Rose Pelham

Dec 5, 2024 | thegavoice.com | Rose Pelham

A week before election day, I published an op-ed predicting Trump’s win. In that article, I compared the efforts of the Democratic Party to keep Trump out of power with the French government’s Maginot Line. In the face of an opponent who had already beaten them once, and retained sufficient support to nearly overturn the 2020 election, it was folly to rely on the assumption he could not win again while polling well within the margin of error. Especially considering the consequences of his agenda.

Nov 14, 2024 | thegavoice.com | Rose Pelham

Hitler never won a majority vote, but the vast majority of the German people were complicit in Nazi rule. Even in occupied France, the Resistance composed only a tiny fraction of the population, while the Vichy regime actively collaborated with Nazi demands. Trump is promising deportations on a scale like none other. Mass deportations of Jews, as arraigned by Eichmann, immediately preceded the Holocaust.

Nov 6, 2024 | thegavoice.com | Rose Pelham

From summer to fall, I had waited the time until this election outside of jails. I am still outside the jail, waiting for whoever gets released, though the weather grows colder. And I will remain here. This is the place to be when the illusions of social progress burn themselves away, just as it is where one should be when the rhetoric of change outstrips its reality. From here, one can find the distance necessary to think without becoming caught up in any party’s vision.

Oct 29, 2024 | thegavoice.com | Rose Pelham

In this election, I am a nihilist. I anticipate Trump will win. The odds are essentially even. Harris might pull through. But I would rather plan for tomorrow on the assumption of rain. Even on a fair day, an umbrella has its uses. Standing at the end of an election season, what alarms me most is the willingness to plan for only one of two futures, and indeed, the marginally less likely.

Oct 10, 2024 | thegavoice.com | Katie Burkholder |Rose Pelham |Patrick Colson-Price |Georgia Voice

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