4.02.03 crossing legal lines

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

Zimbabwean Poster
Authors: Imani Countess

Summary:

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

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Air Shows and Resistance

Viginia Beach, VA, September 19, 2008. Members of the Norfolk, VA Catholic Worker commit civil disobedience during an air show at the Oceana Naval Air Base. Photo: Jonah House
Authors: Steve Baggarly

Summary:Unmentioned anywhere was the sole purpose of all the assembled high-tech weaponry on display.

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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

Summary:

The Republican Party Host Committee bribed St. Paul to violate protesters' rights. The city, and Homeland Security, complied.

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From the Editor's Desk

Outside a bookstore in Beijing, China, February 2006. Photo: J. SAMUEL B.
Authors: Sam Diener

Summary:

Peacework Co-Editor Sam Diener reviews Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement by Fergus Bordewich and comments on the themes of this issue.

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The Burmese Cyclone, Nonviolent Action, and the Responsibility to Empower

Pushing the relief truck out of the mud, photo: Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Patrick Meier

Summary:

It is not acceptable to let regimes like Burma's dictate the rules of humanitarian intervention.

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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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Live Blogging from the School of the Americas Protest 2006

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Authors: Sam Diener

Summary:

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The School of the Americas (SOA, now officially known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation or WHINSEC) trains Latin American military officers. Over the decades, graduates of the school have been responsible for committing atrocities.

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Reclaiming Nonviolence from Gandhian Puritanism

Authors: Starhawk

Summary:

We can learn from suffering — if we are truly going to change the world, we probably can’t avoid it — but let’s not venerate it.

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