As a native of Syria and an active participant in US society, a linguist and artist living and working in Worcester, Bayda Asbridge is not satisfied to “wait and see” what the changed political climate since the election of Donald Trump will bring. The rhetoric of the election campaign, her fears about a Trump presidency and the observations that led to these fears give her the feeling of being “transported back to Syria,” a totalitarian country with few of the freedoms that Western women and men have come to enjoy. … Continue reading In Defense of Democracy in the Age of Intimidation and Conformity Charlotte Eckler in conversation with Bayda Asbridge