Transcribing the Past

  Photo from this thread   Recently the Polish national government working in tandem with several regional and municipal authorities have increased their homophobic and anti LGBTQ rhetoric, and pushed to further combat "Queer ideology" by endorsing a new family charter. Understandably this has provoked strong opposition within the country. One source of opposition is the association to commemorate the Warsaw uprising and its few surviving veterans. They've released an official statement denouncing the actions of the government and the very logic of homophobia.  https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2950827485036967&id=1436010186518712 My friend Sasha translated it into English, The Warsaw Uprising Association and the Foundation for the Remembrance of the Heroes of the Warsaw Uprising , which work to commemorate the veterans of WW2, are appalled by recent events, aimed at dividing society and incite hatred of LGBT people. Without delving into judg...

  Link  https://youtu.be/jlaz-rHCjTc When Chile Voted Against Pinochet Transcript Mike Lanchin: Hello and welcome to the Witness podcast with me Mike Lanchin. Today we go back to October of 1988 when for the first time ever Chileans got to vote on the 15-year military rule of General Augusto Pinochet. It was a clear yes or no referendum to determine whether the 72-year-old Dictator should stay in power. I’ve been hearing from one of the people at the forefront of the No campaign. Eugenio Garcia: It was an unprecedented campaign, the likes of which had never existed in Chile. But there was also a certain tension, the feeling that something was going to happen. There were great expectations and the sort of nervous energy in the country. [Music] Song is Chile, la alegría ya viene , the official song of the No campaign. Mike Lanchin: For the very first time General Pinochet’s military rule was on the line. [Archive broadcast from 1...