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Tag Archives: Nonviolence
The History of Violent Protest in Colorado Springs, in a Nutshell.
GET THIS. I heard a reverend-person yesterday lecturing newish activists about their need for nonviolence training, which she was volunteering to lead. She was also offering rubber wristbands for her graduates to wear at demonstrations, so that police could differentiate … Continue reading
The frequently cited St Paul Principles had their time and place: ST PAUL
In my circle they’re called “Saint Paul’s Principles” because my colleagues think the edicts are Catholic I guess. The St Paul Principles came from St Paul Minnesota, circa 2008, and were formally adopted by the varied groups organizing to disrupt … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged Black Bloc, Nonviolence, Occupy, OWS, St Paul Principles, St. Paul
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Did Kyle Lawrence represent Occupy CS, as its attention-hangers-on assert?
COLO. SPRINGS– Poor Kyle. Not only is the newly suspected-arsonist in a hospital burn unit with third degree burns, but his until-recent colleagues are now laughing at his clumsiness and are belittling his motives. “What did his vandalism accomplish?” –his … Continue reading
Posted in Local News
Tagged Arson, Colorado Springs, Kyle Lawrence, Nonviolence, Occupy, political prisoners, Protest
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Patrick Henry’s priest would’ve favored Give me liberty, or give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.
Some juxtaposition, don’t you think? Patrick Henry’s call to arms Give me liberty or give me death mashed up with the Goddamn Serenity Prayer: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change … Continue reading
Posted in Info Virus
Tagged American Revolution, Nonviolence, Patrick Henry, Resistance, Revolution
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First they ignore you then they laugh at you, Oakland’s got no further than that.
The brutality of the Oakland Police against #OccupyOakland and Iraq vet Scott Olsen is prompting many to measure their eminent victory with ol’ Gandhi’s hopeful adage: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then … Continue reading
Posted in Semantics
Tagged Mahatma Gandhi, Nonviolence, Occupy Oakland, occupywallstreet, police brutality, Police State
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If it weren’t for the nonviolence sneaks
In honor of Oct 2, the International Day of Nonviolence, which hardly any government of the world honors IN DEED, especially the league of NATO and USA’s coalition of the killing. I thought I’d perseverate further on the role nonviolent … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Activism, Dissent, Dogma, Nonviolence, Protest, Religion
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Want a depressing laugh? See what’s passing for direct action strategy
It begins: “Nonviolence is a great power which, when used correctly, can overturn empires.” You see the hole they’ve dug for themselves… For your reading enjoyment, here’s the entire of the Metta Center’s nonviolence page, unedited, gross assumptions, emphasized. “Overturn … Continue reading
Posted in Info Virus
Tagged Bullshit, Nonviolence, Protest, Revolution, Social Change
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#OccupyDenver gains speed in spite of counterrevolutionaries hitting brakes
You can point the finger at the angry Anarchists, or at the nonviolence biddies who refuse to mingle, but in the end the Occupy Denver General Assembly emerged unscathed. At issue was the third of the St Paul principles, that … Continue reading
Chicago G8 protest planners offer city guarantees of usual ineffectual actions
Organizers meeting today to plan against next year’s G8 summit in Chicago hit the ground running –backward. On Friday a spokesperson for one of the coalition partners offered this assurance to the Chicago Tribune: “Our goal is a legal, permitted, … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged Activism, Antiwar, Chicago, Code Pink, G8, Nonviolence, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Protest, United National Antiwar Committee
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Organize, but think outside the school
I love this graphic, it’s clever, it’s instructional, sort of. It offers at least the illusion of parity in a big fish eats little fish world. Because you know, it’s not going to work unless one of the little fishies … Continue reading
Posted in Found Art
Tagged Activism, Labor Unions, Nonviolence, Regicide, Revolution, Unions
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Uncle Sam wants you to pledge you’ll only resist his violence nonviolently
At Juneteenth this weekend, I saw the local Justice & Peace table being manned by young graduates of its “Peace Camp.” I resisted asking them if their religio- pacifist training was being extended to corporations and oligarchs, or was nonviolence … Continue reading
Nonviolence works, but Jesus saves
