By Eric Stoner The 10-year anniversary for the movement that sprung up against the war in Iraq is on the horizon, and it presents an opportune time to reflect on its progress, and more importantly, the lessons that can be … Continue reading →
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By Eric Stoner The 10-year anniversary for the movement that sprung up against the war in Iraq is on the horizon, and it presents an opportune time to reflect on its progress, and more importantly, the lessons that can be … Continue reading →
by Ladd Everitt. When 24-year-old James Holmes walked into the Century Aurora 16 movie theater last week, he was prepared for war. For starters, he was armored. He wore a ballistic helmet, a gas mask, body armor, metal shin guards, ballistic leggings and armored boots. He was also armed to the teeth. He had two
Mohamed Nasheed, Huffington Post, July 19, 2012Since February, the Maldives has been in a political tailspin: the new regime has launched a violent crackdown, arresting over 700 pro-democracy activists who have been protesting for early elections and t...
Last week, July 19, 2012, Congress overwhelmingly passed the 2013 Defense Authorization resolution, approving another $607 billion for a combination of 'base budget' and wars-in-progress. The execrable vote, 326-90, including almost every R and mo...
Jose Ramos-Horta, The Daily Beast, July 17, 2012For the Syrians fighting for freedom and democracy, allow some unsolicited advice from a fellow freedom-fighter, someone who has been there. First: fight on, with the full strength of your faith. But do n...
Walden Bello, Toward Freedom, July 19, 2012The country has definitely taken steps toward democracy, but these are baby steps, and "democratization" may not be the right word for the current process. Power continues to be tightly concentrated in the mil...
Rawa Gafar Bakhit, openDemocracy, July 19, 2012Women have led and participated in #SudanRevolts protests, the first of which was by female students of the University of Khartoum. Women leaders and members within the new youth movements are also playing...
Gene Sharp, Narco News, July 19, 2012In recent weeks, Sharp's small East Boston office has been deluged by emails, phone calls, snail mail and even an online petition drive from citizens of yet another country who seem willing to embark upon a civil re...
Last week Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick’s post drew our attention to news of India’s National Human Rights Commission calling out a local government for its remarkable decision to order protesters to seek professional counselling. Over at my own blog I focused on the … Continue reading →
by Kirsten Han. The people of Hong Kong were introduced to Li Wangyang in early June when a television interview was broadcast two days before the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. A glass worker by trade, Li had been a union leader and supporter of the 1989 Tiananmen protests, and was in and
Conflicts can be analyzed, they can be understood. Johan Galtung (2004, p. 7)Why would we pull a computer apart and try to fix it without trying to understand what parts might be designed to perform which function? Yes, like taking a look under th...
A Response to the Aurora Tragedy … http://t.co/XuUZ5zLn # Meet Nancy Kahn at our July 28 teachers' retreat in Berkeley… … http://t.co/6gCLnL2Z # Attention all peace-team trainers … http://t.co/aq7X7nJE #
A Response to the Aurora Tragedy … http://t.co/XuUZ5zLn
I want to make an offer to my fellow Americans who are, like myself, reeling from the worst “random” shooting the country has ever seen. My question: Have you had enough? Because if you have, I can tell you how to stop this kind of madness. I know that’s a bold claim, but this is not a time for small measures. We cannot fix this tomorrow, because we didn’t cause it yesterday. We have been building up to this domestic holocaust since – to take one milestone – television was made available to the general public at the conclusion...
Many of my favorite childhood memories are of being outside. My dad, teaching me how to be silent as we watched a herd of deer in a beautiful green meadow in the mountains of Colorado; playing imaginary worlds by the river that ran by our home in N...
According to Pew Research, white men care more about gun rights than keeping guns out of the hands of killers. What is our glitch, our spiritual void, my fellow white guys? Can nothing but our fear and lust for unearned power rule this land? Will no am...
