It is an act of peace, a necessary act of justice, for us to provide care to them when they are in need. Immigration is a peace and justice issue. Immigration is a feminist issue. By BethAnne Nelson WAMM Newsletter Spring II Nothing but experience can really capture the truth of the desert. It More
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) Introduction by Nada Alwadi Organizers and strategists of nonviolent movements often struggle in dealing with the mainstream news media. Some consider it their enemy, because coverage can be patchy or inaccurate. Others unrealistically expect the media to advocate for their causes. Yet few resources for activists have provided More
American juries simply do not question authority. As a result they do not exist. Instead they all too often function as a public relations instrument of the police state. Particularly in politically motivated trials. New York Police arrest a demonstrator on day 7 of the Occupy Wall Street Demonstrations, 09/23/11. (Photo: Giles Clarke) By Marc Ash Reader More
Force Protection Alpha in Effect By Brian Terrell, www.vcnv.org June 1st, 2014 Above photo: A victim of a drone attack in Pakistan. Daniel Berehulak/Getty On April 15, 2014, when the story broke on the world that the Central Intelligence Agency’s covert program of assassination by remotely controlled drones is not distinct from the drone program of the More
In a remarkable breach of military law, members of the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy have joined Veterans For Peace UK, which campaigns against armed conflict. By Mark Nicol, www.dailymail.co.uk Popular Resistance.org June 1st, 2014 Above photo: Easter Sunday launch of UK Veterans For Peace, IndyMedia. Serving members of Britain’s Armed Forces have secretly joined More
Edward Snowden is the greatest patriot whistleblower of our time, and he knows what I learned more than four decades ago: until the Espionage Act gets reformed, he can never come home safe and receive justice Daniel Ellsberg theguardian.com Friday 30 May 2014 As the author knows from direct chat-log conversations with him over the past More
total dis-aggregration and atomization of the social fabric pervasive sense of anxiety overwhelming sense of futility By Jérôme Roos Roarmag.org Posted in: Activism, SourceZ, US ZCommunications April 11, 2014 Last week, two commentaries appeared in The Guardian — one by David Graeber and the other by Costas Lapavitsas and Alex Politaki — basically asking the same question: given that we’re under such relentless assault by the rich and powerful, why More
Stateside communists were the underdogs, fighting the establishment for justice – the victims of censorship and police repression, not its perpetrators. Like his party associates, Seeger was consistently on the right side of history By Bhaskar Sunkara @sunraysunray Al Jazeera America January 29, 2014 Pete Seeger serenades the faithful in Washington in 1969. Stephen More
Drone War Crimes: Violation of Due Process By Bruce Gagnon Organizing Notes May 17, 2014 At the court in Syracuse, NY [May 16, 2014] were Ed Kinane,Teresa B Grady and Mary Anne Grady Flores Protests and arrests at the Hancock drone base in Syracuse, New York have been steady for the past couple of More
Two videos, one in Como Park, St. Paul MN and one in Afghanistan. image ©2014tbottolene On May 10, 2014 Women Against Military Madness sponsored a Fly Kites Not Drones gathering at Como Park in St. Paul MN, a day to bring children who decorated their own kites and then flew them. The kite More
Editor's Note: This article briefly mentions the raids on the homes antiwar activists in Minneapolis and Chicago in 2010 after their organizations were infiltrated. The article does not mention the RNC8, who were accused of terrorism after the 2008 Republican convention in St. Paul MN. So really, this is not new news for those of us in Minnesota. More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/rDIuhKlFCjE] Published on Apr 28, 2014 On April 17, 2014, Dr. Condoleezza Rice gave the Distinguished Carlson Lecture at the University of Minnesota as part of the series of events entitled, "Keeping Faith with a Legacy of Justice," sponsored by the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the More
