ed from dissidents and Jewish refuseniks in the So- viet Union to those who resisted right-wing juntas in Latin America. Soviet dissidents like Natan Sharansky and Vladimir Bukovsky were the focus of international campaigns organized by human rights organizations and cautiously embraced by the United States

for his political grandstanding. “You should fire Sharansky. Act like a leader!” I just laughed. ‘““The coali

oviet Jew who I never even met during the years I was fighting to save his life. His name (at the time) was Anatoly Sharansky (now Natan Sharansky). Sharansky was a prominent and vocal defender of human rights, not only of his fellow Soviet Jews but of all victims of Soviet oppression. He worked closely wit

for his political grandstanding. "You should fire Sharansky. Act like a leader!" I just laughed. "The coaliti