Jennifer Meeropol is the granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and the daughter of RFC Founder, Robert Meeropol. Jenn became the Executive Director of the RFC on September 1, 2013. Prior posts on this page were written by Robert (unless otherwise noted), and represent his opinions, which are not necessarily shared by the RFC.I recently received two very moving communications. The first was a letter from one of our younger donors and the second was an email about one of our oldest.
Bea, who faithfully supported the RFC since she first learned of our existence in the early 1990’s, passed away earlier this month at the age of 91. Her son emailed us a summary of her life, portions of which I quote below:
I’ve received such an overwhelming response to my 12/23/10 blog, Julian Assange, My Parents and the Espionage Act of 1917, that I feel compelled to revisit the issue.
Did you know that on December 9th thousands of inmates in at least six major prisons in Georgia simultaneously went on strike? Unless you receive news from progressive sources like Democracy Now!, the Center for Constitutional Rights or San Francisco Bay View, you’d be hard pressed to know that the largest prisoners’ strike in United States history took place for a week last month.
This week I am most grateful to a staunch RFC supporter, not only because she gave a most generous year-end contribution, but also because she gave it in honor of someone who embodies the RFC’s spirit. The contribution was given “in memory of Justina Ruiz de Conde,” someone, we at the RFC office had never heard of.
The donor offered the following information about the person this donation honors:
[NOTE: our Recent Press Coverage page has links to media coverage spawned by this blog, including Robert's interviews on Democracy Now!, KBOO Radio, and RTTV (Russian news).]
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