Activism - RISE UP TIMES

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED: LET THE GAZA FLOTILLA SAIL!!! Food and Medical Supplies for Gaza

The nonviolence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, we were briefed about what we might encounter on this voyage. “We have to be ready for every possibility,” our trainers insisted. The best scenario, they said, is that our three ships — one carrying 5500 tons of humanitarian aid and two carrying the passengers — will reach Gaza and accomplish our mission, You can help! Please call today!

WAMM Newsletter Shorts / Updated 5/7/24: Nuclear Waste Threatens Mississippi, UNAC: Colonization/Imperialism, and Scared of the Bear?

Urgent action needed. Xcel Energy has applied to run its old Monticello nuclear reactor in Minnesota until 2050, when it would be 80 years old. / Why would Russians use a nuclear bomb when they already have demonstrated the capability to shoot down satellites with non-nuclear interceptors? / UNAC Conference: Colonization/Imperialism, held April 5-7, 2024

They Are Not Numbers in Gaza and Photo Essay, Twin Cities Protests

As always, we as U.S. citizens, must ask first what is the role of the U.S.? The answer is that, along with political support, the U.S. has been providing the bombs, bullets, and fighter jets to Israel. The abhorrent killing of these youth – and all the other people in Gaza – are why we need to do what we can to force our government to end hostilities and free Palestine.

CEASEFIRE NOW! AND FOREVER! FREE PALESTINE!

Without adequate food, water, medicine, shelter, or other human needs due to the Israeli-imposed siege, the population is exhausted, traumatized, starved, and dehydrated, and disease is beginning to spread – this on top of being bombed, slaughtered, and maimed.

WAMM Photo Essay: Free Palestine Worldwide

People rallied in cities and towns around the world to protest the genocide of Gaza and to demand a free Palestine. Women Against Military Madness Vol. 41 No. 5 Winter 2023 Cape Town, South Africa Geneva, Switzerland London, England Los Angeles, CA (USA) Paris, France Seoul, South Korea Colombo, Sri Lanka Times Square, New More

Divest Now! Hold the Minnesota Bureau of Investment Accountable

Not another nickel not another dime, no more $$$ for Israel’s war crimes.

We Are Witnessing the Largest U.S. Anti-War Protests in 20 Years

“This is the result of decades of work that we’ve put into this movement, and I think some of it is connected to the [George Floyd protests of 2020]. There was so much racial, social justice, anti-war building in that moment."

Mass Protests Have Failed To Bring About Social Change. It’s Time for a New Strategy

Occupy Wall Street gets a lot done and does plant the seeds for something good that grows out of it later, kind of precisely because it does not become a mass protest movement, because it doesn’t actually shut down Manhattan in the way that Tahrir shut down Egypt.

“I’m Not a Criminal…Enbridge Is”: Charges Tossed Against Winona LaDuke & Others for Pipeline Action

So it was about, you know, our religious freedom, our freedom of assembly, our constitutional rights, but also recognizing our treaty rights, which is what we have been saying. These are our territories, and we have a right and responsibility to protect them.

How Different Our Work Would Be in a Democracy

VFP members, like so many others in the struggle for peace and justice, are always on the defensive because corporations wield governing power and we are always reacting to them — fighting another specific weapons system, another invasion, another human rights violation. How Different Our Work Would Be in a Democracy Presenters: Mike Ferner, More

Colorado-based Water Protector Faces Trial, Shares Wisdom: A Line 3 Tale

Enbridge’s pipelines have leaked many times. The Line 3 oil spill in 1991 at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, remains the largest inland oil spill in US history. What’s more, the deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions associated with Line 3 — and the other numerous projects like it — are centrally implicated in intensifying climate change. Then there’s the impact of industrial encroachment on Indigenous communities — particularly women, who experience violence at twice the rate of other American women, in most cases at the hands of non-Indigenous men.

As Movements Like Stop Cop City Gain Power, Police Treat Free Speech as a Crime, by Cody Bloomfield

Despite the fear, despite the repression, the movement to Stop Cop City is flourishing. The week of action features a deep calendar of crowd-sourced events, ranging from knitting circle skill shares to talks by longtime local activists on the historical roots of the Stop Cop City movement.

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