4.01.04 vigils

One Way to Live a Pacifist Life: After 80 Years of Activism - WWII CO Ralph DiGia Dies

Ralph DiGia promoting war tax resistance on tax day, April 17, 2007. photo: Ed Hedemann
Authors: Judith Mahoney Pasternak

Summary:

The US Attorney referred him to the War Resisters League. He never left.

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How to Respond to Verbal Or Physical Violence at Vigils and Protests

Authors: Larry Dansinger Sam Diener

Summary:

Ralph was extricated from police kicks by a knot of rolling huggers.

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How to Deal with Pepper Spray at Protests

A medic assists a demonstrator in Rostock, Germany, June 2, 2007. Tens of thousands protested corporate globalization, war, and racism as the G8 (heads of state from the wealthiest eight countries) met. photo: Hughes Leglise-Bataille
Authors: Black Cross Health Collective

Summary:

Some methods, like Vaseline, once thought to help, actually make it worse.

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How to Highlight the Human and Economic Cost of the US war in Iraq

Eyes Wide Open Newark Photo Rezsa Mazaheri
Authors: Mary Zerkel

Summary:

One Day of the Iraq War = 84 New Elementary Schools.

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Tomato Pickers Organize to Improve Conditions: An Open Letter to Burger King and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange

Demonstrator in the rain
Authors: Clifton Kirkpatrick

Summary:

Boycott Burger King until it supports a penny per pound increase in wages.

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Consequences of War Enacted at Blackwater Headquarters

Shot-up car
Authors: Jonah House

Summary:

Activists staged a die-in to dramatize the bloody results of Blackwater's profits.

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Photojournalist Becomes Eyewitness: Beaten by Police in Zimbabwe after Prayer Vigil

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Authors: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi

Summary:

A senior police officer told us to wash off the blood. Was this out of sympathy or a desire to remove the evidence?

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Zimbabwean Dissidents Unite in Prayer for Peace

Authors: Women of Zimbabwe Arise

Summary:

The police officer said the meeting was banned. It was a prayer service, came the reply. "Who were you praying for?" "For you."

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