Category Archives: nonviolence

Occupy and the Great Pool Jump

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Occupy and the Great Pool Jump”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOccupy didn’t go away. MoveOn.org, just one of several big name organizations now swept up in Occupy, is training people in civil disobedience. I have to say I saw this coming, and … Continue reading →

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Bahrain is Not Syria

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Bahrain is Not Syria”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWatch Bahraini police fire tear gas in response to Molotov cocktails. Bahrain’s uprising is just as legitimate and real as any in the world, but this is not a nonviolent protest; and Bahrain’s government … Continue reading →

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Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Author Chris Hedges has been an important figure in the peace party’s revolt against the Obama administration’s war policy since 2009. His bona fides … Continue reading →

Posted in Movement Politics, nonviolence, Occupy America | Tagged anarchism, black bloc, chris hedges | 2 Comments

Occupy Valley Forge

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Occupy Valley Forge”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail While nonpartisan frustration with the direction of occupation protests had begun to mount, the movement was already planning an organized retreat to Winter quarters. In an essay on activism as kulturkampf, Micah White writes at Adbusters: … Continue reading →

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Occupy for the Little Guy

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Occupy for the Little Guy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is the most encouraging possible transition for Occupy protests to make. Decamping the parks and bivouacking in the front yards of fraudulent-foreclosure victims brings the activism right to Main Street, USA, where the … Continue reading →

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Winter Soldiers

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Winter Soldiers”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFourth in a series of half-hour documentaries about progressive organizing, “Winter Soldiers” is an inside look at a frozen Thermopylae for the peace movement. In front of the White House on December 16, 2010, Veterans For … Continue reading →

Posted in Kulturkampf, nonviolence, Organizing, Peace Movement, Saturday Afternoon TV, video | Tagged civil disobedience, protest, veterans for peace | Leave a comment

Obama and Police Brutality

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Obama and Police Brutality”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I understand why Occupy protesters mic checked the president about police abuse: a presidential statement might carry great moral weight while confronting local power. Also, the movement has mic checked everyone else — … Continue reading →

Posted in nonviolence, Obama's Speeches, Occupy America | 5 Comments

What Thoreau, Gandhi and MLK Really Meant about Non-Violent Protest

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “What Thoreau, Gandhi and MLK Really Meant about Non-Violent Protest”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Emilia 1956 It’s not vocal, it’s not as dramatic as a cracked head and it’s not manning the barricades of the communes Les Miserables-style. However, what UCal … Continue reading →

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In the Free Speech Zone at the School of the Americas Watch

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “In the Free Speech Zone at the School of the Americas Watch”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is what democracy looks like: so endangered we need free speech zones to protect it. Inside you will find veterans and faith-based organizations alongside idealistic … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization, Kulturkampf, nonviolence, Original Video, Peace Movement, video | 2 Comments

Nothing Left To Lose

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Nothing Left To Lose”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Mayor Bloomberg should try reading his own newswire before pontificating on the innocence of Wall Street. If he wants to know why Americans are willing to face pepper spray and batons, he need … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Law of Unintended Consequences, nonviolence, Occupy America | Tagged bloomberg, NYC, nypd, occupy wall street | Leave a comment

Morning Awful: Busting Heads

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Busting Heads”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThey know not what they do. “They” being Wall Street and their tool Mayor Bloomberg, whose mass arrests last night to clear Zuccotti Park will only enlarge the movement. The NYPD apparently brought out … Continue reading →

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