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briancwpalmer

  1. Giving away free tickets to my show at Uppsala's Regina Theater, Saturday, May 5 at 4 pm, "Secret Conspiracy of Hope": reginateatern.se/1543.php#showt…
  2. SvD article on my calendar project: svd.se/kultur/arets-a… The related show, "Secret Conspiracy of Hope" is May 5 at Uppsala's Regina Teater.
  3. @MonaMrad94 Thank you for your kind words about the lecture; I'm glad you found it valuable.
  4. My brief comment for a news report about bystander passivity: svt.se/2.33538/1.2771…
  5. Upcoming launch of Raoul Wallenberg Calendar; Ida Lod's and my show, "Secret Conspiracy of Hope.” Details on my website brianpalmer.org
  6. A sensitive profile of environmentalist Bill McKibben: articles.boston.com/2012-01-22/mag…
  7. Here is Naomi Wolf's essay from The Guardian about the political uses of sexual humiliation: commondreams.org/view/2012/04/0…
  8. @naomirwolf Thank you for your eloquent essays on civil liberties, which I used to assign for my students at Harvard and now use in Sweden.
  9. Wishing I could perform as well as Taylor Mali -- here is his most famous story/poem, "What teachers make": youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK…
  10. will start teaching ”Money & Time” tomorrow, to be followed in spring by ”Happiness” & ”Religious Life in Sweden.” Contact me for details.
  11. invites you to Ordfront's Democracy Prize breakfast with Rabab Amidane and KG Hammar on Oct. 21 in the Riksdag: ordfront.se/ForeningenOrdf…
  12. seeks suggestions for whom to include in a calendar of 365 persons who have taken risks to defend humane ideals (e.g. Sophie Scholl, Gandhi)
  13. Came across a haunting portrait of Wikileaks-source Bradley Manning: nymag.com/news/features​/bradley-manning-2011-7/
  14. Thank you for getting in touch with me. I'm still learning how to use Twitter, so at this point I just want to wish you a joyful summer.