1/ A political prisoner is someone whose personal beliefs or activism - not necessarily any actual criminal activity, except what is drummed up by those who seek to persecute them - lands them in prison.
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2/ We’re living at a moment when two egregious examples of political prisoner assault the conscience & citizenship of every American. One is Donziger & the other Assange, both cruelly persecuted for the sin of doing what you’re simply not supposed to do these days...
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3/ one, hold a fossil fuel company (in this case Chevron) accountable for its crimes of poisoning the water of tens of thousands of indigenous farmers in Ecuador;
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4/ and two, reveal military secrets involving atrocities such as torture and civilian murders by a war machine that’s much happier operating in secret and with no accountability at all to the American people, much less to its victims overseas.mariannewilliamson.substack.…

Dec 14, 2021 · 10:00 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
I had the strangest feeling when I read your paper … It felt like I’ve been here before, done this before ... Perhaps I have … as you say “our ancestors faced challenges to our democracy even worse than these, and they prevailed. I believe with all my heart that we will too"