Vivan Rothstein: In my first act of civil disobedience, I mixed up all the index card files of clients and contracts so no one could figure out who had received which threatening letter, effectively destroying the company’s system of harassment.
Why #OWS Needs to Denounce Violent Tactics on Display at Occupy Oakland
January 31, 2012 By
Tina Dupuy: Nonviolent struggle has nothing to do with how the cops react. In actual nonviolent movements they welcome police overreaction because it helps the cause they’re fighting for.
Occupy Movement Recharges for 2012
January 18, 2012 By
Randy Shaw: The Occupy movement could greatly benefit from choosing a similar big target that could engage activists across the world.
Join Occupy, Jesse Jackson Tells LA’s Black Community
December 27, 2011 By
Dick Price: Reverend Jesse Jackson urged the black community to get involved with the Occupy Movement, saying, “Whenever the Freedom Train comes to town, get onboard.”
Bull Connor 2.0: The Police Response to #OccupyWallStreet
December 5, 2011 By
David Love: The police response to the Occupy Movement flies in the face of the reputed tenets of American constitutional democracy, and contravenes the precepts of international human rights law.
LA’s Offer to Its Occupiers
November 24, 2011 By
Paulina Gonzalez: What if Occupy locked arms with community groups and announced its refusal to move unless the city extends and agrees to enforce the moratorium on the eviction of tenants in bank-controlled foreclosed properties?
Two Ways to Destroy “Occupy Wall Street”
November 23, 2011 By
Bruce Reilly: The classic method of the powerful to distract the masses is to get them to fight amongst themselves. The easiest one is via racism, and the other is class warfare pitting the Middle Class vs. Lower Class.
Occupy Movement at the Crossroads
November 15, 2011 By
Randy Shaw: Successful movements must be flexible enough to change tactics in the face of roadblocks, and activists’ camping in public spaces is not strategically necessary for the Occupy movement’s success.
From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy the Neighborhoods
November 10, 2011 By
Paul Loeb: Nothing stops the Occupiers and their supporters from can raising their key issues as clearly and powerfully as possible, while reminding people that showing up at the polls still matters.
Shutting Cities Down: Now and Then
November 5, 2011 By
Lee Fang: The American political and economic system is falling apart. No matter who wins an election, in many cases, the outcomes are the same: well-heeled corporate interests dictate policy.
The Troops and Occupy Wall Street
November 2, 2011 By
Tina Dupuy: Meet the new face of Occupy Wall Street: Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old Marine and Iraq War vet who was shot in the head with a “non-lethal round” during a raid on Occupy Oakland last week.
King Memorial: Now More than a Scar on the Nation’s Conscience
October 20, 2011 By
Anthony Samad: King meant different things to different people, but one thing is for sure…America, black and white, had not gotten over King’s death – not if you have any sort of a conscience.
Occupy Movement Must Resist Pressure for Specific Demands
October 19, 2011 By
Randy Shaw: You know that Occupy Wall Street and its local, national and international progeny have reached a level of success when everyone is offering advice. Unfortunately, the most commonly offered view – that activists must get specific about their demands – is entirely wrong.
Civil Disobedience as a Strategy for the Occupy Movement
October 19, 2011 By
Tom Hayden: If there’s enough people and they all sit down and say “We want to appeal to a jury of our peers, which is our Constitutional right,” that’s something that should make the decision makers take pause because I don’t think juries are going to convict these people.
Why Nonviolent Resistance Beats Armed Struggles for Regime Change
October 13, 2011 By
Randy Shaw: But as much as the Left has romanticized Castro’s armed overthrow of the Bautista regime, and Ho Chi Minh’s military defeat of the United States to unite Vietnam, in most cases violence is less likely to achieve revolutionary change than nonviolent strategies.
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