Recently, I was arrested on our southern border for acting on my convictions. I had joined about 400 faith leaders from many different traditions at the entrance of Border Field State Park in San Diego for a demonstration to launch the Love Knows No Borders: A moral call for migrant justice week of action. Continue reading
Tag Archives: civil disobedience
Trump Is Lying About Hurricane Michael
President Trump says the government is doing all it can for the victims of Hurricane Michael. Once again, he is lying. By denying climate change, he is assuring many more increasingly devastating storms and countless victims to come. Continue reading
Film: The Reluctant Radical
If a crime is committed in order to prevent a greater crime, is it forgivable? Is it, in fact, necessary? THE RELUCTANT RADICAL follows activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and puts himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change. Continue reading
[Intel Report] The Police State Can Come After Trump Protesters, But It Can’t Make Them Cooperate
Facing up to 75 years in prison, 135 Inauguration Day protesters are refusing to collaborate with the prosecution. Continue reading
The Return of Civil Disobedience
The Congress is unlikely to check the new President, but democracy may thrive in the states, the courts, the next elections, and, lest the lessons of the sixties be forgotten, the streets. Continue reading
Civil disobedience often leads to jail. But now, protestors can explain themselves
The threat of jail is real to activists who use civil disobedience. But now activists now have a powerful form of defense: necessity. Continue reading
Released from prison, anti-nuclear activist nun Megan Rice speaks out
We don’t use the word “break in” because we didn’t break in. We had known well of the crime of nuclear weapons, so we entered through illegal fences, built for an illegal project. Continue reading
Feeding the Flame of Revolt
Chris Hedges TruthDig.com http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/feeding_the_flame_of_revolt_20131117 I was in federal court here Friday for the sentencing of Jeremy Hammond to 10 years in prison for hacking into the computers of a private security firm that works on behalf of the government, including the Department … Continue reading
Civil Disobedience as Law Enforcement
Jeremy Brecher Waging Nonviolence http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/civil-disobedience-as-law-enforcement/ Two years ago I was among more than a thousand people who committed civil disobedience at the White House to oppose the building of the Keystone XL pipeline. Since then many more have been arrested … Continue reading