Last week we told you about how our friend James Powderly was detained along with other US activists/artists in China. Thankfully they are all back home. Here’s his interview with Rocketboom where he explains how it went down.
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James Powderly = CIA…why dont you go and do your shit in Irak against US occupation??
Glad that he’s back home and safe. It may not have been the wisest thing to do, to go to a totalitarian nation and attempt peaceful protest, but I commend him for trying anyway.
Jorgen Muller, you’re an idiot.