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The Indigenous Environmental Network and allies protested the Tar Sands gigaproject scheme in front of the Moon Palace in Cancun, where the UN climate negotiations are taking place. Frustrated Hatian presidential candidates led a march through Port-au-Prince capital Thursday to demand officials annul an election they say was tainted by fraud. About 150 students and
From Guardian Catholic League denounced Washington gallery because of sequence showing Jesus on cross being eaten by ants Christian activists have notched up an important victory in their attempt to cleanse the art world of what they see as offensive use of religious images by forcing the National Portrait Gallery in Washington to remove a video about
One week ago in our town of Portland, Oregon, a young man who apparently saw his mission as revenge allegedly tried to blow up more than 10,000 friendly families and individuals who were at Pioneer Courthouse Square for the annual Christmas tree lighti...
We’ve posted this in the past, but sometimes it helps me to re-read it: http://www.nonviolenceunited.org/2009/10/i-want-to-know-what-love-is/ :) m
Yesterday marked the 55th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to move to the “colored” section of a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her act of civil disobedience led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted for more than a year, until the US Supreme Court ruled segregated seating on public buses unconstitutional. On December 20,
Dear Friends, Many non-profits (or as we like to call them, social profits) take time in this Christmas season to reconnect with their friends and colleagues, share a few words about what the year has meant for them, and make an appeal for funds. But which of them can make the proud claim that their staff,
The words “irresponsible,” “reckless” and “dangerous” have been thrown around so much in connection with the Wikileaks release of State Department cables that I’m surprised the Daily Show hasn’t yet made one of its patented sound bite montages. Picture it, one right after the other: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Secretary of State Hillary
The US government is suffering from a rash of Wikileaks embarrassment, with many of our most unsavory bad manners revealed for the whole world to see. The US mainstream media has joined the howling mob of corporate and political forces eager to lock up...
In a new effort to teach young people about how to resolve problems without resorting to violence, students at Champlain College in Vermont have designed a video game called Breakaway, that uses soccer as a backdrop to get into some serious issues. As an recent Inter Press Service article explains: The game was released in
This what I just received from the US Department of Defense:DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of six soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Nov. 29, in Nanga...
Why haven’t I posted here in a month now? I’ve been working on a three-part article on Multilevel Selection Theory and collective action (which should be ready in a couple weeks) : Part I: the evolutionary logic of collective action Part II...
The theories of Conflict Resolution are related to those of Nonviolence, and are found in synthesis in many Native American practices and in many Native American leaders. The violence attributed correctly to Native Americans was the violence of the des...
Thousands of Greek journalists staged a nationwide strike on Tuesday to protest against wage cuts and lay-offs in their sector, hit by the recession as the country struggles to recover from a debt-crisis. A seven-day strike by Nigerian gas tanker drivers, which was launched on Monday to protest the Nov. 9 killing of a driver
Last August, during a visit with friends from Ireland, I learned that a great meteor shower was going to happen one night. So late that evening, we put out chairs, sat down on the New Mexico mesa and looked up at the night sky. On the mountaintop where...
Jamal Elshayyal, Al Jazeera, November 29, 2010For those who've been following the parliamentary elections in Egypt, Sunday's poll lived up to their expectations. Violence, vote rigging, police intimidation and widespread chaos. It was an epic show of d...
The Telegraph, November 24, 2010 Zoe Williams, 19, risked injury and put herself in between rioters and the van in Whitehall, outside the Treasury building in central London. The van was rocked by dozens of protesters and at one point came close to ...
