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Celebrating Fifty Years of an Individual’s Courage in an Era of Apathy, by Danny Sjursen
“Still, there stands Daniel Ellsberg – and others like him; living and breathing correctives to any temptation towards apathy.”
Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a very Happy New Year
Rise Up Times is admittedly and consciously eclectic with a focus on media analysis and antiwar, propeace activities but inclusive of many movements that coalesce and weave in and out of each other.
Video, Building the Peace Movement Teach-In, World Beyond War
Speakers: Leonardo Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator CODEPINK; Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence; Andy Shallal, Busboys and Poets; Rich Whitney, Green Party Peace Action Committee; Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK.
Announcing “Dear Descendent,” Poetry of wonder and wit for our time, provocative, challenging, wry, wise and tender…
There are prison cells and fields of flowers—even her straightforward descriptions of the moon demonstrate that something new and evocative can still be found in its age-old countenance.
Campaign Nonviolence: Working for a new culture of nonviolence free from war, racism, poverty and environmental destruction, by John Dear
We can change the world if we organize in grassroots movements of resistance and social transformation.
Chris Hedges: “The Rats Revolt” by Ralph Nader
It is only when the elites become afraid of us that there will be any hope of destroying corporate power. Politics, as Nader understands, is a game of fear.
Tim DeChristopher | In the Face of Climate Crisis, Let’s Make 2018 a Year for Realism
“What I know about living is that the pain is never just ours.” Andrea Gibson
Arrests at Rep. Hoyer’s office — pending Yemen War legislation
Senate War Powers resolution on ending unauthorized US support for the war in Yemen – A bipartisan Senate resolution on Yemen will be introduced in mid-January and has a good chance of passing.
John Dear | The Year of “Nonviolence or Non-Existence”
Now, 50 years on, King’s words take on more weight with each passing hour.
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How Donald Trump Will Destroy Capitalism: Chris Hedges Explains (Video)
Totalitarian movements conjure up a lying world of consistency…
Beyond Violence and Nonviolence
The argument over violence and nonviolence — one of the oldest and most divisive on the left — is back.
CLIMATE CHANGE, MILITARISM AND WAR (Video)
The Paris talks signalled an important change in the climate movement as thousands of activists gathered from all over the world to organise global action.
The Nation | Building a New Movement Against Militarism
Opposing war is one component of the multifaceted movement for social justice.
Learning From Civil Resistance Around The World
The power of nonviolent action is built on the strength and capacity of people, as proven by recent protest movements across the globe.
The Trump Resistance Plan: Step Two
“It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies…”
Juan Cole | In the Age of Trumpian Reaction, is MLK’s Legacy to the 99% being Reversed?
A reactionary is worse than a conservative.
Urging Millions to Rise Up, Trump Foes Issue Call to ‘Resist Fascism’
Millions must rise up in a resistance [to] stop the Trump/Pence regime before it starts!
People Are in the Streets Protesting Donald Trump. But When Does Protest Actually Work?
Here I offer up 10 established social science insights about unarmed dissent that everyone should know. Photo: Popular Resistance By Erica Chenoweth Peaceworker December 18, 2016 The politics of dissent is back in the United States. Since 2011, the country has witnessed the resurgence of popular action — from Occupy Wall Street to Flood […]
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