4.01.05 pickets, marches, and rallies

Majora League:An Interview with Majora Carter, Founder of Sustainable South Bronx

Majora Carter
Authors: Majora Carter

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The debate has to examine how environmental improvements to low-income communities lift up the economy, the safety, and the morale - not just locally, but regionally and nationally.

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Silence the Violence: A Healing Vigil in Oakland

Mobilizing Mothers: Transmuting Rage & Sorrow into Peacemaking

Woman with Silence The Violence Sign
Authors: Tina Chéry

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We need to learn how to celebrate and develop our resilience. When we can do that, we bring life back into our lives and into the lives of our communities.

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Road Test: NY Activists Create a New Poor People's Campaign

Bushwick, NY, February 2008. A protest against a negligent landlord. PHOTO: Make the Road New York
Authors: Melony Swasey

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Make the Road New York is admired for its consensus-based, collective decision-making, an intensive process that builds strong, trusting relationships, leadership, and shared agreement among members.

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Remembering Tony Henry And a Generation of Leaders

Tony Henry, 1989. PHOTO: American Friends Service Committee
Authors: Keith Harvey

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We need to remember that the dream was not just Dr. King's, but belongs to the many, many people who gave their time, their energy -- even their lives -- to achieve this powerful vision.

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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

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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

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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

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

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How Student Radicals Can Be Relevant: Athens, OH SDS Scores Victories -- Sealed with a Pinkie-Swear

Demonstrators at Indonesian Consulate, NY Photo: www.etan.org

Summary:

Reaching beyond the usual suspects.

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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

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

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