Civil Disobedience

Remembering MLK the “Terrorist”

New laws like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act are targeting non-violent civil disobedience as terrorism.

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“Aiding and Abetting” Terrorists with Tofu

UC Santa Cruz has been cracking down on tree sitters and their supporters, who are trying to protect Redwoods from UC development plans. There have been arrests and police pepper-spraying students, but what caught my attention in this article is the wording that the university is using in court. From the Santa Cruz Sentinel: The [...]

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Greenpeace Activists Using Civil Disobedience Called “Pirates,” “Terrorists”

The Seafarers’ International Union, part of the AFL-CIO and the largest North American union of its kind, is pushing the Canadian government to label Greenpeace activists as “terrorists” and hit them with stiff penalties for non-violent civil disobedience. Greenpeace protesters boarded a ship carrying coal and used non-violent civil disobedience to draw attention to global [...]

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