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Ochakiv: A Year of Shelling
On April 7, at 5 a.m., the Russian military fired artillery and mortar fire at Ochakiv, a small Black Sea resort in the south of Ukraine located at the mouth of the Dnipro River and on the banks of [...] Continue Reading
Siversk: Spring in Donbas
When Galyna was in her 20s, she, with her husband and friends, liked to plant trees in their beloved town of Siversk. Chestnuts, apricots, cherries and acacias grew in her yard and along the quiet [...] Continue Reading
Prodigal/Radical Son Returns to the Big Farm Town
It’s been two generations since I cruised Blackstone Avenue, went to Torquer’s Club dances at the Rainbow Ballroom, made out with a girl in a summer dress parked out in the fig orchards and then [...] Continue Reading
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A Government That Contributes to Peace Isn’t Terrorist
The vice-president of Colombia, Francia Márquez Mina, came to Cuba for the 31st Havana International Book Fair, which this year celebrates Colombia as the guest country of honor. In May 2022, [...] Continue Reading
Draft Resistance Leader David Harris Dies
David Harris died on Feb. 6 after battling lung cancer. Harris was a national leader of the draft resistance movement who had strong ties to Fresno. He graduated from Fresno High and returned with his [...] Continue Reading
Donbas: In the Line of Fire
Donbas, an abbreviation for the toponym “Donetsk coal basin,” is an umbrella term applied to two regions of Ukraine: Luhansk (aka Luhanshchyna) and Donetsk (aka Donetshchyna). “These territories [...] Continue Reading
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Life under Russian Occupation
Kherson, a southern Ukrainian city of 250,000 before the full-scale Russian invasion, was under Russian occupation since March 2, 2022. After its liberation on Nov. 11, the author visited the city of [...] Continue Reading