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Absolutely brilliant. Continues today and tomorrow.

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Apr 30, 2021

Captivated by my grandfather @DanielEllsberg’s insights at @UMassAmherst’s #EllsbergConference. “We’ve learned from Afghanistan what the American people will put up with in the way of bombing other people…that’s a sad lesson for me, and we have to come to terms with it somehow.”

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4:21 PM · Apr 30, 2021 from Ossining, NY

Ser soldado no deja de ser un trabajo, si tú jefe te dice tienes que asesinar a unas personas...almenos tendrias que tener la opción de negarte.

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@RobertEllsberg

I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏

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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92: "We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong" rollingstone.com/politics/polit

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