Tag: nonviolence
Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines—creative action was off the charts...
In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.
What I learned about nonviolence from Tony Soprano
Through the eyes of an organizer, “The Sopranos” offers many lessons in navigating power and how to wield it.
50 years ago, the Pentagon Papers’ success hinged on a personal...
Without the friendships he forged in the antiwar movement, Daniel Ellsberg might not have found the courage and support he needed to help end the Vietnam War.
Nonviolence and trust
This week I joined others from my town in a State Department initiative called City Pair; in this case, "pairing" Portland, Oregon...
Nonviolence or nonexistence? The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Reverend King posed the fundamental choice of our time: nonviolence or nonexistence. What is your choice?
Punishment is Violent and Counterproductive
Punishment can sometimes appear to get you the outcome you want in the short term. The cost is that it always moves you further away from any desirable outcome in the long run.
Gandhi: ‘My Life is My Message’
Each of us has a choice. We can stand aside in the great fight for survival in which humanity is now engaged. Or we can be involved. What is your choice?
Nonviolent Revolt in the Twenty-First Century
“If you also wish to be part of the worldwide movement to end violence in all of its forms, you are welcome to sign the online pledge of ‘The People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World’.”
Yes to Assertive, No to Aggressive
“We are humans—we have great big brains that are hard-wired for all possible responses, from violent to nonviolent, which makes us the unique species neurologically capable of infinite, illimitable choice. Let’s be wise about it.”
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He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The...
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.
US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none
Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
Judge dismisses the last January 6 case, writing that absolving the Oath Keepers is...
The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.
Welcome to Dawn’s Barbecue: the Epstein files in a time of war
A meditation, part essay and part poem, on what the files show about power, impunity and the ease with which the harm of innocents is absorbed.
A Gnarly Situation: High-Elevation Discovery Raises New Questions About Which California Trees Will Survive...
Birds may have been burying Jeffrey pine seeds up high for thousands of years. But now that they’re sprouting, this new species of subalpine tree may change the playing field.