Christian G. Appy
@chrisappy.bsky.social
I'm a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and founding director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy. Our website is eipad.org. I've published three books about the Vietnam War.
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Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver
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Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver
A democratic socialist who lost her job for speaking out about Gaza unseated a 29-year incumbent amid a wave of anti-establishment energy.
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July 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver
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EXCLUSIVE: Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
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If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
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Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
theintercept.com
June 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
theintercept.com/2026/06/10/t...
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
theintercept.com/2026/06/10/t...
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Someone please mash up Narcissus and the Portrait of Dorian Gray into the tale a demented man who thought to see his own magnificence reflected in, well, a Reflecting Pool and instead saw failure and algae and decay.
June 22, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Someone please mash up Narcissus and the Portrait of Dorian Gray into the tale a demented man who thought to see his own magnificence reflected in, well, a Reflecting Pool and instead saw failure and algae and decay.
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We've never seen an economy so bad for workers — and so good for the super rich.
It’s only going to get worse with AI.
How should we respond?
It’s only going to get worse with AI.
How should we respond?
May 31, 2026 at 4:01 PM
We've never seen an economy so bad for workers — and so good for the super rich.
It’s only going to get worse with AI.
How should we respond?
It’s only going to get worse with AI.
How should we respond?
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"Ken Martin has made sure that the DNC remains mum about the genocide that took hold in Gaza, enabled by the Biden administration’s massive shipments of arms to Israel," writes @normansolomon.bsky.social.
Why is the Democratic party still hiding its 2024 election autopsy? | Norman Solomon
No one has more at stake than Kamala Harris – who has ‘signaled’ support for its release without saying so publicly
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May 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Ken Martin has made sure that the DNC remains mum about the genocide that took hold in Gaza, enabled by the Biden administration’s massive shipments of arms to Israel," writes @normansolomon.bsky.social.
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America's chief Middle East negotiator - Jared Kushner - is almost completely dependent on Middle East government investment in his chief business. It's probably the biggest conflict of interest in American diplomatic history and we should be talking about this way more.
May 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
America's chief Middle East negotiator - Jared Kushner - is almost completely dependent on Middle East government investment in his chief business. It's probably the biggest conflict of interest in American diplomatic history and we should be talking about this way more.
This is the outcome of a 50-year effort to overturn the Voting Rights Act, led by Justice Roberts. See David Daley's Antidemocratic.
Supreme Court allows Alabama GOP to erase Black House district
Supreme Court allows Alabama GOP to erase Black House district
The high court voted 6-3 to allow state to proceed with plan likely to squeeze Democrats to single seat
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May 11, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This is the outcome of a 50-year effort to overturn the Voting Rights Act, led by Justice Roberts. See David Daley's Antidemocratic.
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Rest in peace to John Ketwig, Vietnam veteran and author of ...And a Hard Rain Fell. It was an honor to get to know John. He talked with my students at VT, reviewed my book, and participated in my NEH Summer Institute, where he talked about the war, memorialization, why he joined the VVAW.
May 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Rest in peace to John Ketwig, Vietnam veteran and author of ...And a Hard Rain Fell. It was an honor to get to know John. He talked with my students at VT, reviewed my book, and participated in my NEH Summer Institute, where he talked about the war, memorialization, why he joined the VVAW.
"Improper...conduct"...including offering the FBI directorship to Judge Byrne as well as the Plumbers break-in of Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, illegal wiretapping, CIA profile.
#tdih 1973: Charges against whistleblowers Dan Ellsberg & Tony Russo dismissed in Pentagon Papers trial.
The top secret in the papers?: The HISTORY & role of U.S. in Vietnam War.
People‘s history teachers are whistleblowers, every day! #TeachOutsideTextbook ⬇️
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The top secret in the papers?: The HISTORY & role of U.S. in Vietnam War.
