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Brian Covert

@boc-j.bsky.social

ブライアン・コバート 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯 • https://inochi-life.net • https://authory.com/BrianCovert

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Brian Covert@boc-j.bsky.social · 2w ago

An extensive interview piece, just published today in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 newspaper of London, with 𝗞𝗼𝗸𝗼 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in 1945 by the United States. Kondo also contributes the foreword to an upcoming book, "Hiroshima, 8:15". www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror, anger and forgiveness

On that fateful day in 1945, Kondo was just a baby in her mother’s arms. She talks about her father’s newly discovered eye-witness account of the aftermath – and why she decided to continue his work a...

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Politico@politico.com · 4w ago

Black leaders across the South have expressed a visceral shock in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. But as the surprise wears off, a sense of isolation has begun to set in among some. 🔗 politi.co/4vSW46T

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Brian Covert@boc-j.bsky.social · last mo.

A new major motion picture in Japan now tells the story of the late 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻, a U.S. marine during America's war in Vietnam and later a devoted advocate for peace. 『ネルソンさん、あなたは人を殺しましたか？』(Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?) is directed by acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto. nelsonsan.jp

映画『ネルソンさん、あなたは人を殺しましたか？』公式サイト｜9月公開

監督・脚本・撮影・編集：塚本晋也（『野火』、『斬、』、『ほかげ』）／“戦争加害者の傷”というタブーに切り込む衝撃作。

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Just Security@justsecurity.org · last mo.

Crackdowns on writers and #FreeExpression during war emerged as a key trend in this year’s #FreedomToWrite Index, notes Pen America’s Liesl Gerntholtz. Time and again, those who write about war – novelists, commentators, poets, even economists – suffer the consequences:

As Governments Silence Critics During War, Writers Are Among the First to Pay the Price

Crackdowns on writers during wartime emerged as a key trend in PEN America's 2025 data gathered for the latest annual Freedom to Write Index.

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Black Voters Matter Fund@blackvotersmatterfund.org · 2mo ago

This country was built on contradiction. Liberty for some. Exclusion for many. Most politics is reaction. Resist, respond, repeat. But history shows change starts with imagination first. We are living inside someone else’s vision of this country. It is time to imagine a new one.

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Brian Covert@boc-j.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The American war in Vietnam in the 1960s-70s included the spraying of millions of gallons of highly toxic chemicals onto the Vietnamese people for a full decade. Here's a recent report on it by Japan's public broadcaster, NHK.... www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

In the Wake of Agent Orange: 50 Years After the Vietnam War | NHK WORLD-JAPAN

The harm left in the wake of Agent Orange still impacts Vietnam's environment and its people. We follow filmmaker Masako Sakata who has spent two decades documenting the victims of this toxic legacy.

www3.nhk.or.jp

Brian Covert@boc-j.bsky.social · 2mo ago

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁, under far-right chief justice John Roberts, make clear that the court is on a path to desecrate voting rights in the USA — starting with, but certainly not limited to, Black voting rights in U.S. southern states. This must be stopped now.

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My latest: open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Brian Covert@boc-j.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Author and journalist Ece Temelkuran, on losing her native Turkey to the F-word (fascism) and what people in other democratic societies can do when fascism comes a-knocking at their nation's door too. An excerpt from her powerful new book "𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨" — a must-read for these perilous times.

An Exile’s Guide to Losing a Country

Nation of Strangers is the conclusion of a decade-long odyssey. My ten-year saga began in 2016 when I wrote a book called Turkey: The Insane and the Melancholy. Before the book, I’d enjoyed a succe…

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Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A deep dive: When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing. @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social

Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections

When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...

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Brian Covert@boc-j.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮 41-𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧-𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 24 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 [𝙐.𝙎.] 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙮....” english.elpais.com/usa/2026-03-...

Afghan asylum seeker dies the day after being detained by ICE: ‘His family deserves answers’

Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, who worked for the US government in Afghanistan for 15 years, was not suffering from any illness when he was arrested, according to his family

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Brian Covert@boc-j.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨....." www.seattletimes.com/opinion/84-y...

8 decades after Japanese American incarceration, history repeats | Op-Ed

The same logic that justified incarcerating Japanese Americans — that rights can be suspended in moments of perceived crisis — undergirds today’s system.

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