The Politics of the Antiwar Movement
And the Intractable Dilemma of International ANSWER Editor: Before the recent spate of antiwar protests, demonstrations and vigils surrounding the…
Author: Staff
Posted in: Organizing, Peace Movement
Best-known Peace Symbol Turns 50
By Kathryn Westcott / BBC News It started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement but it has…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Peace Movement
Origins of ‘April Fools Day’
For those tricksters in all of us, go here to a blog regarding the origins of April Fool’s Day.
Posted in: History
The “Iranian Crisis”: Danger and Opportunity
By William R. Polk / Informed Consent Cassandra and Yogi Berra are an unlikely pair, but I hear both of…
Posted in: Peace Movement, War and Peace
6 arrested for disrupting Chicago Easter Mass charged with felony
Staff March 31, 2008 0 Comments on 6 arrested for disrupting Chicago Easter Mass charged with felony
The six antiwar protesters who disrupted an Easter mass at a Chicago church and then who were arrested, were charged…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing, Peace Movement
80 year old protester arrested at NY mall for refusing to take off antiwar T-shirt
Staff March 31, 2008 2 Comments on 80 year old protester arrested at NY mall for refusing to take off antiwar T-shirt
LONG ISLAND, NY. An 80-year-old church deacon was removed from the Smith Haven Mall yesterday in a wheelchair and arrested…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing, Peace Movement
A View From the Right: “the Left’s escalating war on military recruiters”
Staff March 30, 2008 1 Comment on A View From the Right: “the Left’s escalating war on military recruiters”
(Ed.: I found this article fascinating, not for its rightwing perspective, but for its chronicle of antiwar and civil disobedient…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Eva Golinger’s “Bush v. Chavez, The Coming War on Venezuela” (book review)
Staff March 29, 2008 0 Comments on Eva Golinger’s “Bush v. Chavez, The Coming War on Venezuela” (book review)
by George Ciccariello-Maher / 24 March 2008 More than a year ago, I attended the official book release for the…
Posted in: War and Peace
Tagged: Venezuela
FULL REMARKS: Obama’s Speech on Race & Religion
Barack Obama Addresses Race & Religion in Wake of Controversy March 18, 2008 The following remarks were provided to ABC…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election
Dirty DeMaio
from San Diego Politico, March 26, 2008 San Diego needs real leadership – not more mismanagement and dirty politics. We…
Posted in: Election, Organizing
March 28th : Anniversary of the Infamous Collier Park Riot in Ocean Beach, 1971
Staff March 28, 2008 2 Comments on March 28th : Anniversary of the Infamous Collier Park Riot in Ocean Beach, 1971
OCEAN BEACH, CA. Today marks the 37th anniversary of the infamous Collier Park Riot, a clash between San Diego Police…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Environment, OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, Organizing, Peace Movement
232 Americans Arrested During Week of Antiwar Protests
By our search of reports of antiwar protests and demonstrations during the week of March 15 to March 20, OB…
Posted in: Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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