December 8, 2016 Here in Kabul, I’m generally an early riser at the home of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, but I’m seldom alone. Facing exams, my young friends awaken early and then stay up lateContinue reading
Category: Nonviolent Resistance Actions
Something to Teach Us About Living Well
As efforts to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline grow, communities across the country are hearing from activists on their return from North Dakota and sending off fresh teams to lend support. The author believesContinue reading
Where to Turn
In July 1941, Albert Einstein, ten months a US citizen, wrote Eleanor Roosevelt asking her, as First Lady, to raise with the president the matter of lifting bureaucratic hurdles so that Jewish refugees threatened by Hitler’s finalContinue reading
“My vote is for disarmament, and yesterday was my early vote.”
– an update from Steve Baggarly on his protest at Oceana Naval Air Station – Friends, Thank you so much for the support and prayers as I went to court yesterday. I ended up pleadingContinue reading
Policies of Exclusion Challenged Across the Board and Across the Border
On the morning of Oct. 8, a group of US veterans who were deported to Mexico, in some cases after having fought in U.S. wars, congregated in Plaza Ochoa, Nogales, Sonora. They were joined byContinue reading
Zaytouna-Oliva taken in International Waters Whereabouts of Participants Unknown
Zaytouna-Oliva taken in International Waters Whereabouts of Participants Unknown This afternoon, the Women’s Boat to Gaza was making good progress to the shores and the women were emotional about meeting all the people in GazaContinue reading
Arrest at Oceana Naval Air Station by Steve Williams-Baggarly
Two weekends ago I was arrested at an Air Show at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach. Attached is a reflection on the show and the arrest. I have a November 7 court date and faceContinue reading
What Makes a Hate Group?
“As a matter of fact, you have had a person attend your protests in Camp Douglas who has threatened to kill our Deputies.” This piece of startling news was revealed to me in a letterContinue reading
Veterans against War
“How vast and how merciless is the nature of power, with what unbelievable cruelty people treat each other.” James Baldwin “War has become a permanent condition,” Andrew Bacevich declared during his talk at theContinue reading
My Visit to a Las Vegas Jail
“What happened to us was a shakedown by gangsters wearing police uniforms and judges’ robes, not for the sake of justice, but to maintain the civic infrastructure behind the glittering façade of Las Vegas withContinue reading