Brian K Gruber
@briankgruber.bsky.social
I write books by the sea and help people tell their real stories. Brooklyn born Californian tumbling around the world.
Coming Home from Moldova
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Coming Home from Moldova
Russia’s Puppet-State Playbook: From Finland to Donbas to Transnistria
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August 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Coming Home from Moldova
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Ukraine Day One: Punk Medical Surgeon, Kids Art Workshop, Athletes Competing Under Attack
After a 20-hour long haul from Bangkok and a 13-hour jaunt through the Polish and Ukrainian countrysides, a first day in #Ukraine for my cross country journey.
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After a 20-hour long haul from Bangkok and a 13-hour jaunt through the Polish and Ukrainian countrysides, a first day in #Ukraine for my cross country journey.
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Ukraine Day One: Punk Medical Surgeon, Kids Art Workshop, Athletes Competing Under Attack
Stories of bravery, service, and resistance are everywhere
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August 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Ukraine Day One: Punk Medical Surgeon, Kids Art Workshop, Athletes Competing Under Attack
After a 20-hour long haul from Bangkok and a 13-hour jaunt through the Polish and Ukrainian countrysides, a first day in #Ukraine for my cross country journey.
open.substack.com/pub/briangru...
After a 20-hour long haul from Bangkok and a 13-hour jaunt through the Polish and Ukrainian countrysides, a first day in #Ukraine for my cross country journey.
open.substack.com/pub/briangru...
I leave tomorrow for Warsaw then across the border to Ukraine for my monthlong jaunt gathering stories of life, love and art during the time of resistance to the Russian invasion. Here is a short video describing the project with ways for you to follow along and participate. #Ukraine
Time to Go: A Video Descriptor of My Ukraine Project
YouTube video by Brian Gruber
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August 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I leave tomorrow for Warsaw then across the border to Ukraine for my monthlong jaunt gathering stories of life, love and art during the time of resistance to the Russian invasion. Here is a short video describing the project with ways for you to follow along and participate. #Ukraine
I will adjust my travel schedule as I go but the basic plan is an August 4 (birthday!) departure from Bangkok; Warsaw 5-7; Lviv 7-9; Kyiv 9-16; Kharkiv 16-20; Odessa 20-24, with possible stopovers in other cities such as Poltava and Dnipro.
taxiingtheplanet.com
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Brian Gruber (@briangruber)
I will adjust my travel schedule as I go but the basic plan is an August 4 (birthday!) departure from Bangkok; Warsaw 5-7; Lviv 7-9; Kyiv 9-16; Kharkiv 16-20; Odessa 20-24, with possible stopovers in ...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I will adjust my travel schedule as I go but the basic plan is an August 4 (birthday!) departure from Bangkok; Warsaw 5-7; Lviv 7-9; Kyiv 9-16; Kharkiv 16-20; Odessa 20-24, with possible stopovers in other cities such as Poltava and Dnipro.
taxiingtheplanet.com
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I wil be traveling across Ukraine in August gathering stories and music. If you know Ukrainian artists, teachers, activists, public servants, or storytellers who deserve an audience, please contact me. Details at: briangruber.substack.com/p/updated-pl... #Ukraine #resistance #Kyiv #Kharkiv #Odesa
Updated Plans for "My Fabulous Ukrainian Vacation: Get Involved!
Art and Love in the Time of Resistance
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July 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I wil be traveling across Ukraine in August gathering stories and music. If you know Ukrainian artists, teachers, activists, public servants, or storytellers who deserve an audience, please contact me. Details at: briangruber.substack.com/p/updated-pl... #Ukraine #resistance #Kyiv #Kharkiv #Odesa
🌍 New Adventures. New Name. Same Mission.
I’ve just relaunched my Substack as 6C48: Taxiing the Planet—a tribute to my father’s NYC cab and to the stories that move us across borders.
The first dispatches will be coming from Ukraine next month.
You can follow along at:
👉 briangruber.substack.com
I’ve just relaunched my Substack as 6C48: Taxiing the Planet—a tribute to my father’s NYC cab and to the stories that move us across borders.
The first dispatches will be coming from Ukraine next month.
You can follow along at:
👉 briangruber.substack.com
6C48: Taxiing the Planet | Brian Gruber | Substack
Dispatches from the road—interviews, stories, and reflections on art, love, and resistance. Click to read 6C48: Taxiing the Planet, by Brian Gruber, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
🌍 New Adventures. New Name. Same Mission.
I’ve just relaunched my Substack as 6C48: Taxiing the Planet—a tribute to my father’s NYC cab and to the stories that move us across borders.
The first dispatches will be coming from Ukraine next month.
You can follow along at:
👉 briangruber.substack.com
I’ve just relaunched my Substack as 6C48: Taxiing the Planet—a tribute to my father’s NYC cab and to the stories that move us across borders.
The first dispatches will be coming from Ukraine next month.
