«You came to São Paulo at a very important time.» — fellow protester at Monday night’s manifestation. Last night, I joined my new friends in São Paulo for a historic and unforgettable evening walking down its lively streets participating in peaceful protests. (That’s the best way to get a know a city, by the way.)...
Protesters showed up by the thousands in Brazil’s largest cities on Monday night in a remarkable display of strength for an agitation that had begun with small protests against bus-fare increases, then evolved into a broader movement by groups and individuals irate over a...
João Pedro Stédile is an economist, co-founder and co-coordinator of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil, and leader among Latin American social movements. He gave the following talk to hundreds of Haitian farmers at the 40th anniversary assembly of the Peasant Movement...
The executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada is supporting New Brunswick demonstrators who have blocked seismic testing trucks during protests against shale gas exploration and development. John Bennett says the Sierra Club’s policy does not permit civil disobedience, but the board is...
The Provincial Court of Luanda adjourned today, June 14, the trial of journalist Domingos da Cruz, accused of inciting civil disobedience, for an article he wrote in 2009. Judge Salomão Filipe called upon the defense lawyer, Walter Tondela, and informed him of several irregularities...
The best chance the United States has of prosecuting Edward Snowden for reportedly handing over American surveillance secrets is by charging him “as a common thief,” civil-rights lawyer Alan Dershowitz said on Saturday. “If the government is smart, they will not charge him with...
This article discusses the shortcomings of violent social struggles – their relative exclusivity, vulnerability to foreign manipulation for geostrategic goals, and their likelihood (if successful) to establish similarly repressive and violent regimes to the ones they seek to overthrow. These are then juxtaposed with...
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, a seemingly trivial administrative issue ignited an unprecedented movement of civic resistance across the country’s old dividing lines. Understanding the message of defiance was directed against them all, politicians tried the old trick of ‘divide and rule’ – only to be ridiculed...
Teacher sentenced to 11 years in prison for insulting Gulf state’s ruler and inciting regime change. A Kuwaiti court has sentenced a woman to 11 years in jail for posting remarks on Twitter deemed insulting to the emir and calling for the overthrow of...
Organisers of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central movement are seeking to counter fears following warnings that their planned civil disobedience action could become violent and would be damaging to the city’s businesses. First proposed by Hong Kong University law professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Occupy Central...
Protesters in NYC hold up signs calling for «freedom of religion,» masking the anti-Zionist tone of the demonstration. Until now, the primary storyline of the religious-secular battles in Israel has been driven by Women of the Wall, the activist group...
Several hundred nude cyclists took to the streets of Mexico City this weekend to protest excessive use of fossil fuels and call for expanded use of bicycles for transportation. The cyclists hit the capital’s streets Saturday for World Naked Bike Ride. The event, which...
More than 150 people engaged in civil disobedience were arrested at the North Carolina statehouse on Monday, at the latest of a series of protests against aggressive legislative action by state Republican leaders. The weekly protests, known as “Moral Mondays,” began in late April...
«The Regime Wants» is a new play poking fun at dictators in the fictional state of Majamrata with obvious implications. Not far from the junction of the White and Blue Niles in Khartoum, a large billboard outside the Chinese-built Friendship Hall grabs the attention...
«The people of California now have the opportunity to move away from the failed promise of dirty and dangerous nuclear power and replace it with the safe and clean energy provided by the sun and the wind» In a victory for anti-nuclear activists, the...
“It is much easier not to struggle, to give up and take the path of the living dead. But if we want to live, we must struggle.” –Oscar López Rivera, 1991 Wednesday, May 29 will mark 32 years since Puerto Rican activist Oscar López...
‘Suspected topless protest’ prompts expulsion, while three other Femen activists stand trial on public indecency charges. Three members of a radical Ukrainian feminist group have been expelled from Tunisia on suspicion of planning a topless protest in front of the court where their colleagues...
As clouds of tear gas engulfed central Istanbul and anti-government demonstrators fought with police, billionaire Aydin Dogan’s news channel aired a documentary about penguins. The scheduling made him and other media bosses targets of demonstrators who have turned the occupation of an Istanbul park...
Turkish police have detained at least 25 Twitter users for allegedly spreading false reports, as anti-government demonstrations in Turkey continue for a sixth day. Social media activists have been accused of using Twitter to “instigate public hatred and animosity,” according to Turkish media. Police...
About 10,000 Ethiopians staged an anti-government procession on Sunday in the first large-scale protest since a disputed 2005 election ended in street violence that killed 200 people. The demonstrators marched through Addis Ababa’s northern Arat Kilo and Piazza districts before gathering at Churchill Avenue...
Important meeting in Oslo October 22
Important meeting in Oslo October 22 17:00