People‘s history teachers are whistleblowers, every day! #TeachOutsideTextbook ⬇️
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May 11, 1973: Pentagon Papers Charges Dismissed
Judge Byrne dismissed all charges against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the Pentagon Papers trial.
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May 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"Improper...conduct"...including offering the FBI directorship to Judge Byrne as well as the Plumbers break-in of Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, illegal wiretapping, CIA profile.
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Chris Appy is here! @chrisappy.bsky.social
Follow him and keep up with his work on the Ellsberg Institute for Peace and Democracy. www.eipad.org
Follow him and keep up with his work on the Ellsberg Institute for Peace and Democracy. www.eipad.org
May 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Chris Appy is here! @chrisappy.bsky.social
Follow him and keep up with his work on the Ellsberg Institute for Peace and Democracy. www.eipad.org
Follow him and keep up with his work on the Ellsberg Institute for Peace and Democracy. www.eipad.org
The deep background to this most recent evisceration of the Voting Rights Act is provided by @davedaley in his great book Antidemocratic. And, yes, Roberts was all in from the beginning.
John Roberts is most important GOP political operative of our lifetimes. He has radically transformed democracy -- on voting rights, reproductive rights, campaign finance, guns, regulatory state & whether the president can be king. There is no democracy until we reform this hijacked court.
April 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The deep background to this most recent evisceration of the Voting Rights Act is provided by @davedaley in his great book Antidemocratic. And, yes, Roberts was all in from the beginning.
Joseph Allen "Country Joe" McDonald.
01/01/1942 - 04/07/2026
-Musician
-Berkeley Free Speech Movement activist
-Advocate for Vietnam veterans
-Greenpeace volunteer
-Supporter of Swords to Plowshares and Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Peace to the peacemaker.
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01/01/1942 - 04/07/2026
-Musician
-Berkeley Free Speech Movement activist
-Advocate for Vietnam veterans
-Greenpeace volunteer
-Supporter of Swords to Plowshares and Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Peace to the peacemaker.
youtu.be/eRl6-bHlz-4?...
Country Joe Mcdonald - Feel Like i'm Fixing to Die Rag - Woodstock '69
YouTube video by Lidia
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April 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Please follow our work at the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and democracy: eipad.org We'll be up on Bluesky soon.
Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy
Our mission is to promote public understanding, scholarship, and activism in support of compelling, democratic, and sustainable alternatives to militarism, authoritarianism, and environmental degradat...
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April 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Please follow our work at the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and democracy: eipad.org We'll be up on Bluesky soon.
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“At least 62 people were arrested, including elderly and disabled [veterans and] activists. The protest was organized by a coalition that included About Face, Veterans for Peace, Common Defense, and Military Families Speak Out.” www.democracynow.org/2026/4/21/he...
Military Veterans and Family Members Arrested in Capitol Hill Protest Against Iran War
On Capitol Hill, dozens of military veterans and their family members were arrested Monday as they nonviolently occupied the Cannon House Office Building to protest the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, w...
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April 22, 2026 at 2:00 AM
“At least 62 people were arrested, including elderly and disabled [veterans and] activists. The protest was organized by a coalition that included About Face, Veterans for Peace, Common Defense, and Military Families Speak Out.” www.democracynow.org/2026/4/21/he...
"Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence." Henry David Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government" (1849) better known as an essay on Civil Disobedience. This essay had an enormous impact on Daniel Ellsberg.
April 28, 2026 at 12:28 AM
"Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence." Henry David Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government" (1849) better known as an essay on Civil Disobedience. This essay had an enormous impact on Daniel Ellsberg.
Happy finally to join Bluesky, months after my X account was cancelled without my consent.
April 28, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Happy finally to join Bluesky, months after my X account was cancelled without my consent.
"Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill, it teaches the whole people by its example." Justice Louis Brandeis (1928)
April 27, 2026 at 11:47 PM
"Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill, it teaches the whole people by its example." Justice Louis Brandeis (1928)