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By Heidi Swarts In his post Gary Adler argues that the congruence of “religious person” and “activist” cannot be assumed. Paul Lichterman also suggested that mainline Protestants and others who may not “make their Christian identity the center of their … Continue reading →
by Frida Berrigan. Thanksgiving was yesterday. I ate turkey and picked at some tofurkey and lots of mashed potatoes and stuffing. My father-in-law can rock a pecan pie and I made myself silly over it. It seems almost trite, historically amnesiatic and definitely retro to focus on the “thanks” in Thanksgiving, given that the holiday
by Frida Berrigan. Thanksgiving was yesterday. I ate turkey and picked at some tofurkey and lots of mashed potatoes and stuffing. My father-in-law can rock a pecan pie and I made myself silly over it. It seems almost trite, historically amnesiatic and definitely retro to focus on the “thanks” in Thanksgiving, given that the holiday Has been sent: Yes Country: ...
by Ken Butigan. In the United States the Thanksgiving holiday is upon us, which gets me to thinking: What would a nonviolent thanksgiving look like? Naturally, I google “thanksgiving” and “nonviolence” and get a spate of web pages promoting tofurkey. (There seems to be an organized campaign afoot this year to get as many letters
by Anna Lekas Miller. Yesterday, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire following seven days of violence, including a large-scale Israeli assault on Gaza. Over the course of eight days, there were 157 Palestinian deaths and more than 1,000 injuries. Most of the Israeli soldiers on the front lines of this operation — flying planes, 
by Bryan Farrell. “CLOSED. Happy Thanksgiving,” read a handwritten plywood sign propped against a makeshift tire barrier outside a work site for the Keystone XL pipeline in rural East Texas. For those who had come to protest and engage in civil disobedience against the pipeline’s construction, the message made clear that their visit was expected.
Nima Sharif, openDemocracy, November 14, 2012Elections in Iran have never been a genuine opportunity for the people to decide their own destiny, however, in the current state of the regime, the next election could once again pave the way for another pu...
Abebe Gellaw, Abugida Info, November 18, 2012Though Ethiopian Muslims are waging their struggle in a religious context, they are showing us that nonviolent struggle is not "impossible" but a "force more powerful" to crack, stress out and eventually dis...
IPS News, November 19, 2012They've battled police in the streets and they've challenged authority the courts. Now, faced with staggering increases in fines for unauthorised demonstrations, Azerbaijani opposition activists are turning to Facebook to get...
Sara Moreira, Global Voices, November 16, 2012The general strike of November 14, 2012, in Portugal, brought once again the crowds to the streets across the country, to take a stand against growing austerity. The real motivations for people to demonstra...
Marielle Temkin, The Justice, November 20, 2012While Bil'in was the first village to start these organized nonviolent demonstrations, Burnat says that the idea has spread to about 20 other villages near Bil'in. "Since 2005, we have had 1,300 injured an...
by Nadine Bloch. You’ve heard it before: The Internet has revolutionized organizing. It brought you the Arab Spring, the Indignados and Occupy. But it has also produced legions of armchair clicktivists — those who only participate online and won’t budge off their butts. While there is, of course, truth in both the half-full and half-empty
Is it possible to love others when one is unloving to one’s self? Is it possible to truly have compassion if one does not allow for self-compassion? Can we truly seek to change the world making it more loving, just, and nonviolent if many people do...
by Mai Huong Ngo. Today, my husband will spend his 59th birthday far from his two children. We won’t be celebrating with our usual traditions: a modest cake, the quiet dinner at a restaurant, a reading from his many love letters. Instead, he sits in a Vietnamese jail cell, charged with “attempting to overthrow the
by A. Daniel Roth. I spent Thursday afternoon in Ashkelon, Israel, just a few kilometers from the border with Gaza. It’s a city that has lived under the threat of rocket attacks for many years. That day, by 4 p.m. the streets were empty. The mall was closed, and the few people I did see
