Articles, news, campaigns and events about direct action
Oct 13, 2011, 3:58pm
Ivan Boothe
I’m writing this from the grounds of Occupy Philadelphia, which has been in residence at Philly City Hall since last Thursday. It is in the spirit and model of the Occupy Wall Street event, and part of the unofficial network being called...
Feb 12, 2011, 8:01am
Janet Chisholm
Each of us are watching the events unfolding in Egypt with wondrous eyes. It is especially powerful that the revolution has been achieved through nonviolent means.Phil Stoltzfus, who serves on the national board of directors of Creating a...
Jan 16, 2011, 1:53pm
Ivan Boothe
[Originally posted on the FOR blog last year, we’re republishing it today in honor of Martin Luther King Day. —eds.]Some lesser-known quotes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to combat the dominant “dreamer/reformer”...
Dec 13, 2010, 6:22pm
Jeremy John
Nonviolent direct action is a staple in the American diet. Our everyday freedoms depend on the work of activists who have put their bodies on the line to fight for the rights we enjoy. Despite that, many forms of protest are reviled in the present,...
Oct 7, 2010, 3:11pm
FOR
by Lynn GottliebAs an American, a Jew, a rabbi, a peacemaker, and a solidarity activist, I want to open a conversation about “BDS” — boycott, divestment, and sanctions — the nonviolent strategy supported by the majority of Palestinians in the...
Jun 23, 2010, 2:41pm
Leila Zand
29 June is the anniversary of the gas attack on Sardasht* and also Iran’s National Day to Call for a Ban on Chemical Weapons. To commemorate the occasion and help prevent future wars, the Society for Chemical Weapons Victims...
May 26, 2010, 2:01pm
Linda Kelly
To All World Religious and Spiritual LeadersMy Relatives,Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer.We...
May 25, 2010, 3:29pm
John Lindsay-Poland
July 24 to August 2, 2010Last fall, the governments of Colombia and the United States signed an agreement to grant the Pentagon use of seven military bases on Colombian soil. The agreement bolstered the United States’ military presence in the...
Jan 1, 2010, 4:52pm
FOR
On the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Richard Deats has written an impressive booklet, “Active Nonviolence Across the World,” tracing the work of nonviolence around the globe. FOR is pleased to offer this...
Jun 26, 2009, 12:44pm
FOR
by Ken Butigan Imagine that we are fidgeting in our seats waiting for William Shakespeare’s Hamlet to begin. After the lights go down — and the Danish Prince first meets his father’s regal but forlorn ghost on the grounds of...
