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MariaRessa
Nov 17 03:44 PM

Last thought this morning as I'm packing. Many friends are asking - so how do we protect our democracy? That was actually the framework for HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR - the chapter titles are the macro goals, while the subtitles are the personal goals to get to the macro --- This is how we did it

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subtitles are personal lessons I learned while trying our best to protect our values and our Constitution (did I mention that the PH Constitution is patterned after the US?)

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For this time period in the US? start chapter 6 till end, assuming we share the same values (which are the earlier chapters) @here

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MNCanilao
Nov 17 10:28 PM

Love the way that you've interspersed a vital part of our history as you told your own personal journey. It helps readers appreciate the milestones in your life while being given a deeper perspective, especially of the Martial Law years. Immensely enjoy reading How To Stand Up To A Dictator.β˜ΊοΈπŸ“šβœ¨πŸ™πŸ’œ

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Anjiolina Nakaya
Nov 25 08:00 AM

Hi madam.

Gary Marcus heard of the news about Marcos-Duterte drama. He was asking me if you're in safety. I said yes? He's sending his regards.

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MariaRessa
Nov 30 01:34 AM
MNCanilao

Love the way that you've interspersed a vital part of our history as you told your own personal journey. It helps readers appreciate the milestones in your life while being given a deeper perspective, especially of the Martial Law years. Immensely enjoy reading How To Stand Up To A Dictator.β˜ΊοΈπŸ“šβœ¨πŸ™πŸ’œ

Thanks so much, Marie! For reading and the feedback

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Anjiolina Nakaya

Hi madam. Gary Marcus heard of the news about Marcos-Duterte drama. He was asking me if you're in safety. I said yes? He's sending his regards.

Thanks, Anjolina! Glad to hear he's keeping track. We almost brought him to the Philippines for the Social Good Summit. We'll try again - please send him my regards as well - and happy thanksgiving!

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MariaRessa
Nov 30 03:20 AM

Watch the whole event. Rappler is rebroadcasting the Cape Town event now: https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/video-desmond-tutu-international-peace-lecture-2024/

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MariaRessa
Nov 30 02:17 PM

https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/how-romania-presidential-candidate-georgescu-manipulated-tiktok/ Good morning from super cold NYC! Yesterday, I did an interview with top indepedent media in Romania, the latest example of social media's upside down world - the incentive structure that's the foundation for the death of democracy. What can we expect when its foundation is exploiting the worst of our humanity.

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MariaRessa
Nov 30 03:09 PM

My book was translated to Romanian ... and to Georgian, where protestors are - again - out on the street, demanding their rights: https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-protests-escalate-police-clash-demonstrators-eu-talks/

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In the meantime, if you haven't read THE TECH COUP by former EU Parliament member Marietje Schaake (who was my co-chair on a 2020 report on info ecosystem), you must! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/30/marietje-schaake-tech-coup-save-democracy-silicon-valley

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MariaRessa
Dec 01 11:28 AM

Just landed in Paris, cloudy and cold

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MariaRessa
Dec 01 04:36 PM

The week I spent in South Africa was both uplifting and extremely depressing. The same fracture lines of society - race, gender, immigration - are so easily exploited. In Johannesburg, the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy had a 4 hour meeting - there were more than a dozen civil society leaders who gave updates, most of them showing how democracy is under siege -- and within a day or so, Kate from Georgia was protesting in the streets in Georgia (some of the most violent dispersals we've seen there so far) - and of course, there's Ukraine. I met Oleksandra Matviichik before the organization she created was one of the three that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 ... some of what stood out: "our fight is your fight;" and when she was messaging Kate, "your fight is our fight" -- like the inhumane violence in Gaza, one death is one too many -- please watch and read: https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/speech-ukrainian-lawyer-oleksandra-matviichik-desmond-tutu-international-peace-lecture-2024/ @here

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