We hope you can join us for this special event. "The 2008 Election: What's Really At Stake?" Featuring Naomi Klein, Jeremy Scahill, Laura Flanders, Roberto Lovato and Malia Lazu. Saturday, September 13 - 8pm The Great Hall of The Cooper Union. 7 East 7th Street (at Third Avenue), Manhattan Tickets on sale now! Sliding Scale $6 to $15. More info: www.indypendent.org, 212-221-0521 or email indybenefits@gmail.com Special Advance Reception 6:30pm — A chance to meet the Panelists, hors d'oeuvres and open bar — tickets start at $35. This presidential election comes at a critical time for the United States and the world. We are facing grave problems, including multiple wars abroad, an economy in decline, the rise of a high-tech police state, the looming threat of climate change, an anti-immigrant backlash, a dire energy crisis, and a political system thoroughly corrupted by money. Can either Barack Obama or John McCain offer workable solutions? What is the role of third parties who continue to face hurdles in the presidential electoral process? To analyze the significance and consequences of the upcoming election, The Indypendent newspaper is hosting a dynamic public discussion, "The 2008 Election: What's Really At Stake?" Featuring some of today's leading journalists, this crucial event will examine the political and economic impact of a McCain or Obama presidency, the role of media in the election and how concerned citizens should relate to the electoral process. Naomi Klein is author of the international bestsellers The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and No Logo. Jeremy Scahill is the author of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Laura Flanders is host of the daily news/discussion program GRITtv (www.grittv.org), host of the nationally syndicated weekly radio program RadioNation, and author of numerous books, most recently Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians. Roberto Lovato is a New York-based writer with New American Media and a frequent contributor to The Nation; and he blogs at ofamerica.wordpress.com. Malia Lazu is one of the brightest young minds in progressive politics today and is dedicated to broadening the U.S. electorate. Malia is currently the executive director of Harry Belafonte's The Gathering, an intergenerational intercultural organization working to reintroduce nonviolence to our communities to stop child incarceration. www.gatheringforjustice.ning.com. All proceeds to benefit The Indypendent. Tickets now on sale! To reserve tickets, please order online at www.indypendent.org or Brown Paper Tickets. For more information, call 212-221-0521 or email indybenefits@gmail.com. Check out what Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill had to say about The Indypendent earlier this year. See video. About The Indypendent: The Indypendent is the leading progressive newspaper in New York City. We provide original in-depth, hard-hitting reporting on local, national and international news and commentary to our print and online readership of about 150,000. We are a predominantly volunteer-run organization that is funded by individual supporters, ad sales to progressive local businesses and enterprises, benefits, and sales of posters we've produced. We have won dozens of awards from the New York Independent Press Association — and pride ourselves on providing a forum for the hundreds of social justice groups working on the issues that we report on. As the newspaper of the New York Independent Media Center, we are dedicated to empowering people to create a true alternative to corporate press by stepping up to be the media.