TODAY: Bette's Big Sunday! Speakeasy and Founder's Day events with Joni Askola and Keir Giles. Plus, Tuesday with Monique!
3 invites: paid members are invited to today's Speakeasy with geopolitical analyst Joni Askola, 9 am PT; also today, Founder's Day with author Keir Giles, noon PT; plus, Happy Hour Tuesday w/Mo' noon
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Bette’s calendar at a glance — all levels of paid membership invited:
Today’s Speakeasy with Joni Askola at 9 am PT
Today’s Founder’s Day with Keir Giles at noon PT
Tuesday, February 11, Bette’s Happy Hour with Monique Camarra at noon PT
All registration links can be found scrolling to the bottom of this post.
BETTE’S BIG SUNDAY — TODAY’S EVENTS:
EVENT ONE: Bette’s Speakeasy with geopolitical analyst Joni Askola, Sunday, 2/9, 9 am Pacific
Please join Bette’s Speakeasy with geopolitical analyst Joni Askola, where we’ll talk about how Musk’s moves are attacking America’s soft power and our best tactical resistance. We will also discuss what the EU needs to do to thwart Putinists. If you are not yet a member, you can watch RadPod’s livestream from Thursday, where we show highlights from our latest interview with Joni.
You will find the full Ep126 here:
More about Joni here:
Joni Askola is a Finnish PhD candidate, geopolitical analyst, and activist who has lived in various locations, including Russia. He works to combat Russian disinformation, fight against authoritarianism, and defend democracies, both online and through fundraising efforts for Ukraine with an organization called Help99.
To support Joni's fundraising for the war effort in Ukraine, go here.
You will find his YouTube show here.
You can find his threads on the following socials:
EVENT TWO: Founder’s Day with Russian military expert and author Keir Giles, Sunday, 2/9, noon Pacific
***Due to the US crisis, I am opening up this month’s Founder’s Day to all paid members. Thank you to everyone who is upgrading to support me at the highest level. This work will only get more difficult.***
If you haven’t already read this week’s report with Keir Giles, please read it here:
Author Keir Giles is a vital analyst on Russian military aggression, and his books are critical to understanding how we got to this point and where we go from here.
This week’s Hot Type column, also features quotes from Keir on where to look for inspiration.
More about Keir:
Author and Russian cyberwar expert Keir Giles is a Senior Consulting Fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Programme of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London. Giles’s new book is “Who Will Defend Europe? An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent”.
Ukraine has been the front line of Europe, but following the US Presidential Election, support for Ukraine and defense of Europe is now threatened. Keir Giles has spent his career watching, studying and explaining Russia. Keir’s work has appeared in academic and military publications across Europe and in North America, and he is a regular contributor and commentator on Russian affairs for international print and broadcast media. Keir is the author of multiple publications explaining the Russian approach to warfare, including NATO’s Handbook of Russian Information Warfare (NATO Defense College, 2016); and "Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West" (Brookings/Chatham House, 2019), an examination of the persistent factors causing relations with Russia to fall into crisis. His book "Russia’s War on Everybody: And What it Means for You" (Bloomsbury, 2022), describes the human impact of Russia’s campaigns to acquire power and influence around the world. He is a Senior Consulting Fellow at the UK’s Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), and also works with the Conflict Studies Research Centre (CSRC), a group of deep subject-matter experts on Eurasian security formerly attached to the British Ministry of Defence. He is a regular contributor to research projects on Russian security issues in the US, UK and Europe. His latest book, “Who Will Defend Europe”, is available at Hurst Publishing, and other retail outlets. Support his work here:
EVENT THREE: TUESDAY Bette’s Happy Hour with geopolitical analyst Monique Camarra, 2/11, noon Pacific:
Please join our weekly Tuesday Bette’s Happy Hour with Kremlin File and EuroFile’s Monique Camarra, a geopolitical analyst based in Italy and a frequent guest of our discussions. She will update us with news from Europe.
Keep scrolling to end of the post for ALL registration links.
Lastly, a heartfelt thank you to those of you who are renewing your memberships and are new to the Bette community. Your support means everything to me.
In solidarity, reality, truth, and unity,
Heidi xo
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