Michael Prysner

Michael Prysner on RT

Michael Prysner (born 1983) is an American political activist. He is the co-founder of March Forward!, an organization of active-duty members of the US military and veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflict that encourages current active duty service personnel to resist deployment. He is a US Army veteran who served in Iraq. His rank was corporal. According to him, his duties in Iraq included ground surveillance, home raids and the interrogation of prisoners, and these experiences led him to take a radical anti-war stand.[1][2] In 2008, Prysner ran a write-in campaign for the US House of Representatives for Florida's 22nd congressional district (Boca Raton). He is a member of Party for Socialism and Liberation.[3] He is also a member of A.N.S.W.E.R..[4] He performed the rap "Skit 6" on the album Soundtrack to the Struggle.[5]

Michael was arrested in Occupy Los Angeles in November 2011.[6] He was released after posting bail.[7]

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  1. ↑ “U. S. sought to set up sham state in Iraq”, Tehran Times, 26 July 2010
  2. ↑ Dahr Jamail, “Veterans Group Calls on Military to Refuse Deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq”, Salem News, 17 December 2009
  3. ↑ "South Floridians intend to hold Nobel Peace Prize–winner Nobel Peace Prize–winner Barack Obama to Iraq pullout pledge: Proponents of pullout say it should be priority along with economy." America's Intelligence Wire 23 Nov. 2008. General OneFile. Web. 8 Dec. 2011.
  4. ↑ Hassina Leelarathna “Los Angeles Lankans protest UN interference”, Daily News – Sri Lanka, 3 May 2011
  5. ↑ Best ever albums entry for Skit 6
  6. ↑ “‘Indignados’ se quejan de abusos de LAPD”, Univision, 2 December 2011
  7. ↑ Tami Abdollah, “16 complaints filed about Occupy LA raid”, 7 December 2011
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