civil disobedience

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• Climate action after COP15

  
  Toban Black — Authority: 109
  (A Grist photo) ======= UK Climate Campers have said this on Twitter (in their “bio” statement) - “It’s time to show our ‘leaders’ how we’re going to take action to reduce emissions ourselves. Because it’s business as usual at Copenhagen.” ——- Cascadia Brian (of Rising Tide North America) ...
  3 days ago

• Come the Revolution

  
  Chicago News Bench — Authority: 514
  Naval Aviator, Commander Jerry Wilson wrote a powerful - and ominous - letter. He warns us of what may come sooner than most people think, and he is not afraid to say the unthinkable. How likely is a revolution in the United States? I mean an actual, in-the-streets, house to house, block to block revolution? ...
  6 days ago

• In Gods name: Father Carl Kabat has spent a lifetime protesting nuclear weapons…

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Sunday, December 20, 2009In Gods name: Father Carl Kabat has spent a lifetime protesting nuclear weapons and doesnt plan to stop By Sharon Dunn A lifetime of civil disobedience Father Carl Kabat was born in 1933 in Scheller, Ill. He was ordained a priest in 1959. He has been protesting nuclear weapons much of his ...
  1 week ago

• Defund and disobey the fascists...

  
  Life on Sleepy Creek in Words and Images — Authority: 157
  http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/the-second-american-revolution-defund-and-disobey-the-fascists.html
  1 week ago

• Why do certain attempts of “people power” revolutions fail?

  
  Resistance Studies — Authority: 109
  We have seen many political revolutions the last decades. According to many researchers there are some 30-40 succesful revolutions the last 30 years. For example the overthrough of Milosovic in Serbia, the breakdown of apartheid in South Africa after a massive international and domestic anti-apartheid movement did ...
  1 week ago

• It’s Not My First Rodeo

  
  Yo Mama For Obama — Authority: 122
  Thanks go to my husband for this phrase “It’s not my first rodeo.”  Allow me to elaborate.Been there, done that.  As I get older in years and longer in the tooth, I find a bit of wisdom attached to those scars of life.  The insight is totally worth it.  I might not look so hot [...]
  1 week ago

• What do we do if Deathcare passes?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  If this nightmare passes, what Alinsky, civil disobedience tactics can we use to overturn it? Voting these creeps out is only part of the solution. Even if we took control of congress in 2010, we would need a veto proof majority to overturn it. Unlikely, I suspect. We need to do what the libtards do when they want to ...
  1 week ago

• The Energy Crisis: A Conversation with Jonathan Schell About Invigorating the Climate Movement

  
  The Indypendent — Authority: 506
  Last June was the 27th anniversary of one of the largest protests in history, when upwards of one million people gathered on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park to rally against nuclear weapons while the U.N. held a Special Session on Disarmament. Two days later 1,600 demonstrators were involved in acts of ...
  1 week ago

• Solidarity Sit-ins Spread! Resources for your own event

  
  It's Getting Hot In Here — Authority: 656
  Last night 19 people sat down in the conference center were the UN negotiations were held and began reading the names of over 11 million people who have joined the call for a fair, ambitious and legally binding deal. I stayed with them in support for what turned out to be one of the most memorable nights of my life. ...
  1 week ago

• Climate Talks Held Hostage!

  
  It's Getting Hot In Here — Authority: 656
  Greenpeace Rescue Unit on Scene! December 17, 2009 Washington, D.C., United States — Greenpeace activists and emergency vehicles descend on the Chamber of Commerce in response to a climate emergency. This global warming crime scene was quickly taped off by Greenpeace activists as a hostage negotiator ...
  1 week ago

• Telling Lies about Sheikh Jarrah

  
  Live From Occupied Palestine — Authority: 405
  In June 2008, I wrote an article called Telling Lies about Bilin in which I outlined how the Israeli military, assisted by Israels corporate Zionist media lied about a peaceful non-violent demonstration in the Palestinian village of Bilin, depicting it as violent in order to justify the Israeli Occupation Forces use ...
  1 week ago

• The Birth of a Global Climate Justice Movement

  
  Resistance Studies — Authority: 109
  During the UN Climate Conference COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, we have seen the birth a Global Climate Justice Movement. The conferences goes on, dissidence is articulated inside the conference and links with the protests on the streets. The Climate Justice Movement has activities both inside and outside the official ...
  1 week ago

• Clashes In Copenhagen Make Sense

  
  Diamond Cut Life — Authority: 120
  I’m penning just a short post today before I take the bus into downtown Portland for meetings on transportation options. (Happily, it appears that the statewide/interstate rideshare project we’ve been working on for a long time will officially be granted its funding today.) As the world’s climate talks in ...
  1 week ago

• Between Equality and Diversity: The Rule of Law, Except When…

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 482
  One of the principles of liberal democracies is the equality before the law . The law shouldn’t protect or harm some citizens more than others (and to some extent this even applies to non-citizens within the jurisdiction of the democracy ). The law applies equally to all . Diversity This principle, however, ...
  1 week ago

• Free Frank! More History of OB and the Rag

  
  OB Rag Blog — Authority: 133
  Today a good friend sent us a tidbit that he found tucked away in his morgue file, and that got me sidetracked in a real fun way....Frank has written a lot of historical pieces on Ocean Beach (click on HISTORY up there in the navigation bar, you wont be sorry) and in my opinion this article needs to be part of the ...
  1 week ago

• A Child Is Born In Bukavu

  
  Mormon Matters — Authority: 130
  A Christmas message, by today’s guest poster, mormongandhi.A child is born in BukavuA child is born in Bukavu, and sadness fills his mother’s heart… Bukavu is not the city of David. It is a town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. War has been ravaging the country for years. Ever since ...
  1 week ago

• Resistance at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen Dec 2010

  
  Resistance Studies — Authority: 109
  During the coming days, from Saturday until the end of next week, there will be several demonstrations, civil disobedience actions and other forms of resistance in Copenhagen at the COP-15 Climate Summit. Major demonstrations are expected, a blockade of the harbor of Copenhagen is happening on Sunday and is organized ...
  2 weeks ago

• Christians and Civil Disobedience

  
  No Apologies — Authority: 146
  By Neil Dykstra American evangelical figurehead Chuck Colson and several other Christian scholars recently issued a manifesto outlining several key Christian beliefs, and invited all Christians across the country to sign it. This document is called the Manhattan Declaration , and has been signed by over a hundred ...
  2 weeks ago

• Prostitutes Await U.N. Climate Delegates, While Steel Cages Await Protesters

  
  The Indypendent — Authority: 506
  As the U.N. Copenhagen climate talks began yesterday, a series of strict new laws went into effect. Danish police now have sweeping power to preemptively arrest protesters, enact harsh fines and dole out extended sentences for those engaging in civil disobedience. According to The New York Times , holding ...
  2 weeks ago

• More Sit-Ins for Single-Payer, Thurs. Dec. 10th

  
  Dollars & Sense blog — Authority: 420
  The Mobilization for Health Care for All , about which we have blogged several times, is having another Day of Action for single-payer this Thursday, December 10th, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. I hope some regular D&S blog visitors can participate in these sit-ins! Here is the ...
  2 weeks ago

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