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John Klopotowski
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SF Bay Arean. Writer. Grape leaf wrapper.
Türkçe biliyorum واتكلم اللغة العربية
New piece for Liberties Journal about the incommensurable value of independent journalism. libertiesjournal.com/online-artic....
Are You Afraid To Write? Turkey And The 21st Century
The world has one remaining newspaper that prints its pages in both Turkish and Armenian. Its name, Agos, is a word used in Armenian and Turkish that means furrow, the groove in which one plants a see...
libertiesjournal.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Been waiting for this moment
First winner of a major political office that I can remember to cite Eugene Debs in the opening of an election victory night speech.
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Reposted by John Klopotowski
READ: "Much of my family left Turkey after my great-grandfather was murdered in the Armenian Genocide. Turkey, Israel, and many other countries still deny this genocide occurred. It’s a denial that enables genocides like that in Gaza to take place today." mondoweiss.net/2025/06/deny...
Denying the genocides of the past enables those who carry out the genocides of today
Much of my family left Turkey after my great-grandfather was murdered in the Armenian Genocide. Turkey, Israel, and many other countries still deny this genocide occurred. It’s a denial that enables…
mondoweiss.net
July 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by John Klopotowski
Much of my family left Turkey after my great-grandfather was murdered in the Armenian Genocide. Turkey, Israel, and many other countries still deny this genocide occurred. It’s a denial that enables genocides like that in Gaza to take place today.

mondoweiss.net/2025/06/deny...

#Palestine #Israel
Denying the genocides of the past enables those who carry out the genocides of today
Much of my family left Turkey after my great-grandfather was murdered in the Armenian Genocide. Turkey, Israel, and many other countries still deny this genocide occurred. It’s a denial that enables...
mondoweiss.net
June 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM