Direct Action

Call Issued For Mass Climate Action Before Paris Meeting

August 27, 2015 Emma Howard, www.theguardian.com Resist! Climate Change, Direct Action, Paris

By Emma Howard in The Guardian - Desmond Tutu, Vivienne Westwood, Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky are among a group of high-profile figures who will issue a mass call to action on Thursday ahead of the UN’s crunch climate change conference in Paris in December. They call for mass mobilisation on the scale of the slavery abolition and anti-apartheid movements to trigger “a great historical shift”. Their statement, published in the book Stop Climate Crimes, reads: “We are at a crossroads. We do not want to be compelled to survive in a world that has been made barely liveable for us ... slavery and apartheid did not end because states decided to abolish them. Mass mobilisations left political leaders no other choice.” Bill McKibben, founder of environmental movement 350.org, which has launched the project with the anti-globalisation organisation Attac France, described the move as a “good first step” towards Paris.

American Gandhi: History Of Radicalism In 20th Century

July 11, 2015 Staughton Lynd and Andy Piascik, www.vietnamfulldisclosure.org Educate! Book Reviews, Direct Action, History, Worker Rights and Jobs

By Staughton Lynd and Andy Piascik in Vietnam Full Disclosure - A.J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the Twentieth Century is the most comprehensive and thoroughly-researched account of the life of A.J. Muste yet to appear. It is particularly valuable in its treatment of the years that Muste devoted to building a radical labor movement, 1919 to 1936. This review limits itself to that period of Muste’s life. Muste’s decision in August 1936 to give up labor advocacy and (as he put it) “return to pacifism” is puzzling. During the 1920’s and early 1930’s Muste had dedicated himself to the creation of industrial unionism, with the ultimate goal of a transition to socialism. And at first glance it might seem that he and his colleagues were on a pathway to success.

Six Ways TPP Opponents Have Won, Even As Fast Track Advances

June 26, 2015 Sarah Anderson, www.nationofchange.org Resist! Climate Change, Direct Action, Free Trade, TPP

By Sarah Anderson in Nation of Change - I tried to stay emotionally distanced from this one. It didn’t work. When the White House and Republican leaders got the votes they needed in the Senate to advance “fast track” Trade Promotion Authority on Tuesday, June 23, it was crushing. All observers agree that fast track will soon become law, making it easier for President Barack Obama to pass the controversial trade pacts in the works with Pacific Rim nations and the European Union. That will be a serious setback to the movements for the environment, labor rights, and affordable pharmaceuticals, among others. But after observing painful trade votes for more than 20 years, this one left me feeling that opponents should be holding their heads higher than ever before as they regroup for the next phase of the fight. Here are a few reasons why:

After The Uprising: Lessons From Rojava For Baltimore

June 14, 2015 Ben Reynolds, www.roarmag.org Strategize! Baltimore, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Direct Action, Freddie Gray, Police violence, Popular Assemblies, Racism

By Ben Reynolds for ROAR. How can we create the fundamental change we so desperately need? We need a superior strategy to the failed strategies of the past; we need a means to turn an uprising into a revolution. History offers a few successful examples of popular organizing we can draw from. During the French Revolution, the popular assemblies of the Paris sections formed a radical base that pushed the developing revolution forward. The Russian Revolution of 1917 saw deliberative popular bodies known as “soviets” overthrow the provisional government in the name of bread and peace. These kinds of systems — based upon deliberative councils and assemblies — frequently appear in any period of unrest or upheaval, and have recently emerged in Argentina, Spain, and elsewhere. In the present, the Kurdish movement in Turkey and Syria employs a developed version of this system known as “democratic confederalism.” Face-to-face neighborhood assemblies form the base of political decision-making, while successive councils operate at the district, city and regional levels. The councils and assemblies deliberate upon all of the issues facing the community and attempt to organize the means to effect necessary changes.

Woman Chained To Shell Oil Ship For 3 Days

May 26, 2015 Sarah Lane and Julie Hall, www.insidebainbridge.com Resist! Direct Action, Oil & Gas

A woman who had been hanging off the anchor chain of a support ship that is part of Royal Dutch Shell's plans to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean ended her dayslong protest north of Seattle on Monday morning. Student activist Chiara D'Angelo requested assistance getting down from her perch on the Arctic Challenger in the Bellingham harbor around 9:30 a.m. Monday, the Coast Guard said. D'Angelo was checked for hypothermia and then released, Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer said. She spent the weekend attached to the ship in an environmental protest against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska. The oil company's proposal also has drawn large protests in Seattle, where a massive, floating drill rig is being prepared for the excursion.

Targets Matter — Why A Small Action Group Won Vs. Mighty Bank

May 16, 2015 George Lakey, www.wagingnonviolence.org Strategize! Banking, Capitalism, Direct Action

After writing about Earth Quaker Action Team’s recent success in forcing PNC Bank to stop financing mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia, I received a number of strong reactions. Mingled with the congratulations, based on my involvement in the campaign, was a tone of surprise: How can a small group take on the seventh-largest bank in the country and win? Underneath that, I sensed the despair that unconsciously dims people’s sense of power in the United States. Americans can express rage or righteousness by protesting, but most don’t really expect to change anything. The reactions made me realize I left out an important part of the story that proves the victory was no fluke and that U.S. activists can actually be producing far more victories in the current political landscape.

Direct Action Gets Family To See Daughter Shot By Police

April 22, 2015 Unicorn Riot, www.vimeo.com Resist! Direct Action, Minneapolis, police brutality

Tania Harris, an African-American High School senior was recently shot by Robbinsdale Police in a suburb of Minneapolis. Tania's mother called the Police when her daughter was threatened by some high school students in the yard. The police shot Tania when they arrived and have refused to allow Tania's family to visit her in the hospital. The local community marched to the hospital with Tania’s mother and father demanding the police allow the family to see Tania. After a brief stand off the police stopped blocking access to Tania's family.

