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard.

Photo Credit: Michael J. Lutch

Juliette Kayyem

Juliette Kayyem is an international leader in crisis management, disaster response, cybersecurity and homeland security. She serves as the faculty chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where she teaches in security and crisis management. Previously, she served as President Obama's Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. A CNN national security analyst, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and contributor for The Atlantic and Boston's local NPR station, WGBH, Kayyem also advises governors, mayors, and corporations on crisis management, especially throughout the COVID-19 response. Kayyem is the author or editor of six books, including the bestselling book Security Mom.

Photo Credit: Sharona Jacobs

Stephen Oleskey

Stephen Oleskey is a partner in the Litigation and Real Estate Departments at WilmerHale. Mr. Oleskey has twice argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as before the Massachusetts Appeals Court; the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; the New Hampshire Supreme Court and the First, Third, and Ninth Circuit US Courts of Appeals.

After 19 years at WilmerHale, Mr. Oleskey left in 1987 to serve as Massachusetts deputy attorney general and chief of the Public Protection Bureau. In that capacity, he managed 140 attorneys, investigators, paralegals and support personnel in the Antitrust, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Environmental Protection, Insurance, Public Charities, Utilities, Nuclear Safety and Special Litigation Divisions. He was responsible for all civil litigation and enforcement proceedings in these divisions, and coordinated their activities with the attorney general’s Criminal Bureau.

Theda Skocpol

Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. Her many books include The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism (with Vanessa Williamson); Upending American Politics (coedited with Caroline Tervo); and Diminished Democracy: From Membership to Management in American Civic Life.

Photo Credit: Martha Stewart

Online ticket sales have now ended, but tickets can still be purchased at Harvard Book Store and by phone at 617-661-1515 until 5pm the day of the event. Remaining tickets will be on sale at the door of the Brattle Theatre when we open doors at about 6:30.

Please note that your ticket ONLY guarantees you a seat until five minutes before an event begins. Additionally, tickets purchased online may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event, and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand.

Walking from the Harvard Square T station: 10 minutes

As you exit the station, cross Mass. Ave. and proceed along Brattle St. Follow Brattle St. as it curves to the right in Brattle Square (follow the sidewalk on the right side of the street). The Brattle will be on the left-hand side of the street. The building is shared with Algiers Cafe and Alden & Harlow Restaurant, and the theatre entrance is on the left side of the building—look for the sidewalk poster case and marquee.

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