Author: Sachio Ko-Yin

BOOK REVIEW: Oppose and Propose!

Resistance Community Oppose and Propose! Lessons from Movement for a New Society By Andrew Cornell AK Press, 2011, 200 pages, $12 In the early 1990s, my comrade Melissa and I visited our first War Resisters League National Committee meeting. As young pacifists and anarchist communists, we felt isolated in the wider anarchist movement. WRL drew…

The Parameters of Nonviolent Action: WHAT MAKES AN ACTION NONVIOLENT

By Daniel Berrigan, Joanne Sheehan, David McReynolds, Lelia Spears, Melissa Jameson, Virginia Baron, Sachio Ko-Yin, Mandy Carter & Kadd Stephens

The War Stops HereBy Daniel Berrigan I think that over the years, from the Catonsville Nine to Plowshares, I recall the main discussion being twofold: So wanton thoughtlessness and mere destruction were out, from throwing trashcans to throwing bombs. The use of homemade napalm on draft cards and the pouring of blood of nuclear warheads…