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February 28, 2012
Some Possible Talking Points on the School Shooting in Chardon, OH

After previous school shootings, teachers in schools where I’ve worked have asked me for suggestions about how to speak with students about the topic. This memo contains some suggestions for topics to discuss about the shootings in Chardon, OH, and some of my thoughts about each of them.

 

(Intended for middle and high school students)

 

April 18, 2011
Protecting Youth from Military Recruiters

 

Since the Army claims it isn’t recruiting youth under 17, why not codify this restriction into local law?

For background on the origins of the ordinance described below, see also “Countering Military Recruitment in New Ways: In California, Judicial and State Legislative Challenges Loom,” in Peacework, May 2009.

April 16, 2011
Chinese Eco-Activists Defend the Earth

 

Pollution factors into as many as half of the country’s protests.

April 16, 2011
Chinese Protesters Halt Hazardous Factory

The Xiamen protests, thousands of people strong, are the latest sign of people power in China.

April 14, 2011
Blogging for Nonviolent Social Change

Blog emphatically and empathetically. Only you can write this blog entry.

To Post or Not to Post, That is the Question

Image courtesy of Cox & Forkum

April 2, 2011
US Companies Pushed China to Repress Unions More

The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and major US and European corporations succesfully lobbied China to reduce workers' rights in proposed labor legislation. These corporations routinely claim corporate investment will encourage democratization. This report indicates the opposite.

 

April 2, 2011
Where there is Oppression, there is Resistance

The Chinese workers in a Danish-owned electronic plant defy the factory owners and the official trade union, go on strike for a month, and win. After continued harassment and the firing of union organizers, the United Federation of Danish Workers lends its solidarity.

Excerpted from China Labor Translations, www.clntranslations.org

April 2, 2011
Worker Rights and Labor Protest in China

Independent labor activism in China flourishes despite repression, and despite the official union.

March 31, 2011
Chinese Citizens Advocate Democracy

Change is no longer optional. The democratization of Chinese politics can be put off no longer.

 

March 30, 2011
Speaking Up About China

Just as “nonviolence is not first for export,” neither can our nonviolent commitments stop at the water’s edge. Shouldn’t we prioritize dialogue with activists of conscience over seminars with government leaders and official spokespeople?

March 1, 2011
How to Wage Peace & Justice - Tools for Activists Peacework Magazine's Annotated Guide to Organizing Resources

Resources for learning how we might better organize, plan and participate in nonviolent direct action, transform conflict, organize against oppression and for human rights, counter military recruitment, create alternative economic systems, and use technologies for nonviolent social change.

First compiled especially to accompany the How to Wage Peace and Justice Peacework Issue, March, 2008.

March 1, 2011
Volunteeers Wanted for this New Nonviolent Social Change Blog and Nonviolent Dialogue Site

Peacework is looking for volunteer bloggers, content area-curators, technical support people for our Drupal site, dialogue participants, and fundraisers.

 

Dear Peace and Justice Activists, Bloggers and Potential Bloggers, and Participatory Journalists:

February 12, 2011
Articles and Pictures Commenting on Mubarak's Overthrow - February 11, 2011

A slideshow and a roundup of insightful articles on Egypt's insurrection.

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February 12, 2011
March for Greater Love in Zimbabwe: WOZA's 9th Annual Valentine's Day Protest is Biggest Ever

On Valentine's Day 2011, Zimbabweans demand a dignified constitution written with love, one capable of mending broken hearts.

One of the contingents arrives in front of the Chronicle.  Image sent to Peacework by WOZA of the 2011 Valentines Demonstration, photographer unkown

February 10, 2011
Revolutionary Nonviolence in Egypt

Background  on nonviolent struggles in Egypt.

Egyptian Democracy Protesters Throng Tahrir Square in Cairo 2011-02-11, Al Jazeera English, photographer unspecified, creative commons license

Egyptian Democracy Protesters Throng Tahrir Square in Cairo 2011-02-11, from Al Jazeera English, photographer unspecified, creative commons license.

January 19, 2011
Peacework’s Final Printed Issue: Testimonials and Reflections

Peacework’s legacy? Never give in, give up, or give out.

January 14, 2011
Sam Diener's Editorial for Last Printed Issue of Peacework

"The play was soup; the audience, art."