Justice League NYC Begins March To Washington, D.C.

April 14, 2015 CBS New York, www.newyork.cbslocal.com Resist! Direct Action, New York City (NYC), police brutality, Washington

A group of activists calling for criminal justice reform began a 250-mile trek on foot from Staten Island to Washington, D.C., on Monday. Justice League NYC’s March2Justice is scheduled to culminate April 21 with a rally and concert at the National Mall. The goal is to deliver to lawmakers a package of proposed legislation aimed at ending racial injustice and police-related deaths like Eric Garner’s, CBS2’s Diane Macedo reported. “This is why we march. We march for Michael Brown. We march for Eric Garner,” Assemblyman Michael Blake, D-Bronx, told marchers. “We march ’cause Walter Scott was just trying to get awayand got shot in the back.”

Great Climate March Makes Its Way To Washington

October 22, 2014 Mark Reynolds, www.huffingtonpost.com Organize! Climate Change, Direct Action, Environment

In his seminal 1849 essay, "Resistance to Civil Government," Henry David Thoreau calls on the reader to: "Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence." His words were top of mind when I joined the Great Climate March in Cleveland on October 5. More than 20 were then participating at that point, some having begun their journey in Los Angeles on March 1. They were walking primarily to raise awareness of the high carbon economy causing global climate disruption. When I joined them, they were three weeks from Washington, D.C., their final destination. This act of walking is no doubt an act of sacrifice, both symbolic and real. It's an act of waking oneself up from complacency as much as it is an act of waking others up to the dangers of a changing climate and local environmental degradation.

Open Letter From Ferguson Protesters & Allies

October 18, 2014 Ferguson Protesters and Allies, www.scribd.com Educate! Direct Action, Ferguson, Protests, Racial Justice

We are living an American Horror Story. The unlawful slaughter of black bodies by the hands of power has continued day after day, year afteryear, century after century, life by precious life, since before the first chain was slipped around blackwrists.Black youth, brimming with untapped potential, but seen as worthless and unimportant. Black activists,stalwart in pursuit of liberation, but perceived as perpetual threats to order and comfort. Black men,truly and earnestly clinging to our dignity, written off as the ravenous, insatiable black savage. Blackwomen, always unflinchingly running toward our freedom, dismissed as bitter and angry after longdenial and suffering.

“Hands Up! Don’t Shoot!”: Gesture, Choreography, And Protest In Ferguson

October 15, 2014 Anusha Kedhar, www.thefeministwire.com Strategize! Direct Action, Ferguson, Protests, Racial Justice

Unlike other slogans, though, “Hands up! Don’t shoot!” is not just voiced. It is also embodied. Contained within the phrase is both a plea not to shoot, as well as the bodily imperative to lift one’s hands up. Since Michael Brown’s murder, we’ve seen photos of young black men and women in Ferguson, Tibetan monks from India, black Harvard law students, school children in Missouri, young people in Moscow, and a church congregation in New York City with their hands up. What does this gesture mean for the different bodies that enact it? How do protesters assign new meanings to such a codified bodily gesture? How can we read these protests as choreographic tactics and gestures of resistance? Why is the deployment of the body in the case of the Ferguson protests so significant? I want to offer five ways of reading this gesture in the following list, which is by no means exhaustive...

Walking 400 Miles To Get Money Out Of Politics

October 14, 2014 Occupy SoapBox, http://www.occupymysoapbox.com/ Resist! Campaign Finance, Direct Action

Meet Rhana Bazzini. She is 81 years old and was inspired by Granny D’s walk across the country for campaign finance reform. Rhana decided to walk across the Sunshine State from Sarasota to Tallahassee, talking and listening to folks along to the way. She is promoting campaign finance reform, and declaring Corporations are NOT People & Money is NOT Speech Jim Hightower entertained us all at the kickoff event on Sunday. But if you want to hear what Rhana herself has to say and you are in Florida, come walk with her or join her at a potluck. Tuesday (Oct. 14) she walks through Bradenton. If you want to walk or break bread with Rhana further north on her journey to Tallahassee, you can find out where she will be on her Facebook page

Protesters Condemn Senators’ Israel Support

October 7, 2014 Clifford Michel, www.capitalnewyork.com Resist! Direct Action, Government, Israel, Palestine, US

Approximately 50 demonstrators gathered outside the offices of U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer Monday morning to condemn the officials' support for Israel. The protesters called on Congress to end military aid to the Israel Defense Forces through enforcement of the Leahy Law, a human rights law that prevents the United States from aiding foreign militaries that commit war crimes. “Senator Schumer has repeatedly supported Israeli government aggression against the Palestinian people, including the latest assault on the Palestinians of Gaza,” said Candace Graff from Jewish Voices for Peace-NY.

Global Frackdown: October 11, 2014

October 7, 2014 #GlobalFrackdown, www.globalfrackdown.org Organize! Climate Change, Direct Action, Energy, Environment, Fracking

While the oil and gas industry is working hard to protect its profits and drown out the worldwide demand for clean, renewable fuels, there is a tremendous global movement afoot to protect our air, water, climate and communities from fracking. Over 200 partner organizations around the world are coming together for an international day of protests on October 11, 2014, calling for an end to fracking. Enter your postal code to find an event near you or create your own! In conjunction with the Global Frackdown, there is a major day of action against international trade agreements in Europe. A number of groups who work against fracking are participating in this event, which includes an anti-fracking platform.

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