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Chris Lombardi

Philadelphia
As seen in: Medium, The New York Times, Al Jazeera English, Substack, POLITICO Europe, The Mercury News, The Seattle Times, The Nation, EURACTIV, Reedsy and
Covers:  military personnel, violence against women, film industry, women's issues, military history, feminism, interactive journalism, politics, writers, non-fiction, human rights, law, environmental justice
Doesn't Cover: software, automobiles
Bronx -born Philadelphian. Author 'brilliant but disturbing' books @thenewpress @mumblerspress. Bds .@military_law, .@CCW4COs. Disabled from 40 yrs of MS

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As a journalist I've been reporting on war and peace issues for about 20 years. My book, I Ain't Marching Anymore (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781620973172), comes from that reporting and support from hundreds of veterans and fellow journos. My work co-editing DSA's Democratic Left keeps me busy working with exciting writers.

My work at a Manhattan weekly won awards for in-depth reporting, an exploration of life at a local medium-security prison, and for community service for my investigat…

Chris Lombardi’s Journalist Portfolio

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How World War I veterans invented the March on Washington

How World War I veterans invented the March on Washington

They marched in groups of 10, of 30, of several hundred. They marched from San Francisco, New Orleans and Pou…

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The U.S. Military and White Supremacy: A History

The U.S. Military and White Supremacy: A History

I wrote the piece below for ON WATCH, the quarterly magazine of the Military Law Task Force of the National L…

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"Make the treaty, Sir!

"Make the treaty, Sir!

As anniversaries go, February 2 is an equivocal one for American and Mexican history: That date in 148 was wh…

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Conscientious objection is the thing with feathers.

Conscientious objection is the thing with feathers.

Thoreau's “On Civil Disobedience” was cited by Russian author Tolstoy as he counseled conscientious objectors…

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'Finding the heroes' - a conversation with author and antiwar veteran Adam Hochschild

'Finding the heroes' - a conversation with author and antiwar veteran Adam Hochschild

"Peace had been decided. But we killed right up to the deadline." This was what award-winning author and icon…

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On Colin Powell - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

On Colin Powell - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

I know Colin Powell meant a lot to a lot of people I respect, which might make the week to come nearly unbear…

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Articles

Blood. Work.

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By Chris Lombardi
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Press enter or click to view image in full size What’s below may seem fragmentary, because it is — like so many of us trying not to let dystopia destroy us. It starts as a poem, but evolves into my characteristic mix of cobbled-together quotes and links. It’s about this week’s news and that of the 15th century simultaneously. Oh, and starting with medicine I spent most of yesterday on bloodwork. “Bloodwork” is what my doctors call bleeding for the lab tech, for the doc’s and my information.
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Steve Englehart: Conscience’s Storyteller

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By Chris Lombardi
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As advertised, here’s the profile I wrote for the CCW newsletter. Be fore the interview, I had to learn a lot about the comic book world that I didn’t know; I’m grateful to have met him. Here’s to the power of storytelling to show us who we are. When I first learned that CCW’s upcoming event would include Steve Englehart, I was astonished. The Marvel icon? The creator of Doctor Strange, the guy who brought us Captain America, the Falcon and Starlord? That guy?
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Writing My Way Through Dystopia

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By Chris Lombardi
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Writing My Way Through Dystopia It’s 95–97 degrees in Philly, which triggers my MS hard; and I’m writing more slowly than ever (not thaumt I’m speedy most days). It’s only my activist connections that keep assigning stuff; On Watch, from the NLG’s Military Law Task Force, and the newsletter for Center on Conscience and War. The latter assignment was actually fun this week; I got to interview a creative giant, Steve Englehart, and write about his conscientious objection.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Staff writer at Chelsea Now

Have you ever used a typewriter?

IBM Selectric was my first.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Cal McCaffrey, from BBC's 'State of Play."

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