14 Sep, 2016
The Future Cries Out: ‘Water Is Life’
“The dogs growl, the pepper spray bites, the bulldozers tear up the soil. “Water is life!” they cry. “Water is...
3 Aug, 2016
Reaching Beyond the Candidates
“What would it take to cause Hillary Clinton to distance herself from the newly launched bombing campaign in Libya? Or...
31 Jul, 2016
BLM
“What does BLM stand for? If you are involved in the land use/land ownership/treaty rights/fed v state Sagebrush Rebellion dust-ups...
21 Jul, 2016
Why Black Lives Matter To Me
“There are deathbed conversions. I was there for one. The day before he died in 2003, I asked my grandfather...
23 Jun, 2016
Helen Keller: Socialist, Pacifist, Women’s & Workers’ Rights Advocate
“The name Helen Keller conjures up, for many people, a deaf-blind-mute girl learning to communicate via sign language. It is...
9 Jun, 2016
Dorothy Day Refuses To Duck-And-Cover
“On June 15th, 1955, Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day joined a group of pacifists in refusing to participate in the...
26 May, 2016
Hammering for Peace
“Last winter, at our Voices for Creative Nonviolence home/office in Chicago, we welcomed two friends who were in town for...
11 May, 2016
Blue Revolution – Kuwaiti Women Gain Suffrage
“This week in nonviolent history commemorates the successful conclusion of Kuwait’s Blue Revolution. On May 17th, 2005, Kuwaiti women gained...
2 May, 2016
Celebrating Mother Jones and Labor on May Day
“This week commemorates the anniversary of the Haymarket Affair, International Workers’ Day, and the claimed birthday of Mother Mary Harris...
9 Apr, 2016
Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Poignant and Timely
“On April 16th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was sitting in a stark jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, where...
16 Mar, 2016
When real uniters were among us
“Fifty years ago this month, a small group of activists left Delano, California and began a march to Sacramento to...