5.13 countering ageism, promoting generational justice

Reinstate Malalai Joya to Afghanistan's Parliament: Feminist Banned for Honesty

Joya at a UNIFEM conference, Photo: AfghanKabul, 2007

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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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Fighting Repression with Love: The Traumatic Effects on Women who Speak Out

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Instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, the government has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in peaceful demonstrations and protests, even peaceful ones.

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When Silence is Deadly: A Quaker Calls for Radical Nonviolence in Our Streets

Authors: Greg Williams

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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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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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How to Avoid Destroying Our Movements: On the death of SDS, Nonviolence, and the War

Meaghan Linick (right) of Newschool SDS, Iraq Moratorium, 2007. Photo Thomas Good/Next Left Notes
Authors: Mark Rudd

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We (the Weather Underground) did the FBI's work for them.

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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

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Reaching beyond the usual suspects.

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