The Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance Takes Off
“It’s time to put our foot down,” the retired career Marine said with calm conviction. He — like the…
The Indypendent
Ken Butigan
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr.’s Forward Motion For a World That Works For All
In what is being billed as “the largest climate rally in history,” thousands of people are expected to gather…
Challenging the Violence Belief System in the Wake of Newtown
The uneasy vigil that the teachers and children of Sandy Hook Elementary School held stealthily in their classrooms last…
Building a Nonviolent Culture After Newtown
The December 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. that left 28 people dead — including 20…
Chicago Teachers’ Strike a Street-Level Lesson in Democracy
A few hours before the Chicago teachers’ strike was suspended on Tuesday, I had a chance to chat with…
Duncan Murphy and “Nonviolent Change 101”
Successful social change hinges on many factors: strategic thinking, creative action, serious training, critical mass and the capricious accidents…
“There’s an illegal demonstration going on in San Francisco and I just don’t think it’s appropriate to do that,”…
For some time I have been increasingly convinced that, in spite of the horrific systems of violence and injustice…
Rereading the Lessons of Seattle for Today
The acrid fumes of tear-gas hung in the air as a young woman, her face swathed in black fabric,…
‘One Out of Two’ or ‘One for All’?
Last week the news broke that nearly one out of every two Americans is poor or low income. According…