Civil disobedience is properly the last resort. It is also an unhappiness of citizenship.read more

At a busy downtown street corner, the Vigil for Peace keeps on keeping on.read more

The maker of the “Bush Lied…They Died” T-shirt was sued by parents of a fallen soldier for $40 billion. But a federal judge just tossed the case out.read more

Iran is hardly the first Muslim country even in the recent past to have seen the use of peaceful protests against an authoritarian regime.read more

Last August 27, law enforcement agents raided the offices of two social justice groups in Berkeley.

One group is called the Long Haul Infoshop, which describes itself as a community resource center and serves as a library and a bookstore. The other is the East Bay Prisoner Support Group, which is located in the same building.

Though the landlord refused them entry, FBI agents, the University of California police, and Alameda County sheriffs forced their way in. They broke locks on the outside doors, and even on inside doors, as well as on filing cabinets.read more

Nonviolent resistance is not only the morally superior choice. It is also twice as effective as the violent variety.read more

There is one group of veterans that isn’t allowed to march in the national memorial parade in Washington on Monday.

That’s the Veterans for Peace, Delwin Anderson Memorial chapter, based in D.C. It’s named after a World War II vet who fought in Italy and then worked for the VA for many years designing programs for injured veterans.

The group had applied to join the National Memorial Day parade.

And initially, anyway, it was accepted.

But then, late last month, the group was told that it didn’t meet the criteria to participate.read more

"You're going nowhere. There is no way that you are getting into this country.” And he added: “Deportation is the least of your problems.”read more