December 1, 2025

Hall of Fame Spotlight – Alexei Navalny

Alexei Navalny’s courage reminds us that Good Trouble isn’t just history — it’s alive wherever people speak truth to power.

December 2025 is Alexei Navalny Month

Alexei Navalny’s courage reminds us that Good Trouble isn’t just history — it’s alive wherever people speak truth to power.
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In an era when truth itself was treated as treason, Alexei Navalny refused to be silent. Trained as a lawyer, he transformed into Russia’s most prominent opposition leader by exposing corruption that had become normalized at the highest levels of power. His investigations, shared through fearless online videos and social media, peeled back the polished surface of privilege and revealed the rot beneath.

Navalny’s defiance was never for spectacle; it was a fight for dignity. He believed that ordinary Russians deserved to live without fear or lies. Each arrest, smear campaign, and courtroom sentence only amplified his message — that moral courage can outlast repression.

When he was poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020, Navalny miraculously survived and chose to return home, knowing he would be imprisoned. That decision turned him from activist to symbol — proof that one person’s resolve can echo louder than an empire’s silence.

💡 Little Known Fun Fact: During his recovery in Germany, Navalny continued coordinating investigations via secure video calls — joking that “dictators fear Wi-Fi more than revolutions.”

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