“I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him,” said Dr. Martin Luther King as he accepted the Nobel Peace…
Willow Cordes-Eklund, of Earth First! is locked to the underside of a truck bound for Kibby Mountain in this July 6, 2010, photo provided by Earth First!. The Minneapolis woman was arrested and charged with failure to disperse.…
Tel Aviv – PNN – On Friday June 17, 300 Israeli academics showed their support for an Israeli group calling themselves “Civil Disobedience” by placing their names behind a statement of support in an ad in the Haaretz…
Israeli minister to Apple’s Jobs: ‘Take down Third Intifada Palestine app’ A pro-Palestine application available on the iTunes store has become a particular cause for concern for an Israeli minister. The official, Yuli-Yoel Edelstein wrote a letter to…
Yatha says he finds inspiration in the work of Gandhi and Benjamin Nehru (DVB) A prominent Burmese hip hop artist is set to join a splinter group of the opposition National Democratic Force founded by the party’s one-time…
The ‘Green Movement’, supporters of the defeated presidential election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi, is still capable of putting protesters on the street. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters TEHRAN // Two years after it was launched in reaction to the…
Nonviolence: The best defense More and more, activists expecting to confront armed state actors – including intelligence officers, the military, and police – should be mindful of the skepticism and propaganda against them that is put forth by…
WASHINGTON/CAIRO: Egyptian women who fought alongside men for the resignation of former president Hosni Mubarak are now fighting for equality. During the 18-day Egyptian uprising, help from women protesters was welcomed by men, despite women’s traditional roles being…
Seven Palestinians were injured yesterday during violent clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths in the west of Ramallah.According to local sources, residents of Deir Qadis area peacefully marched toward the Apartheid wall with the participation…
Her name does not resonate like that of Rosa Parks, and she did not garner the kind of national attention that a group of black students did when they took seats at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., in…