The 2008 War Resisters League calendar, Salaam, Shalom, Solh: Nonviolence and Resistance in the Middle East and Beyond stands out for me as one of the most substantial pieces of activist literature that I’ve helped to create. More than an event program or handout, I had to compile enough stories for 52 weekly entries. The…
Outside the courthouse in Knoxville, TN, where three antinuclear activists were severely sentenced on February 18, Michelle Boertje-Obed, the wife of one of the three Transform Now Plowshares members, encouraged everyone to see Judge Amul Thapar’s ruling in a positive light. Despite her husband Greg having just received over 5 years in prison for…
WIN REVIEW Tools for Organizing The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups By Starhawk New Society Publishers, Canada, 2011; 304 pp. $24.95 paperback Starhawk is a rare breed of organizer, able to facilitate large and small meetings, in person or not. Over the years, this reviewer has personally seen her notice and share…
Death Technology 101 Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control By Medea Benjamin Foreword by Barbara ehrenreich OR Books, 2012; 241 pages, paperback, $16 Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control is an easy-to-read introduction to the issue of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA, a.k.a. unmanned aerial vehicles/systems—UAV/UAS, or, more popularly, drones), focusing on their use for warfare,…
A Chapter Ends…the Story Goes On “My relationship with the WRL Peace Calendar began over the 1968 Thanksgiving weekend when volunteers sat around a table stuffing the just-off-the-presses spiral-bound datebooks into envelopes,” writes former staffer Wendy Schwartz in her afterword for WRL’s 2012 Peace Calendar, Organize This! “Ralph DiGia, the most effective motivator of volunteers…
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