FOLDING FOR PEACE: How many uses can you think of for a crane?
A perfect project for Sunday School children, school classes, etc.
▶ 21 Arrested | Witness Against Torture members confront state violence at the Capitol
21, including Voices' [for Creative Nonviolence] Brian Terrell, Arrested for Protest at US Capitol [youtube=http://youtu.be/H_LbxFvBA6s] Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise Up Times is also on Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up Times More
Chris Hedges: All Forms of Life Are Sacred
"...You cannot speak about nonviolence and stick violence into your mouth three times a day. How many of us have grown up with a dog, a cat, a parakeet or a rabbit? Did we love those beings? Did we love them in a different way from the way we ‘loved’ our car or our stereo? More
Joe Scarry: Unfinished Business in Chicago (Nuclear Disarmament, that is)
Read the Spring 2015 Call to Action and commit. Find activists near you and organize! (See Peace Action affiliates and Campaign Nonviolence coordinators). By Joe Scarry JoeScarryBlogspot January 6, 2015 Several days after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, I returned from northern New Jersey to Chicago. I remember looking up at skyscrapers like the Sears Tower More
Popular Resistance: Protest Becomes More Sophisticated
Actions Demonstrating Our Increasing Capacity Just in the last week [sic] there have been a variety of areas where we are seeing an escalation of the sophistication and effectiveness of direct actions campaigns. We review a few here that we can all learn from and that provide inspiration.
Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) Newsletter, Winter II, 2014
Mary Beaudoin, Editor Winter II 2014 Has the U.S. Constitution Been Lost to Military Rule? By Todd Pierce PM: On the Nuclear Watch By Polly Mann ¡Presente! at the Gates of the SOA and Stewart Detention Center By Pepperwolf Twelve Memes of 2014 to Say Good-bye to in 2015 By Jeff Nygaard NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES Prefer to read the newsletter More
Worth Fighting For: An Army Ranger’s Journey Out of the Military and Across America
Even the mainstream, corporate-owned Chicago Tribune says that Rory Fanning's Worth Fighting For "shows us the imperial and harmful objective of US foreign policy . . . [and] a path to a saner society." By Joe Macaré Truthout.org Interview December 21, 2014 Rory Fanning during his walk across the United States. (Photo: Jennifer Kushman) There are several More
Stephanie Van Hook: Transforming anger into nonviolent power
“Non-violence, being natural, is not noted in history” wrote Gandhi in his classic text Hind Swaraj. Modern civilization does not give us the tools to see the subtler effects of violence and nonviolence. This problem is compounded by the fact that many of those who use nonviolence to good effect live under the radar screen of history because they are marginalized.
▶ “Chris Hedges: Strategies for Revolution”
[youtube=http://youtu.be/IbEbPa6LmOU] The oligarchy,nonviolence, women's movement, indigenous peoples, what happens in revolutions Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise Up Times is also on Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up Times (@touchpeace). Click here for some More
▶ “Ballad of Molly Ivins” sung by Sara Thomsen
With a voice rich as the best mid-west soil, Sara's songs carry you inward and outward—in, to the particulars of your own life, and out—into the shared humanity of us all. Her performance style is easygoing and full of humor and depth, capturing the audience’s engagement.
Patrick Kennelly: The Unspeakable in Afghanistan
Patrick Kennelly writes from Kabul. By Patrick Kennelly VCNV.org December 17, 2014 I am sending this article on behalf of Patrick Kennelly who is representing Voices for Creative Nonviolence in Kabul. —Kathy Kelly The year 2014 marks the deadliest year in Afghanistan for civilians, fighters, and foreigners. The situation has reached a new low More
From activism to arrest: one polar bear’s adventures with Flood Wall Street
Among the dozens of protesters arrested in New York on Monday, a polar bear befriended grizzled activists and broke through barricades. This is his journey.