LIU XIAOBO

Blacklisted from academia and barred from publishing in China, Mr. Liu has been harassed and detained repeatedly since 1989, when he stepped into the drama playing out on Tiananmen Square by staging a hunger strike and then negotiating the peaceful retreat of student demonstrators as thousands of soldiers stood by with rifles at the ready. … Read more

Digging Out

Today was dig-out day in NY.  Walking was still hiking but not the trail-blazing experience it has been. And when the sun hits it, it’s the moon.

PETITION FOR ART AND LIFE IN BELARUS

Natalia Kolyada last year. Listen to her story.  She is living this now. The corrupt government of Belarus have abandoned all pretense of being anything but a gestapo regime.   The recent stolen election by Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, (dig that mustache. Some people you don’t have to draw) who claims to have won by 79% of … Read more