Tag Archives: nonviolent direct action
[Video] Misty Rowan> Spoken Word
Misty Rowan Minnesota spoken word artist Misty Rowan performed these three poems at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Women Against Military Madness. Misty is an active member of the Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee. Additional information and works can be found on her website missteatree.com. Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS […]
Tar Sands Through MN> Minnesota native Marty Cobenais, of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
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Exclusive Interview: Chris Hedges: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
The Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio Show Podcast Exclusive Interview: Chris Hedges: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt Another extraordinary interview with Chris, again showing what a visionary, revolutionary We discuss his new book, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt written with illustrator Joe Sacco. Podcast submitted by Rob Kall (about Rob Kall) Recorded October […]
Dissent Without Permission> Will Protest Permits & Free Speech Zones Halt or Hasten Rebellion?
Dissent Without Permission: Will Protest Permits & Free Speech Zones Halt Or Hasten Rebellion? Posted on July 21, 2012 by IronBoltBruce Occupy New Hampshire “Dissent without permission” may sound like Orwellian doublespeak, but for Chinese, Russians, Americans and others it’s a criminal offense. Will that backfire? IN CHINA, “protesting” without a permit – which defines and limits where, […]
S. Brian Willson> Liberation Requires Disobedience
We are complicit with our own repression. Our own stubborn allegiance to modernity that outsources all the pain and suffering to other peoples and the planet is a kind of mental illness of pathological narcissism and delusions of grandeur. It is a kind of suicide/ecocide. S. Brian Willson In 1553 or there abouts, a young […]
Josh Stearns> Photos of Journalist Abuse and Arrests at the NATO Summit
Photos of Journalist Abuse and Arrests at the NATO Summit by Josh Stearns May 21, 2012 Storify I spent the weekend tracking reports of press suppression and journalist arrests in Chicago at the rallies, marches and protests surrounding the NATO summit. See more photos and videos here. Pic: photojournalist injured during today’s protests #NONATO http://pic.twitter.com/L7aZVieA Amber Lyon […]
Anthony Gucciardi> Protesters Occupying Monsanto Corp. Arrested
Protesters Occupying Monsanto Corp. Arrested Anthony Gucciardi 4 March 2012 Nation of Change “Police threatened protesters with arrest if they did not move away from the doors, and 12 were ultimately arrested. According to the report, 10 were arrested for ‘blocking the entrance’ and 2 were arrested for crossing a police line.” Taking […]
April 9-15, 2012> 100,000 Americans Will Train for Non-Violent Direct Action | Common Dreams
April 9-15, 2012 — 100,000 Americans Will Train for Non-Violent Direct Action The 99% Spring Published on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 by Common Dreams TO: America RE: The 99% Spring Things should never have reached this point. Click here to sign up for the 99% Spring! Every day, the American Dream seems a little farther away. More of […]
David Swanson> Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor MLK
Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor MLK By davidswanson - Posted on 16 January 2012 War is a Crime On January 14, 2012 activists from a local peace group blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base for nearly a half hour in an act of civil resistance […]
Daily Kos: Continuing Protests Against NDAA Indefinite Military Detention of U.S. Citizens, Recall Efforts On.
Continuing Protests Against NDAA Indefinite Military Detention of U.S. Citizens, Recall Efforts On by Ralph Lopez WED JAN 11, 2012 Daily Kos Revealing the failure of the coordinated campaign by defenders of the National Defense Authorization Act 2011 (NDAA) to lie about its applicability to U.S. citizens, protesters at the White House continued to […]
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