The recent events in Washington, D.C. were not surprising, but I’ve been struggling to understand how they came about. This essay is to help organise scattered thoughts, from my perspective*.
If the Capitol's storming represented only a small minority of domestic extremists' views, this event could be neutralised. But, assuming the polls can be trusted, how do you take forward the nearly three-quarters of Republican voters and 35% of Americans overall who don’t accept the presidential election outcome? Or the 45% of Republican voters who support the Capitol rioters, which we now know included ex-military and law enforcement members? …
London, 22 November 2008
(Slightly edited version of my original letter.)
I was invited to put on paper thoughts about my experience as an Akron Zip. I have been thinking about what I could tell you, students and athletes at Akron, that could be worthwhile and perhaps helpful. I don’t wish to preach to you — I suspect you probably get enough of that anyway :-) — nor do I want to give you advice for which you didn’t ask. I can only share my story.
I came to Akron in August 2002, as a 20-year-old. I came from Poland…
Since the 22nd of October, hundreds of thousands of Poles have been protesting in response to a decision by the country’s highest court to outlaw abortions in instances where a foetus is diagnosed with a severe and irreversible birth defect, deciding this is unconstitutional. In recent years such procedures made up about 96% of legal abortions in Poland, where abortion on demand has not been available for decades. …
Ada Z
This is my personal blog. I write things down to organise my thoughts. My anti-fracking work with BOW is here https://brockhamoilwatch.org/blog-updates/
