Older organizers and young activists gather to discuss ways to sustain the #BlackLivesMatter movement in New York. As the cold January wind blew through Manhattan last Friday, some of New York’s activist heavyweights assembled at Riverside Church on…
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Resisting U.S. Bases in Okinawa
Undercover police officer pulls gun on Oakland protesters after cover blown
Plainclothes California highway patrol officers have walked among demonstrators for weeks: report. An undercover California highway patrol officer who had infiltrated protests against police violence in Oakland pulled a gun on demonstrators after his and his partner’s cover was blown.…
I told my daughter to skip school and join the Ferguson protests
It’s finals week at my daughter’s university, but in spite of her school’s calendar, I expect her to join the acts of civil disobedience blooming across the country. All students, especially those in high school and college, currently face the…
Bear activist protesting again at this year’s hunt
Bill Crain showed up to protest the last five New Jersey bear hunts, and every time was arrested while engaging in civil disobedience. The City College of New York psychology professor, a longtime advocate for animals, said he will join…
Uncommon crimes of conscience
LOS ANGELES – Earlier this month, two dozen workers, clergy, and other community folks sat down in the aisles of the Walmart store in Pico Rivera, not far from downtown LA, then moved into the streets, where they were…
Fellow Nobel Peace Laureates to Obama: Stain of US Torture Your Job to Repair
‘When a nation’s leaders condone and even order torture, that nation has lost its way.’ Twelve fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureates have written an open letter to President Barack Obama, urging the 2009 recipient of the award to finally close…
Between The Lines – Kevin Alexander Gray: ‘Ferguson October’ Civil Disobedience Protests Target Police Violence in Communities of Color Nationwide
Two months after the August day that Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old African-American was shot to death by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a «Weekend of Resistance» was launched to focus public attention on the urgent need to…
Today in labor history: The UMW occupation at Pittston Moss 3 plant »
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…
Protesters use civil disobedience to promote minimum wage issue
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…