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There Are No More Secrets Here: Medical Professionals Protest Being Denied Entry to Gaza

Erez Crossing, Israel, October 26, 2008. Rally to protest Israel's denial of entry permits to dozens of medical and psychiatric professionals trying to attend a conference in Gaza. Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org
Authors: Alice Rothchild MD

Summary:We have traveled from all over the world to present research and to exchange ideas on the consequences of the ongoing trauma to the men, women, and children living in Gaza and to discuss how best to meet their clinical needs.

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There is Not Only Violence in Iraq: The La Onf Week of Nonviolence Takes Hold Across the Country

Volunteers from LaOnf, a network of nonviolence advocates in Iraq, visited schools and exchanged soccer balls for war toys (www.laonf.net)
Authors: September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

Summary:

In these places, the simple act of gathering in public to make a statement of nonviolence and unity took tremendous courage.

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Silence the Violence: A Healing Vigil in Oakland

Authors: The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

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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
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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