Introduction: Wartime Diary Inspiration
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Now that American science, and even the American people themselves, are under attack by our own government, I've decided to keep a wartime diary, much as George Orwell did during the Spanish Civil War.
American Science Under Siege
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Gerry Dennis, a professional cancer biologist working in Boston. America, the country where I have worked productively for decades, now seems filled with angry thugs who are slashing cancer research, inviting preventable diseases, blocking medical progress, embracing superstition.
Fears of Fascism and Book Burnings
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Book burnings are not far in our future. And as you know, where they burn books, they will eventually burn people.
Launching 'The Fifth Column' Podcast
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I'm angry about America's descent into fascism, and I'm frightened.
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My new podcast, the fifth column is a weekly wartime journal documenting the erosion of the American Republic. I am
Call to Action for Resistance
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among the majority of concerned Americans who will not stand still while a federal government is being usurped in front of our eyes.
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If that sounds like you, I invite you to join me because if I can resist scared as I am, so can you.