Direct Action

MoveOn, Labor Unions Aim To Teach 100,000 Occupy's Nonviolent Protest Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Communications Workers of America, Shareholders, Van Jones, Non-Violent Protest, MoveOn.Org, United Auto Workers, Rebuild the Dream, Progressives, Afl-Cio, Bank of America, Occupy Atlanta, Direct Action, Video, Wall Street, Bv-Politics, 99 Percent Spring, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Phoenix, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Boot camp is about to begin. On Monday and extending throughout this week, a coalition of progressive organizations from across the c...

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Bullying and the Legacy of MLK

Paul Ruth | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Schools, Direct Action, Martin Luther King, Bullying, Teenagers, Education News

Bullying is a form of bigotry where a person or a group of people are cast out and made to be the "other" just for being who they are.

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Take Action on Tax Day, America

Carl Gibson | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: US Uncut, Deficit, Wisconsin, Budget Cuts, Middle Class, Tax Day, Tax Dodging, Direct Action, Corporate Taxes, Corporate Tax Loopholes, Austerity, American Dream, Politics News

Just as the founders banded together to fight a corrupt system of taxation without representation, today's Americans must unite to drive out the enablers of our corrupt system of representation without taxation.

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Weekly Mulch: Want to Combat Climate Change? Ignore Congress.

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Congress comes back into session next week, but environmentalists and climate change activists have given ...

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A Movement Rises in Arizona

Jordan Flaherty | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Jan Brewer, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Civil Disobedience, Phoenix, DREAM Act, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law, Sb 1070, Direct Action, Day Laborers, Politics News

The organizations leading this fight offer a template of inspiring and strategic action for people around the US who want to join in resistance to these policies.

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Why I'm Getting Arrested Tomorrow at the White House

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, John McCain, May Day, Civil Disobedience, President Obama, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Harry Reid, Immigration, Lindsey Graham, May 1st, Democrats, Direct Action, Republicans, John Kyl, Politics News

Tomorrow, there will be over 80 demonstrations in favor of immigration reform across America. One of them will be in Lafayette Park, across the street...

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Foreclosing on America: Edda Lopez vs. Bank of America

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Predatory Lending, Subprime Mortgages, Edda Lopez, Wall Street, American Dream, Protest, Financial Reform, National People's Action, Foreclosure, Free Market, Capitalism, Direct Action, Big Banks, Politics News

When I first arrived at Edda Lopez's house, I wondered how this elderly woman lives on the second floor of her elevator-less home despite being wheel...

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GetEQUAL Gave LGBT Activism a Needed Shot in the Arm: Now What?

Michael Crawford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Rights Movement, Gay Rights, Enda, Dadt, Human Rights Campaign, Direct Action, LGBT Equality, Getequal, Politics News

The incredible events of last week re-introduced direct action into the fight for LGBT equality and gave the LGBT movement a much-needed shot in the a...

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How to Combat Distracted Walking

Ben H. Winters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Death of Newspapers, Walking, Politeness, Distracted Driving, Twitter, Direct Action, Technology, Satire, Magazines, Comedy News

Now that the horror of "distracted driving" has been brought thoroughly to light, it is time to turn our collective attention to a related and equally heinous societal scourge: distracted walking.

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Stripping Massey: 81-year-old Paratrooper Leads Blockade, Court Hears $85 Million Suit

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Ground Zero, Caterpillar, Dirty Coal, Civil Disobedience, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Direct Action, Coal, Massey, Green News

Massey Energy's brutal attacks on coalfield residents and the judicial system have drawn national criticism.

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Hechler's Wake Up Call to Greens and Liberals: Big Coal Denial Calls for Hellraisers

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ken Hechler, Dirty Coal, Cilv Disobedience, Clean Coal, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Renewable Energy, Social Movements, Mountaintop Removal, Ken Salazar, Lisa Jackson, Direct Action, Green Energy, Black Lung, Coal, Green News

Tragic lessons in history remind us that the coal crisis and its deniers call for more hellraisers, not compromise.

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Climate Disobedience: Is a New "Seattle" in the Making?

Mark Engler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kingsnorth-Sabotage, Climate Change, Kingsnorth 6, Environmentalism, James Hansen, Direct Action Environmentalism, Direct Action, Greenpeace, Green News

In 2007, a group of Greenpeace activists in Britain sent tremors through an emerging global movement determined to use direct action to combat the depredations of climate change.

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First, You Get Mad

Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Marriage, Gay Rights, Boycott, Proposition 8, Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendments, Protest, Act-Up, Direct Action, Gay Marriage, Stonewall, Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

Wow. It's kind of unbelievable, really. You take something away from people, and they get angry. Take away hard won rights, and equal protection for t...

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