How is an antiwar message advocating a metaphysical ideal any different than saying that My God is better than Yours? My pacifist colleagues have distilled their protest slogan to “Nonviolence Works” which I believe is as provable as “Jesus Saves.” … Continue reading
In the struggle for Middle East land, Palestinian violence will always win
Israel can build all the new settlements it wants, take heart, it only takes one horrific Tate-Labianca-like crime scene to curb the Zionist homecoming charade. Israel can terrorize Gaza to smithereens, the Palestinians have nowhere to flee. American Jews on … Continue reading
Posted in Info Virus
Tagged Gaza, Gilad Schalit, Israel, Middle East, Nonviolence, Occupation, Palestine, Peace, Peace Process, PLO, Resistance, settlers, Violence, West Bank
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Egypt’s protesters are owed 302 lives
After Hosni Mubarak did his best last night to bite his thumb at his gaping-mouthed subjects, the heart of humanity aches in anticipation of the potential of angry bloodshed Friday in the streets of Cairo. Egypt’s JAN25 organizers have so … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Jan25, Nonviolence, Revolution, Tahrir Square, Violence
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Power already knows the truth
As the election nears, I recall Ward Churchill’s rejection of a modern activist’s purported objective, “speaking truth to power,” as left-leaning voices speak up to validate the Democratic Party’s inherent claim to represent what the Republicans do not. As if … Continue reading
Posted in Semantics
Tagged Activism, Democratic Party, Nonviolence, Protest, Ward Churchill
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Religious nonviolence is a death cult
Reading about the media/police snap to judgment on the Palmdale CA, Queen Marisol Girls prayer picnic, I had to wonder what behavior defines a “death cult.” Trotting off to the park to chant prayers and submit to a rapture sounds … Continue reading
Posted in Local News
Tagged Anti-Religious, Cult, Nonviolence, Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission, Reyna Marisol Chicas
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Nonviolence is the refuge of cowards
I say this with the full authority of my own personal experience: nonviolence is for cowards. When push has come to shove, I stepped to the sidewalk but I am so full of admiration for those who stayed in the … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Bastille Day, French Revolution, Nonviolence, Protest, reform, Revolution, Social Justice, Socialism, The Enlightenment, Violence
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Which was more awesome: power of nonviolence, or right of self-defense?
Give praise to Allah where praise is due As the Freedom Flotilla made its slow approach last week, a popular Huffpo article pronounced the convoy a testament to the awesome power of nonviolence. That sentiment went about as viral … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines
Tagged Free Gaza Movement, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Mahatma Gandhi, MLK, Muslim Brotherhood, Nelson Mandela, Nonviolence, Rachel Corrie
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Thinking outside the bomb, in the box
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOMB is a clever antiwar appropriation of Taco Bell’s inventive twist, but since when does imitation break from a box? And does “the bomb” mean what it used to? By the look of their logo, the TOTB … Continue reading
Martin Luther King Day marks his death
MLK 2010- The memory of Martin Luther King Jr. has been cuffed and confined as well as if it had been assassinated. The dream he had of empowerment for the powerless is frozen now en memoriam, neutralized, the masses left … Continue reading
Sticks and stones can hurt Berlusconi
Wounded premier kept for four days in the hospital. At a young age we’re taught to pretend that words cannot hurt us like sticks and stones. Later we accord to words more power even than paper, scissors, rock –those of … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Massimo Tartaglia, Nonviolence, Silvio Berlusconi, Violence
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Pacifism versus Resistance, facing death
Who can begrudge Palestinians for resisting annihilation ? Our PC ideal would be to resist with nonviolence, bare your chest and dare the IDF soldiers to kill you. But they will, and as Israel has forbidden foreign cameras, who will … Continue reading
Posted in Sight-Bites
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Nonviolence, Palestine, Palestinians, Protest, Resistance
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American death squads and torture in Somalia
Why are Americans so uninterested in what their government does in their name in Somalia? We certainly have shit loads of good liberal folk running around in circles demanding that the US government intervene militarily in Sudan, do we not? … Continue reading
