Well, he was in danger the moment that the Intercept published the documents
showing the fraud of the previous government and the US complicity in
overthrowing the previous one headed by that woman who was unjustly accused of
fraud.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2019 8:49 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: This wasn't an isolated incident
These are truly fearful times. I've often thought to myself, following the
"miss election" in Brazil, that Glenn Greenwald is living in a land mine.
Shades of Donald Trump's urging supporters to thump anyone who disagrees with
him.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/8/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I tried to forward this Intercept email to the list and I can't. Now I've
copied it and we'll see if it will leave my computer.
Yesterday, I was physically attacked by a right-wing journalist during
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