Date: Sunday, July 20, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m. Pacific Time
Zoom Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/-aC5Aya4RTWvG1uCEjBpcA#/registration
Online Talk by Artem Chapeye, Ukrainian novelist, reporter & army soldier
In his Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War, released by Seven Stories Press, 2025, Artem Chapeye reconsiders the choices we make when war is waged upon us.
Those who are standing up to authoritarianism and fascism in the U.S. can learn from the Ukrainians’ commitment, determination and sense of human solidarity.
Translated into English by Zenia Tompkins, this moving book reveals the humanity of the Ukrainian struggle against Russian imperialist invasion and the ways in which millions have put their lives on the line in defense of human rights.
Faced with the many ways in which Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are helping each other’s violent aims, it is incumbent upon Americans and Ukrainians to develop stronger bonds of solidarity to help each other. Our fates are intertwined.
Sponsored by Northeast Los Angeles Alliance for Democracy – Affiliated with Indivisible and a broader Greater LA Prodemocracy Coalition.
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