John Kusumi

                 

The first Generation X presidential candidate, John Kusumi was the 18-year-old for U.S. President in 1984 (Independent / Practical Idealist). He is the founder and Director Emeritus of the China Support Network, formed with fellow Americans in 1989 to respond to the tragedy of China's Tiananmen Square massacre. He is also a leader of the Freedom First, Olympics Second Coalition -- a combination of many groups that are opposed to Beijing's Olympic Games unless China first is free. He is also a columnist, podcaster, public speaker and advisor to leading Chinese dissidents, with material at Kusumi.com.

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32 Articles

Friday, July 11, 2008
Privacy concerns, vetted and unvetted
Reviewing a challenging week for my internet political column

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
YouTube Users Should Breathe Fire At Stanton
(1 comments) YouTube users are having their privacy invaded illegally in contravention of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Judge Stanton's order is mistaken and should be reversed.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Happy Birthday, America
(2 comments) A columnist spills what's on his mind at the occasion of the Fourth of July.

Monday, June 23, 2008
Focus on Falun Gong
(2 comments) Is Communist-led persecution the latest import that has come to America from Communist China? Flushing, NY has become a flash point. Article with speech transcript.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Another Day In La-La Land
(2 comments) How is the news media handling the story of impeachment? Late, as usual.

Friday, May 30, 2008
Remembering Tiananmen Square
(1 comments) Every year at June 4, the Chinese democracy movement has its day of pause and protest in annual observance, remembering the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Friday, May 16, 2008
China's Year Of Disasters Breeds Discontent
(2 comments) While Chinese people need disaster relief, the government is about to throw a $40 billion party for itself: the 2008 Olympics

Sunday, May 4, 2008
Activists Paint Pillar Orange
The Chinese democracy movement took action in Hong Kong as the Olympic torch passed through town.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Britt: These Olympics Are A Disgrace!
(2 comments) Guitarist Tim Britt of Light Club has scathing words for the Chinese government. And, CNN gets scorched from the anti-Communist direction in this article.

Monday, April 21, 2008
Why Is Jack Cafferty In Trouble Over China?
(6 comments) In this case, we should rise to the defense of a TV personality, CNN's Jack Cafferty.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
China is the new Soviet Union
The founder of the China Support Network, campaigning for the Freedom First Olympics Second Coalition, at joint events with the Human Rights Torch Relay, has been giving the speech reprinted here.

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Tibet, China, and Condoleeza Rice
(1 comments) The Tibet crackdown dominates today's China Support Network update.

Sunday, March 9, 2008
Monster versus Monster: The Democratic Race
(6 comments) As Obama and Clinton ignore human rights and the U.S. Constitution, John Kusumi takes a dark view of their contest.

Sunday, February 3, 2008
Dear Lou Dobbs and Jack Cafferty -- an Open Letter
(1 comments) The unfinished business of the mainstream news media.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
SOTU: The Practical Idealist Response
The author does not think highly of the State of our Union.

Sunday, January 6, 2008
Hooray for McGovern! Shame on Obama!
(5 comments) Add my endorsement to the band wagon for impeachment - I see that New Hampshire Democrats can still vote for Kucinich, and should.

Saturday, December 29, 2007
'Tis The Season To Fight MSM
(3 comments) Kusumi reviews his take on the news media, and sees that Ron Paul supporters have a new problem with the MSM.

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Practical Idealism And Ron Paul
(8 comments) John Kusumi offers a look ahead, to where his politics are going

Friday, December 14, 2007
American Politics, 2007
John Kusumi offers his year end round up with a plug for Dennis Kucinich

Thursday, July 5, 2007
Communism Isn't Finished Yet
From a recent rally, a speech about continued Communism, Beijing Olympics, and Chinese democracy. Scorches political leaders of Western civilization.

Saturday, June 2, 2007
Remembering Tiananmen Square's June 4 Massacre
(2 comments) For the 18th anniversary of Tiananmen Square's bloody massacre of innocent civilians on June 4, 1989, here is word from the IFCSS (Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars) and CSN (the China Support Network).

Saturday, May 19, 2007
Clinton and Hunter engage China as debate topic
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Duncan Hunter have begun to address China as a topic for presidential debate. This review is from the perspective of the China Support Network, a pro-Chinese democracy organization.

Sunday, May 13, 2007
Darfur related pressure on PetroChina

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Helpless against the Virginia Tech violence
This is one corner of the national conversation in the wake of the massacre on the campus of Virginia Tech

Thursday, April 12, 2007
Freedom First, Olympics Second
The China Support Network returns to the fight for freedom in Communist China. The new slogan, 'Freedom First, Olympics Second' made its first appearance in this speech, written for an Easter Sunday rally.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Breaking my silence on 9/11 Truth
(10 comments) I challenge Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly to melt steel, using jet fuel - "show me."

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Is CDP World-Ready?
Chinese dissidents prepare to hold a high-stakes congress in New York

Monday, March 19, 2007
Dissidents prepare Chinese Democratic Party
Chinese dissidents prepare to hold a high-stakes congress in New York; hopefully to return to the world stage.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Corruption Watch: Alachua FL must reform
City Hall may have impacted not one, not two, but THREE elections in less than a year's time. This is an 'Activist fights City Hall' story, focused on the first two impacted elections.

Sunday, February 18, 2007
News Media Protects Bad Guys
From the blog and the founder of the China Support Network, the story here should be the textbook example of news media distortion. It's the backstory to CSN's media criticism.

Monday, January 1, 2007
2006 Year In Review for Chinese Democracy Mvmt
(5 comments) 2006 Year In Review for the cause of Chinese freedom, democracy, and human rights Reviewing the events and the scene, Kusumi nominates David Kilgour and David Matas to be the China Support Network's "Men of the Year"

Sunday, November 19, 2006
Bush administration has debacle; arrives in Vietnam empty-handed
The founder of the China Support Network analyzes the defeat of PNTR (Vietnam version) in Congress, and calls for Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to resign.

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