3 Current Non-Violent Direct Action Movements

Guerrilla Gardening: Guerrilla gardening is a form of nonviolent direct action. The gardens are planted on an abandoned piece of land which they do not own to grow crops or plants. Guerrilla gardeners wish to reclaim land from neglect or misuse and assign a new purpose to it.

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The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance was founded in September of 2002 as the Iraq Pledge of Resistance. It is a nationwide network of activists and organizations committed to ending the war in Iraq through nonviolent resistance, utilizing the practices and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 12, 2008 NCRC members gathered in the gallery of the U.S. Senate wearing "We Will Not Be Silent" T-shirts with gauze over their heads. One by one they stood and said "I am a ghost from the Iraq War.  While I died needlessly, I am here to demand an end to the funding of the war so that others do not have to die." Video of the action can be seen here.
 
 
Mountain Justice Summer is a call to action and a request for help from the people of the Appalachia mountains for help in saving mountains, streams–and forest from mountain top removal mining.
 
The group sponsors Mountain Justice Spring Break in two locations  - one in Virgina, one in Ohio  - in March each year. These pictures are from the 2008 Ohio camp:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Posted: May 15, 2008

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