Speakers at “Dissident Writers: A Conversation” explored how writers keep freedoms open for others by taking risks to criticize governments or societies in environments where there is a cost.
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In 2015, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called Donald Trump a “chaos candidate” who would be a “chaos president.” While Bush arguably got that part right, what he didn’t foresee was that the Republicans were on their way to becoming the chaos party. Final confirmation of that came with Tuesday’s ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, at the hands of Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Resisting a violent regime requires courage, but doing it from inside one of the world’s harshest prisons requires a special kind of courage and an uncommon depth of integrity and commitment, writes Frida Ghitis.
Resisting a violent regime requires courage, but doing it from inside one of the world’s harshest prisons requires a special kind of courage and an uncommon depth of integrity and commitment, writes Frida Ghitis.