You can follow along at:
👉 briangruber.substack.com
Ukraine offers a vital set of lessons as to how to throw off a corrupt leader. I visited in 2019 for Surmountable book and share the chapter in Substack. Resistance. Massive protests for months. What to watch for as Trump calls in the thugs. #Ukraine #Euromaidan
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What I Saw in Ukraine and Why I'm Going Back (Part Two)
Excerpts from my Kyiv interviews for Surmountable
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July 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Ukraine offers a vital set of lessons as to how to throw off a corrupt leader. I visited in 2019 for Surmountable book and share the chapter in Substack. Resistance. Massive protests for months. What to watch for as Trump calls in the thugs. #Ukraine #Euromaidan
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I will be returning to Ukraine in August, six years after my visit to Kyiv to write about the EuroMaidan revolution. I’ll go to express my solidarity with the Ukrainian peoples’ resistance to Russian aggression.
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What I Saw in Ukraine and Why I'm Going Back
Excerpts from my Kyiv interviews for Surmountable
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July 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I will be returning to Ukraine in August, six years after my visit to Kyiv to write about the EuroMaidan revolution. I’ll go to express my solidarity with the Ukrainian peoples’ resistance to Russian aggression.
bit.ly/3Tq3ywE
bit.ly/3Tq3ywE
I will be singing these seven songs each day on my 70th birthday jaunt through Ukraine. I will be seeking out Ukrainian songs and songwriters on similar matters of social justice, peace, and ecology. And gathering stories of living under the threat of violence from the air.
July 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I will be singing these seven songs each day on my 70th birthday jaunt through Ukraine. I will be seeking out Ukrainian songs and songwriters on similar matters of social justice, peace, and ecology. And gathering stories of living under the threat of violence from the air.
Wow. This woman is magnificent.
July 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Wow. This woman is magnificent.
OK, I'm going. On my 70th birthday, August 4th, I will fly to Warsaw, then travel the length and breadth of Ukraine for my 7th book. It will be a sequel, a postscript of sorts, to last year's My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation.
July 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
OK, I'm going. On my 70th birthday, August 4th, I will fly to Warsaw, then travel the length and breadth of Ukraine for my 7th book. It will be a sequel, a postscript of sorts, to last year's My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation.
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We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.
Great inspiration to me as a young fellow. RIP. Old one too.
I was fortunate enough to know him a little and he was just as he always came across on television, smart, wise, funny and humane. He will be missed. So, I'm afraid, will be the values he championed both as a journalist and as someone who cared greatly about our democracy.
Bill Moyers, LBJ White House press secretary and legendary journalist, dead at 91
June 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Great inspiration to me as a young fellow. RIP. Old one too.
As the endlessly militarist USA tumbles into one more illicit intervention, relevant lessons learned from my jaunt around the world to scenes of a half century of USA military interventions. open.substack.com/pub/briangru...
What I Learned From My Jaunt Around the World for "WAR: The Afterparty"
My conclusions from a Cambodian beach after four months of travels in 2014-15
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June 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
As the endlessly militarist USA tumbles into one more illicit intervention, relevant lessons learned from my jaunt around the world to scenes of a half century of USA military interventions. open.substack.com/pub/briangru...
What I learned traveling around the world to a half century of military interventions for WAR:The Afterparty. open.substack.com/pub/briangru...
Expect Big, Ugly, Unanticipated Consequences to the Bombing of Iran
What I learned traveling around the world to the scenes of a half century of U.S. military interventions
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June 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
What I learned traveling around the world to a half century of military interventions for WAR:The Afterparty. open.substack.com/pub/briangru...
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
She continues to impress. Top shelf erudition, passionately delivered, relevant and detailed.
AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.
June 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
She continues to impress. Top shelf erudition, passionately delivered, relevant and detailed.
“My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation : A Journey Through Europe’s Hearts of Darkness” is available as print and ebook at amzn.to/3NxJd5K. You can have it as a free PDF at bit.ly/MFFSVpdf.
June 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation : A Journey Through Europe’s Hearts of Darkness” is available as print and ebook at amzn.to/3NxJd5K. You can have it as a free PDF at bit.ly/MFFSVpdf.
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Marching bands in Atlanta came prepared for a stand-off with the Proud Boys: playing the infamous Bella Ciao that became an anti-fascist anthem after World War 2. ✊
The lyrics are Italian but you can see the translation below 👇
The lyrics are Italian but you can see the translation below 👇
June 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Marching bands in Atlanta came prepared for a stand-off with the Proud Boys: playing the infamous Bella Ciao that became an anti-fascist anthem after World War 2. ✊
The lyrics are Italian but you can see the translation below 👇
The lyrics are Italian but you can see the translation below 👇
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What a contrast:
On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat.
On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.
On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat.
On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What a contrast:
On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat.
On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.
On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat.
On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.
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Pussy Riot on the steps of City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, unfurling a banner that says IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE RUSSIA. #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Pussy Riot on the steps of City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, unfurling a banner that says IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE RUSSIA. #NoKings