Christine Ahn

As we push back against U.S. invasions and wars, we must keep an eye on places where we can demilitarize for our collective survival: Hawaii. In this piece with Native Hawaiian leader Davis Price of @ndncollective.bsky.social we explore the opportunity to reclaim land back from the military.

Excellent analysis by my colleague @lindsaykosh.bsky.social at @ips-dc.org on the travesty of Trump and Congress to invade Venezuela using taxpayer dollars at a time when Americans are struggling to make ends meet.

Trump is pressuring Gov Josh Green to expedite the renewal of 65-year old military leases in Hawaii, and the Dem governor is capitulating. Grateful that a global team is partnering with Hawaii experts to analyze the true costs of US military occupation. Here’s some events coming up!

To Win Against the Right, We Must Challenge U.S. Militarism “The Feminist Peace Playbook” charts a path to real security, which is grounded in human rights, collective care, and community safety.

"To Win Against the Right, We Must Challenge U.S. Militarism." Absolutely. Really good piece breaking it down.

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🚨New #Beans ☕️ with @muellershewrote.com & @dgcomedy.bsky.social #MSWMedia 🏳️‍🌈

Guest: @christineahn.bsky.social

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One Certainty About Israel’s Attack on Iran? We in the US Must Try to Stop It | Common Dreams Whatever the president or the secretary of state or any other official says or refuses to say, Washington is supplying the weapons and preventing accountability for Israel’s wars.

What’s going on with Israel’s war on Iran? My colleagues @ips-dc.org Phyllis Bennis and Khury Petersen-Smith break it down. www.commondreams.org/opinion/stop...

Under a New South Korean President, Can Peace Activists Push US Troops Out? A pro-peace presidential candidate offers a historic opening to transform the front line of a new Cold War.

Lee Jae-Myung is poised to be the next South Korean President, which is a victory for democracy and creates an opening for peace. My piece in @truthout.org on the role for peace movements to get ahead of Trump. truthout.org/articles/und...

Lessons from South Korean Resistance to Authoritarianism and the MAGA Global Playbook - Institute for Policy Studies The pro-democracy movement of activists, labor, and media pushing back against martial law and rising authoritarianism, part of the monthly series on: Lessons from Resistance to Authoritarianism Aroun...

TONIGHT: Don't miss @christineahn.bsky.social joined by a panel of journalists, labor leaders, and experts on South Korea's resistance movements.

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Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return

"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."

The Brazilian Judge Taking On the Digital Far Right Alexandre de Moraes’s efforts to fight extremism online have pitted him against Jair Bolsonaro, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump.

We all have a lot to learn from Brazil and Lula’s administration to take on the techno oligarchs. Great piece in @newyorker.com on how a Brazilian judge is taking on the digital far right. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

South Korea’s Presidential Impeachment Was Long Overdue South Korea’s Constitutional Court has finally impeached disgraced right-wing president Yoon Suk-yeol after his failed coup last December. Yoon and his conservative allies have given a major boost to ...

South Koreans may have ousted a far right authoritarian president, but they haven’t addressed the forces that will keep threatening democracy. Great piece in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social about this by Kap Seol. jacobin.com/2025/04/kore...

Even in the chill Aloha state, hundreds came out for the #Handsoff protest. Multi-racial, multi-generational, multi-issue all united by our love for democracy, freedom and justice.

South Korea’s pro-democracy movement is a shining model of the power of people to fight back the tyrannical impulses of leaders. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @ips-dc.org @womencrossdmz.bsky.social

Lessons from South Korean Resistance to Authoritarianism and the MAGA Global Playbook - Institute for Policy Studies The pro-democracy movement of activists, labor, and media pushing back against martial law and rising authoritarianism, part of the monthly series on: Lessons from Resistance to Authoritarianism Aroun...

On April 17, join us for an online roundtable with leading experts to discuss the South Korean pro-democracy movement, especially the critical roles of activists, labor, and media.

Panelists include Francis Dae-Hoon Lee, Wolsan Liem, Kap Seol, and @christineahn.bsky.social.

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Here’s a nice QA with me and Dan www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-cy...
@ips-dc.org @womencrossdmz.bsky.social

Honored to deliver the 2025 Cyril Foster Lecture at Oxford University on May 8! I’ll be speaking with Ret. Lt. General Dan Leaf on “Ending Wars: Pragmatic Approaches to Peacebuilding.” If you’re in London please come! www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/event/cyril-...

Yunseo Chung speaks out after judge blocks ICE deporting Columbia student "This decision feels like a million pounds off of my chest. I feel like I could fly," Chung said in a statement.

Chung v. Trump, Constitutional right to free speech and protest upheld for now. The Korean American community stands with you, Yunseo! www.newsweek.com/yunseo-chung...

Thank you Phyllis Bennis for lifting up the story here — the Yemeni civilians.

Shameful.

That moment when you realize that the person sitting in the packed conference room at the UN Conf on Status of Women is @amygoodman.bsky.social @democracynow.org and got right away our Feminist Peace Playbook. @madrespeaks.bsky.social @marieberry.bsky.social @womencrossdmz.bsky.social

Bishop Barber: ‘Bowing is Not in Our DNA’ At a Capitol Hill rally, faith leaders called for a season of nonviolent moral dissent against Republican budget proposals that will deepen inequality.

Really proud to be @ips-dc.org which provided analysis for faith leaders who gathered at the Capitol to condemn the Trump-GOP agenda. Rev. Barber said, “The only way wannabe kings can be kings is if we bow. But bowing is not in our DNA.” @sarahanderson.bsky.social inequality.org/article/bish...

The Myth of Pentagon Budget Cuts As Trump and Musk slash social spending, military spending is set to soar.

Thank you @sarahlazare.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social for exposing Trump’s fake Pentagon budget cuts. He knows it’s politically popular, but like Biden, is beholden to the blob. We’ve got the majority with us, we just need an organizing strategy. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

We’re Parents. Trump’s Attacks on Trans Kids Don’t Speak for Us. - OtherWords Our kids aren’t trans. But we’re horrified that politicians are attempting to ban reputable health care for kids in the name of “parents’ rights.”

Beautiful oped by my colleagues @ips-dc.org taking a stand for trans kids & fams. “We hope that parents everywhere can raise our voices in defense of this more inclusive world against those who seek to destroy it — especially by targeting children and families.” otherwords.org/were-parents...

Excellent oped by @rexhuppke.bsky.social in @usatoday.com. Nails it.

No words.

Trump administration reportedly orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping defense budget cuts – live Hegseth orders senior leaders at the Pentagon to develop plans to cut 8% of the defense budget in each of the next five years, the Washington Post reports

Watch out Asia Pacific. US militarization of region won’t be scaled back. “According to the Post, the memo calls for continued “support agency” funding for several major regional headquarters, including Indo-Pacific command, northern command and space command.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Assume no one else will speak.
Assume no one else will march.
Assume no one else will fight.

Assume it has to be you.

That’s how we stop fascism.

Really important piece on the link between MAGA and the attempted coup in South Korea. We need to watch what’s happening in South Korea; a lot of linkages to oligarchs here and the MAGA playbook.

The human cost of plutocracy - via @inequality.org

@altusaid.bsky.social #saveforeignaid