An apology for writing more frequent than the usual 2-3 messages a week but our hearts broke when we arrived to find that much of the Israeli uprooting of Palestinian olive trees was already done in Al-Walaja today. The old…
Graveyard of trees
Stikkord: sivil ulydighet
Water gun fight in a park? Iran sees dark designs
Iran is trying to put down a new wave of civil disobedience — flash mobs of young people who break into boisterous fights with water guns in public parks. A group of water fighters was arrested over the weekend,…
From enemy of the state to hero
When Tzeporah Berman arrived in B.C. in the early ’90s, it was with the idea of getting to know more about the forests by volunteering. She knew no one here, had only $200 in her wallet and had…
Academic, Media & Religious Freedom ~ Not ~ in Fiji
I started to compile a more comprehensive wrap on recent developments in Fiji – more attacks on unions, the media, the Methodist Church – but then things started moving so fast on several fronts that I gave up,…
Native American and Canadian First Nations To Take Part In Largest Act of Civil Disobedience to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline
The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) is a national environmental justice and indigenous rights organization taking part in the largest act of civil disobedience in decades taking place at the White House in Washington DC from August 20 to…
Chile’s Commander Camila, the student who can shut down a city
Camila Vallejo’s call for better and cheaper education has seen student protests transform into a two-day nationwide shutdown Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo sits among a peace sign created from empty teargas canisters used by police against protesters. Photograph: Roberto…
The changing landscape of hacktivism
Hacktivism is the word of the moment. And like many trendy words it is overused and misused. Hacktivism is a term very much like «hacker» in that sense. The original meaning of hacker – according to jargon.txt…
From Midwest Rising to the Tar Sands Action, Civil Disobedience as Tactic for Change « It’s Getting Hot In Here
Last Saturday, while listening to the “Why Direct Action?” panel at the Midwest Rising Convergence, I whispered to my close friend Todd sitting next to me, “I think I’m going to risk arrest on Monday.” He responded, “Why…
India faces a deal with the devil
The political drama playing out over India, the largest democracy in the world, is about the corruption that rots the system. Yet, the way it has galvanized millions of people into a grassroots movement against the status quo…
Yemen’s youth: the best hope for democracy
Mass anti-government demonstrations have roiled Yemen’s cities since January [EPA] Across the Middle East and North Africa, youth have used their newfound sense of dignity to create change that previous generations only dreamed about. But as the so-called Arab Spring progresses, the…