4.02 nonviolent direct action

Obama: Fully Fund HIV-AIDS. Protesters die-in at Social Forum 2010 (with video)

According to HealthGap, a new study published in Lancet shows that treatment with anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) decreased likelihood of transmission of HV by 92%.

Despite this finding, the Obama Administration is failing to live up to it's promises to fully find HIV-AIDS prevention and treatment worldwide. Without more funding, millions of people will die, unnecessarily, from HIV-AIDS. In New York, Governor Patterson is threatening to veto a law providing housing assistance to people with AIDS.

Worker Solidarity After the Work is Gone: The Story of Fuerza Unida

San Antonio, TX, 2006. Petra Mata and Viola Casares, co-directors of Fuerza Unida. Photo: Storycorps (www.storycorps.org)
Authors: Alyson Lie

Summary:"I remember when we had our first protests we used to hide our faces behind the poster boards because we were nervous and embarrassed."

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Warlords at Home and Abroad: Learning from US Mistakes in Central Asia

Authors: Joseph Gerson

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"Everywhere I went after 9/11...I urged that warlords should not be empowered, that disarming the militias was a priority task for US forces, and that developing Afghan agriculture to ward off poppy cultivation should be a priority…."

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Obama Contends President is Beyond Review: Asserts Powers More Sweeping than those Claimed by Bush

Witness Against Torture stands vigil outside the U.S. Supreme Court on December 5, 2007, as the Court hears the oral arguments for Al Odah and Boumediene. Photo: www.witnesstorture.org
Authors: Mark Wilson

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If a president is allowed to hide executive actions without review, the president becomes a dictator.

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Social Media Fueling Moldovan Protests

Candlelight vigil protesting election fraud in Moldova. Photo, Sibiu, Moldova, April 7, 2009, Aurelian Sandulescu, http://www.flickr.com/photos/43008843@N00/3422186580/in/set-72157616475654208
Authors: Daniel Bennett

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Countering perceived election fraud, despite zero coverage by national media.

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Despite the Violence, Peace Broke Out: Reflections on the Nonviolent Blockades of NATO in Strasbourg

The nonviolent blockade of the north access road, organized by NATO-ZU/Shudown NATO, Strasbourg France, April 4, 2009, PHOTO: POR CMI-SANTIAGO / MEDIACTIVISTA VIA FLICKR
Authors: Andreas Speck

Summary:

Creative nonviolent activists succeeded in blocking roads to the official summit.

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Ingredients for Failure: NATO, Violence, and the Demonstrations in Strasbourg

The Strasbourg police tried to ban peace flags, a ban that was upheld by a local French court. If you outlaw peace, will only outlaws have peace?   Strasbourg, France, April 4, 2009 Anti-NATO  demonstration.   PHOTO: JOS VAN ZETTEN VIA FLICKR
Authors: Diana Johnstone

Summary:

The violent factions: NATO and the members of the black block, stole the show.

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Uprooting the System: Reflections on the Strategic Use of People Power

Protester against corporate globalization and patenting seed varieties, Seattle WTO meeting, November 1999 Photo: Spinnerin via Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ame/162825118/
Authors: David Solnit

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We need to articulate people-power-based strategies or folks will de-mobilize every election cycle.

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Egyptian Activist Twitters to Freedom: Wael Abbas Used Cell Phone from Custody to Mobilize Support

Egyptian blogger and activist, Wael Abbas, PHOTO: CAIRO, JUNE 18, 2008, E. ZARWAN VIA FLICKR
Authors: Wael Abbas

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I received solidarity messages from China to Argentina.

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Zimbabwe's Health Crisis Explodes: Is Democracy a Dream Deferred?

Zimbabwean Poster
Authors: Imani Countess

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A shaky coalition government tries to rescue the country from collapse.

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