On September 17, 1989, 98 United Mine Workers of America members and a minister occupied the Pittston Coal Company’s Moss 3 preparation plant in Carbon, Virginia, the most important act of civil disobedience during the Pittston strike. In April of…
On Sept. 10 the people of Ferguson, MO and others demanding the indictment and arrest of white police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown attempted to block the traffic on Interstate 70. Police were present…
I never thought a day would come when my ears would cringe at the mere mention of ‘democracy’, and even more so, at inquilab and insaf. Not because I don’t stand for these values, but perhaps, because I am dismayed…
How are the young refugees fleeing from violence in Central America connected to contraception? In June’s Hobby Lobby decision, a sharply divided Supreme Court interpreted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) to require the exemption of…
Even as a gusty rain storm blew through the Chicago area, hundreds of protesters took to the streets Thursday – and 50 of them were arrested — as they railed against low wages at fast-food restaurants and called for a national…
Anti-war activist Kait McIntyre appeared in Cook County Judicial Circuit court on the morning of Aug. 1. McIntyre was one of five activists arrested in a civil disobedience protest action July 16 to oppose Boeing Company providing weapons to…
Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, Chairman of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has announced August 10 asYum-e-Shuhada (Day of Martyrs) and said that his followers should come to attend events of this day carrying holy Quran with them. “Incumbent rulers are meting out worse…
Twenty-one people were arrested last month while engaging in peaceful civil disobedience in protest against a proposed tar sands mine in north-eastern Utah. This would threaten local land and water, as well as contribute to the global climate crisis. As…
Norman Finkelstein has put out a call for at least 100 people to commit civil disobedience tomorrow at the Israeli mission at the UN in New York City. If 100 people agree to do it, it will happen. After writing…
