Charlene Smith journalist, author, writing teacher
@charlenesmith.bsky.social
Award winning political journalist, author of 14 books, authorized biographer Nelson Mandela. I love nature, gardening, and kind people.
Join Musicians for Democracy - some of the greatest musicians in the USA - in demanding an end to human rights violations in the USA. www.change.org/p/musicians-...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Join Musicians for Democracy - some of the greatest musicians in the USA - in demanding an end to human rights violations in the USA. www.change.org/p/musicians-...
Today I heard the best violinist I've heard since Izhak Perlman: Midori. The Boston Symphony Orchestra audience gave her a long standing ovation.
The conductor was also a woman, Nodoka Okisawa, chief conductor of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra.
www.midori-violin.com
The conductor was also a woman, Nodoka Okisawa, chief conductor of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra.
www.midori-violin.com
Home - MIDORI
The violinist Midori is a visionary artist, activist, and educator whose unique career has been dedicated to exploring and building connections between music and the human experience.
www.midori-violin.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today I heard the best violinist I've heard since Izhak Perlman: Midori. The Boston Symphony Orchestra audience gave her a long standing ovation.
The conductor was also a woman, Nodoka Okisawa, chief conductor of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra.
www.midori-violin.com
The conductor was also a woman, Nodoka Okisawa, chief conductor of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra.
www.midori-violin.com
Slow fall this year. Usually by now the trees are crazy reds, oranges, and yellow, breathtaking. But for the last three years climate change has denied us fall beauty. Mother Nature is justifiably annoyed.
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Slow fall this year. Usually by now the trees are crazy reds, oranges, and yellow, breathtaking. But for the last three years climate change has denied us fall beauty. Mother Nature is justifiably annoyed.
October 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Met Andrew Wigley and Sarah Archer of #UCT in #Boston.
An upcoming campaign is around the 60th anniversary of Sen. Robert #Kennedy’s “ripples of hope” speech June 6, 1966.
If interested let me know.
#democracy #protectdemocracy #SouthAfrica #USA #Kennedy www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-...
An upcoming campaign is around the 60th anniversary of Sen. Robert #Kennedy’s “ripples of hope” speech June 6, 1966.
If interested let me know.
#democracy #protectdemocracy #SouthAfrica #USA #Kennedy www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-...
Day of Affirmation Address, University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa, June 6, 1966
www.jfklibrary.org
October 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Met Andrew Wigley and Sarah Archer of #UCT in #Boston.
An upcoming campaign is around the 60th anniversary of Sen. Robert #Kennedy’s “ripples of hope” speech June 6, 1966.
If interested let me know.
#democracy #protectdemocracy #SouthAfrica #USA #Kennedy www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-...
An upcoming campaign is around the 60th anniversary of Sen. Robert #Kennedy’s “ripples of hope” speech June 6, 1966.
If interested let me know.
#democracy #protectdemocracy #SouthAfrica #USA #Kennedy www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-...
I'm attending Activist Evenings Brookline's event, “No Kings 2” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
No Kings 2 · Mobilize
Trump is ramping up his attacks on our rights and democracy, but we’re not backing down. On October 18, we’re taking to the streets in more cities and in larger numbers to remind Trump, his cronies, a...
www.mobilize.us
October 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm attending Activist Evenings Brookline's event, “No Kings 2” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
I'm attending Activist Evenings Brookline's event, “No Kings 2” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
No Kings 2 · Mobilize
Trump is ramping up his attacks on our rights and democracy, but we’re not backing down. On October 18, we’re taking to the streets in more cities and in larger numbers to remind Trump, his cronies, a...
www.mobilize.us
October 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm attending Activist Evenings Brookline's event, “No Kings 2” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Thank you @markjacob.bsky.social for this meme with a serious message.
October 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Thank you @markjacob.bsky.social for this meme with a serious message.
October 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I fear that the Nobel Committee made the wrong choice
#nobelpeaceprize #machadotrump #machadobadchoice #nopeacehere
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#nobelpeaceprize #machadotrump #machadobadchoice #nopeacehere
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We're grateful for what Trump is doing for peace, Nobel winner Machado tells BBC
María Corina Machado tells Trump of her appreciation for "what he's doing... around the world for peace".
www.bbc.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I fear that the Nobel Committee made the wrong choice
#nobelpeaceprize #machadotrump #machadobadchoice #nopeacehere
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#nobelpeaceprize #machadotrump #machadobadchoice #nopeacehere
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Black Sash individuals: in the mid-80s there was a wonderful translator in the Khotso House Sash office called Adelaide, I can’t remember her surname, can you? I need it for the book I am writing.
October 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Black Sash individuals: in the mid-80s there was a wonderful translator in the Khotso House Sash office called Adelaide, I can’t remember her surname, can you? I need it for the book I am writing.
Finally back at work on my autobiography, not sure whether to call it Leaving - about the pain of leaving my birthplace of South Africa, or Skin, because race and hatred of racism has impacted my whole life.
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Finally back at work on my autobiography, not sure whether to call it Leaving - about the pain of leaving my birthplace of South Africa, or Skin, because race and hatred of racism has impacted my whole life.