Michael Prysner
Michael Prysner is an American political activist. He is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq as a corporal. According to Prysner, his duties in Iraq included ground surveillance, home raids and the interrogation of prisoners, and these experiences led him to take an anti-war stand.
He 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 current active-duty service personnel to resist deployment.
In March 2008, Prysner was a member of a panel discussing the topic in Maryland. He spoke about his time in Iraq as a soldier and his personal views about the two wars. This address became known as the "Our Real Enemies" speech.
Prysner is a member of Party for Socialism and Liberation and A.N.S.W.E.R.. In 2008, he ran a write-in campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives for Florida's 22nd congressional district.
In November 2011, Prysner was arrested in Occupy Los Angeles. He was released after posting bail.
Prysner is a producer and co-writer for the program The Empire Files, with Abby Martin.
He performed the rap "Skit 6" on the album Soundtrack to the Struggle.
He currently hosts the Eyes Left podcast with former US Army Cadet and Afghanistan War veteran Spenser Rapone.
