The January 6 Committee’s Thursday Hearing in Ten Quick Screen Shots
The Last Hearing? Maybe. Or maybe not. “If [Trump] … Continue reading The January 6 Committee’s Thursday Hearing in Ten Quick Screen Shots
Category Archives: Resistance
Chelsea Manning Is an American Hero. Full Stop.
. . . And both an inspiration & challenge to Quakers & other people of faith. Thank you to the Times for implicitly acknowledging this. And to Obama for commuting her prison sentence. Chelsea Manning: ‘I’m Still Bound to Secrecy’ New York Times — Oct. 8, 2022 By Chelsea Manning Ms. Manning is an American … Continue reading Chelsea Manning Is an American Hero. Full Stop.
Quote of the Weekend: Iran Women’s Resistance
The gap between the freedoms and opportunities enjoyed by the system’s affiliated elite and those of ordinary Iranians has never been so wide — and never have so many people expressed so much anger about it. This fundamental repudiation of the system is what makes these protests so different from other restive moments in Iran’s … Continue reading Quote of the Weekend: Iran Women’s Resistance
Alaska: Russian War Resisters Update
Alaska Daily News: Gambell is about 200 miles southwest of the Western Alaska hub city of Nome and about 50 miles from the tip of the Chukotka Peninsula in Siberia. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday, as initial details of the situation were emerging, said he did not expect a continual stream or “flotilla” of … Continue reading Alaska: Russian War Resisters Update
BREAKING: Two Russian Draft Dodgers Land In Alaska, Seek Asylum
Associated Press BY BECKY BOHRER 2:40 PM Oct. 6, 2022 — Developing Story JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office said Thursday. … Continue reading BREAKING: Two Russian Draft Dodgers Land In Alaska, Seek Asylum