{"id":8511,"date":"2023-02-18T18:40:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T18:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2023-02-19T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T16:07:13","slug":"velshibannedbookclub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/velshibannedbookclub\/","title":{"rendered":"#VelshiBannedBookClub"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>I admire Ali Velshi&#8217;s fierce defense of freedom to read. His Banned Book Club sheds light on books that illuminate, educate and irritate. Everyone should be able to read what they want and being able to read a variety of books from all different viewpoints is the cornerstone of a democracy. It was such an honor to have Winterkill featured today on Ali Velshi&#8217;s Banned Book Club segment, particularly because Ali is in Kyiv right now, highlighting the injustices of russia&#8217;s genocidal war. This is so important with the anniversary of the war fast approaching.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I was particularly impressed with the superb research that went into the Holodomor backgrounder as an intro to Winterkill. Deep respect for Ali Velshi.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s the interview:<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#VelshiBannedBookClub Feature: \u201cWinterkill\u201d by Marsha Skrypuch\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jtoO0SdStfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>And a really good backgrounder on the Holodomor here:<\/p>\r\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Winterkill?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Winterkill<\/a> tells the story of the very real <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Holodomor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Holodomor<\/a> \u2013 or  Ukrainian Genocide \u2013 Stalin\u2019s calculated attempt to exterminate the Ukrainians and their culture. Sound like today\u2019s war in Ukraine? The parallels are shocking. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VelshiBannedBookClub?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VelshiBannedBookClub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VPESU73Gsr\">pic.twitter.com\/VPESU73Gsr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Velshi on MSNBC (@VelshiMSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VelshiMSNBC\/status\/1627016747416170496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-8512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshijoanne-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshijoanne-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshijoanne-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshijoanne-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshijoanne-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshijoanne-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshijoanne.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thank you, Joanne Levy, for taking this pic!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" class=\"wp-image-8513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"469\" class=\"wp-image-8515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi3-1024x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi3-1024x469.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi3-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi3-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi3-1536x703.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi3-2048x937.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/velshi3-1200x549.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admire Ali Velshi&#8217;s fierce defense of freedom to read. His Banned Book Club sheds light on books that illuminate, educate and irritate. Everyone should be able to read what they want and being able to read a variety of books from all different viewpoints is the cornerstone of a democracy. It was such an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/velshibannedbookclub\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;#VelshiBannedBookClub&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[682,233,684,685,353,385,683,609],"class_list":["post-8511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-stories","tag-ali-velshi","tag-ukrainian-famine-genocide","tag-kyiv","tag-msnbc","tag-scholastic","tag-ukraine","tag-velshibannedbookclub","tag-winterkill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8511"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8534,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8511\/revisions\/8534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}