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Mike Prysner
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Prysner in 2013
Personal details
Born (1983-06-15) June 15, 1983 (age 42)
NationalityAmerican
PartyParty for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)
Residence(s)Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materFlorida Atlantic University
OccupationPolitical activist
TelevisionThe Empire Files
PublicationTeleSur
MovementMarch Forward!
SpouseAbby Martin
Military service
AllegianceFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Branch/serviceFile:Flag of the United States Army.svg United States Army
Years of service2001–2005
RankFile:Army-USA-OR-04b.svg Specialist
Battles/warsIraq War

Michael D. Prysner (born June 15, 1983) is an American socialist and political activist. He is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq as a specialist.[1][2] His duties in Iraq included ground surveillance, home raids, and interrogation of prisoners. According to Prysner, these experiences led him to take an anti-war stance.[3]

Education

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Prysner is a graduate of Sickles High School in Tampa, Florida, and Florida Atlantic University.[4][5]

Military career

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Prysner joined the U.S. Army in 2001 when he was 17 and left the military in 2005.[6] He had basic training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma[4] and was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in New York. Prysner's company participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and he served there for 12 months. While in the Army Prysner attained the rank of Specialist.[7][6]

Activism

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Prysner is the co-founder of March Forward!, an organization of active-duty members of the U.S. military and veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars that encourages active-duty service personnel to resist deployment and seek an honorable discharge by being a conscientious objector.[6][8][9]

In March 2008, Prysner was a member of a panel discussing the topic Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan in Maryland.[10][11] Prysner spoke about his time in Iraq as a soldier and his personal views about the two wars.[10] This address became known as the "Our Real Enemies" speech.[citation needed]

Prysner is a member of Party for Socialism and Liberation and A.N.S.W.E.R.[12][13] In 2008, he ran a write-in campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives for Florida's 22nd congressional district.[14][15]

In November 2011, Prysner was arrested in Occupy Los Angeles.[16] He was released after posting bail.[17]

On September 19, 2021, Prysner interrupted former U.S. President George W. Bush's speech in Beverly Hills, California.[18][19] Prysner demanded an apology for lying about weapons of mass destruction, connections to 9/11, and causing the deaths of a million Iraqis. He stated "You sent me to Iraq" and "My friends are dead because you lied."[19]

Prysner is on the National Board of Directors for Veterans for Peace.[7]

Media production

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Prysner is a producer and co-writer for the program The Empire Files, with his wife Abby Martin.[20][8] English-language Telesur canceled the show in 2018,[21] and it later moved to a web publishing model. Prysner, Martin, and other Telesur contract journalists had their funding blocked by the application of U.S. sanctions against Venezuela. Academic Stuart Davis cites the cancellation as an example of how United States sanctions hamper public funding of media production in Venezuela.[21]

Prysner performed the rap "Skit 6" on Lowkey's album Soundtrack to the Struggle.[22][23]

As of 2021, he hosted the Eyes Left podcast with former US Army Cadet and Afghanistan War veteran Spenser Rapone.[24][25]

Personal life

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Prysner is married to journalist Abby Martin.[26][27] They have two children.[28][29]

See also

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References

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  4. ^ a b Military News, Tampa Bay Times, July 22, 2001
  5. ^ Dan Christensen, “Ron DeSantis accused of illegal acts of torture against Guantanamo detainees when he was a Navy JAG officer”, Florida Bulldog, January 2023
  6. ^ a b c Aaron Blevins, “Activists’ anti-war fight continues”, Beverly Press Park Labrea News, January 17, 2013
  7. ^ a b “'Beyond 140': Iraq war vet Michael Prysner on the Fort Hood shooting”, Al Jazeera US, April 4, 2014
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  13. ^ Hassina Leelarathna "Los Angeles Lankans protest UN interference", Daily News – Sri Lanka, 3 May 2011 Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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  26. ^ US Sanctions Shut Down 'The Empire Files' with Abby Martin, scoop.co.nz, September 3, 2018
  27. ^ "Antiwar Sentiment in the Military Is Stronger Than Ever." An interview with Mike Prysner, jacobinmag.com, August 19, 2021.
  28. ^ Mike Prysner: Early Sunday @AbbyMartin: gave birth to our child. She went into labor marching 9mos pregnant all day with #BlackLivesMatter in Beverly Hills., twitter.com, June 2, 2020
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