Meet Michael Prysner
Sunday, January 6, 2008
An Iraq war veteran running for Congress (22nd District - Fla.) as a candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation
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 Michael Prysner marching at the front of the Sept. 15 anti-war march in Washington (photo: Bill Hackwell)
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Prysner, 24, joined the U.S. Army at age 17. Immediately after graduating high school in 2001, he shipped off to basic training in Fort Sill, Okla. He then attended a military academy at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Prysner was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, based in New York.
In March 2003, Prysner was deployed to northern Iraq. He remained there for 12 months. Over time, Prysner developed anti-war views, and in 2005 he began organizing against the war. He was a volunteer for the March 17, 2007, National March on the Pentagon that drew tens of thousand of protesters. At the Sept. 15 March on Washington, Prysner was arrested as part of the contingent of veterans that participated in the mass die-in at the head of the march. Prysner has become a powerful anti-war commentator, drawing on his experiences in Iraq to prove the criminality of the war.
Articles by Michael Prysner:
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Militarization of police targets dissent, freedom of assembly
Friday, October 3, 2008
Government deploys army brigade in United States
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Forgotten casualties of war
Friday, September 19, 2008
Suicide rates among active duty soldiers to surpass general population
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'Not one more day of U.S. imperialism'
Friday, September 5, 2008
PSL candidate Michael Prysner addresses protesters at the RNC
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'The Iranian people are our sisters and brothers'
Friday, September 5, 2008
PSL candidate Michael Prysner speaks on U.S. policy toward Iran
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Police violence at the Democratic National Convention
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Demonstrators support political prisoners, reject Democrats' war policies
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Manifestantes traen la lucha del pueblo a la Convención Nacional Demócrata
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Apoyando a los prisioneros políticos, rechazando la política bélica de los demócratas
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A soldier's story
Friday, March 21, 2008
Michael Prysner's Winter Soldier testimony
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PSL campaign stands with Arab, Muslim communities
Friday, March 7, 2008
Racism, demonization used to justify imperialist war
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What recruiters will not tell you
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
The truth about military 'opportunities'
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Government attacks retiree health benefits
Saturday, January 5, 2008
EEOC allows employers to eliminate hard-earned benefits
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Government ignores veteran and soldier suicides
Friday, December 28, 2007
While prosecuting its war on the Iraqi people
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Miami police go on killing spree
Friday, November 30, 2007
Violence highlights epidemic facing oppressed people
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The night I learned which side I was on
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The all-too-common story of a checkpoint in Iraq
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Florida boot camp killers go unpunished
Friday, November 2, 2007
'The system is inherently racist'
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U.S. war machine the real enemy, not Iraqis
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
An Iraq veteran's perspective
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An Iraq war veteran reflects on the Sept. 15 march
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
'We will resist imperialist war'
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Soldiers and the anti-war movement
Friday, September 21, 2007
Resistance and revolution
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Court sanctions insurance robbery of Katrina victims
Friday, August 10, 2007
State intervention no 'Act of God'
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Florida law takes aim at Sudan, Iran
Friday, June 29, 2007
No humanitarian goal in mind
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