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Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social · Aug 15

Please take some time to read this poem, written by a doctor working in Gaza.

And Hunger Was Given Dominion over Us, by Ezzideen Shehab

Ezzideen Shehab wrote the following poem based on his work as a doctor in the Alrahma Medical Center in Jabalia, Gaza.

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Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social · Feb 12

pen-america-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... I will be talking about memoir with Julia Lee and Oliver Radclyffe.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: YAAW Session 2 - Bearing Witness. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · Jan 27

Europe gets the "let's talk to white men in Midwestern diners to understand what's really going on"-treatment from the paper of record.

Major effect of focusing on random, seemingly authentic "ordinary people:" conduct of center-right elites rendered invisible.

Opinion | How Europe Swung to the Right

‘A lot of people simply haven’t been heard for a long time.’

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jan 20

I, for one, am writing to the Pennsylvania attorney general because surely Donald’s statement is enough to open an investigation.

Jesse King @jesseking.bsky.social · Jan 20

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Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · Jan 20

www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bi...

Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier

The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Jan 20

A president’s executive order cannot undo a law or a Supreme Court decision, let alone a provision of the Constitution. Forget that and you do have a dictatorship on day one.

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · Jan 20

I guess we will find out whether a president can nullify the plain language of the Constitution. If such a monstrous order is allowed to stand, the consequences will be dire.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jan 20

Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.

Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship

The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.

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Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social · Jan 20

Where is Jack Smith's name?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Jan 7

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I think the Jack Smith draft report is finished. Write to Merrick Garland and ask him to release the Jack Smith report. You can do it here. Select “Messages to the Attorney General” from the drop down menu www.justice.gov/doj/webform/...

Your message to the Department of Justice

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Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social · Dec 12

www.amazon.com/Petro-Sean-M...

Watch Petro | Prime Video

In the midst of historic upheaval in Colombia, Senator Gustavo Petro, a former M-19 guerrilla leader, is the early front runner for president in 2022.

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Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social · Dec 12

Many of you have asked me over the past year how and when you could see my son's film Petro! It is now available on Amazon Prime. It is a very moving story of a people at a moment in the history of Colombia, electing their first progressive-left President. It makes people cry. With happiness.

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Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social · Dec 9

Who uses the word? Any of you?

Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social · Nov 24

having us all sit down to dinner together every night.

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Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social · Nov 13

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Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social · Nov 13

This is my first post, despite that I have been here for a while. Very happy to see this growing!

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