4.02 nonviolent direct action

The Suchitoto 13: An Update from El Salvador

February, 2007. ''Women demand the repeal of the anti-terrorist law.'' Seven hundred Salvadorans made a three-day march from Suchitoto to San Salvador for the freedom of the "Suchitoto 13," political prisoners detained under an El Salvador law modeled on
Authors: Cristina Damon

Summary:In the year following the arrest of fourteen social movement activists in Suchitoto, there have been gains for the Salvadoran social movement; however, there have also been significant losses.

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Air Shows and Resistance

Viginia Beach, VA, September 19, 2008. Members of the Norfolk, VA Catholic Worker commit civil disobedience during an air show at the Oceana Naval Air Base. Photo: Jonah House
Authors: Steve Baggarly

Summary:Unmentioned anywhere was the sole purpose of all the assembled high-tech weaponry on display.

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Repression at the Republican Convention: The Criminalization of Dissent

Anti-war demonstration in St. Paul, MN, September 4, 2008. photo: Zoe Prinds-Flash
Authors: Tom Good

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The Republican Party Host Committee bribed St. Paul to violate protesters' rights. The city, and Homeland Security, complied.

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Singing in Spite of Fear: Overcoming Violence at the Republican National Convention

Graffiti on St. Paul street with police van. Photo: Tromas Bronot
Authors: Starhawk

Summary:

We have two great instincts: to stay safe, and to get into the action.

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March on Ballot Boxes to Eradicate Poverty: King on Combining Direct Action & Suffrage

Authors: Jr. Martin Luther King

Summary:

Truth crushed to earth will rise again.

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In Memory of Saudi Feminist Blogger Hadeel Alhodaif

Authors: HAMSA

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Anti-TortureActivists Convicted: Guantánamo Prison Put On Trial

The thirty five defendants stand in front of Superior Court, Photo: Bill Ofenlach, www.witnesstorture.org
Authors: Frida Berrigan

Summary:

We have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous.

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The Burmese Cyclone, Nonviolent Action, and the Responsibility to Empower

Pushing the relief truck out of the mud, photo: Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Patrick Meier

Summary:

It is not acceptable to let regimes like Burma's dictate the rules of humanitarian intervention.

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Stop the Killing: Arab Activists Call for Ending the Death Penalty in Arab Countries

Egyptian labor bloggers Hossam el-Hamalawy and Kareem el-Beheiry. Kareem was jailed from April to early June 2008 after promoting and covering an April 6 general strike (partially organized via Facebook!) and ongoing independent labor union activism cente
Authors: Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Summary:

Sharia'a law insists that room be left for forgiveness and reconciliation.

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A Politics of Inclusion: An Interview with Egyptian Democracy Advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Following a fire in the Qale't el-Kabsh slum of Cairo, residents were promised replacement housing and compensation, but many received nothing. After a prosecutor told residents and the Egyptian Center for Housing Rights that they would not pursue
Authors: Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Summary:

Women got upset and marched to the Royal Palace. The King called me and said, 'Saad, do you see what is happening?' I said, 'Yes, but that is democracy, your Majesty.'

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