4.02.02 un-permitted marches

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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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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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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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

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Truth crushed to earth will rise again.

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

Authors: Larry Dansinger Sam Diener

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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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The Pakistan Emergency: Letter from a Local Activist

Demonstrators with flowers
Authors: Abira Ashfaq

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The lawyers' demands shook the core of the military establishment.

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