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 Comments (0)

What is HUM 455…

 …Non Violent Resistance?

It’s a class that’s offered through Antioch University McGregor’s Under Graduate Studies Program that (from the course catalog) examines 20th century cases in which non-violent resistance has been used to overcome oppression throughout the world. Students study examples from Russia, India, Poland, Germany, Denmark, the U.S., South Africa, the Philippines, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Throughout the quarter the class monitors current anti-war resistance in the U.S. and critically reflects on its means and ends.

One of our assignments is to keep a weekly journal of our thoughts and reactions to what we are learning and things we find that relate to the class.

This is mine. 

Posted: April 11, 2008 Comments (0)