KVNF's Kate Redmond shares highlights from the floor speech U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Denver) delivered on Thursday, marking one year since supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempted insurrection. You can watch his entire speech here.
This week on a special edition of Wildcard, KVNF s Kate Redmond interviews a Colorado woman just evacuated from Burma, and a Delta resident from Burma s Karen State.
Burma s military siezed power on February 1st in a coup, after declaring the November election fraudulent. Since then, the country has been under curfew and under siege. The military is detaining a reported 3,000 political prisoners, including Nobel Laureate and democratically-elected leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Demonstrations against the military have been met with violence. It is estimated that over 700 civilians have been killed.
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We also hear from Dr. Danica Anderson, activist, social scientist and author of
Blood and Honey on weaving icons and the importance of Imbolc, the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, which this year falls on February 2nd.
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