Come celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of Soviet Jews who had been imprisoned for plotting an airplane hijacking that never got off the ground. Philip Spiegel, the author of TRIUMPH OVER TYRANNY: The Heroic Campaigns that Saved 2,000,000 Soviet Jews, will describe how the the Leningrad Hijack Trial of 1970 galvanized an international movement that eventually led to downfall of the Soviet Union. A trailer for the documentary film, REFUSENIK, will be shown. For more information please visit www.triumhovertyranny.com.

Added by philipspiegel on March 30, 2009