Palestinians, Jews and Christians rallied at the Department of State before marching to the White House on Sunday in protest of continuing Israeli attacks on Gaza. Their message to Israel: We want the attacks on Gaza to stop, with freedom and autonomy for Palestine. The dramatic procession was led by […]
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Hundreds of peace activists assembled at the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC on Friday in protest of Israeli Defense Force (IDF) air strikes on Gaza. Protestors from groups including Code Pink Women for Peace, Answer Coalition, Emma’s Revolution, and Students for Justice in Palestine displayed banners and signs and banged […]
When we were teenagers, my brother and I lived in Iran for three years and traveled throughout the Middle East. We went to high school in the city of Shah-in Shah, and we enjoyed a great educational experience at the International School. We traveled to Afghanistan and other countries with […]
Mayor Susumu Inamine of Nago City, Okinawa, an Island south of Japan, made a direct appeal to the US government to back off on plans to build a military air base at Henoko on the island coast, saying Okinawans had been “enduring a heavy burden.” He visited New York and […]
Artist Steve Tamayo, a Native American of the Sicangu tribe, painted life into a tipi on the National Mall over three days. The tipi will be given to the National Museum of the American Indian in a ceremony on Saturday, April 26th. Tamayo described the tipi as an embodiment of […]
The Cowboy Indian Alliance marked the first day of the “Reject and Protect” encampment on the National Mall today with prayer ceremonies and offerings to each other, the Earth and its people. With prayer, songs and burning sage, Native Americans dressed in full tribal regalia along with ranchers and farmers […]
CODEPINK Women for Peace and the Maryland Light Brigade held light panels at the White House Thursday night, spelling out #STOPSPYING while hundreds of tourists watched. They were demonstrating against NSA spying on U.S. citizens and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funded fusion centers across the country. Edward Snowden exposed […]
In spite of raw and rainy weather, several hundred activists participated in Wave of Action events last weekend in New York. April 4 kicked off a three-month period of heightened activism, which Wave of Action’s website describes as “people throughout the world…protesting corruption, rallying around solutions and taking part in […]
Nearly a hundred people associated with labor advocacy groups Working Families of DC and Our DC rallied at Union Station, then marched to the U.S. Capitol on March 27 in support of living wages for struggling families in the District. They demanded that Mayor Vincent Gray approve a living wage […]
The thirty-three year-old Peace Vigil at the White House almost came to an end late Friday night when a dozen U.S. Park Police officers were dispatched to remove it. When Park Police came, they told Clark Sullivan, who was standing watch at the vigil, to remove the chairs, tent and […]
“Welcome to North Carolina,” reads one sign. “Turn your watch back 50 years!” You could say that the “Moral Monday” movement and Saturday’s “Mass Moral March” are the backlash against a backlash–against modernity. Since gaining the upper hand in the legislature in 2010 and securing the governorship in 2012, North Carolina’s GOP […]
By John Zangas Casualties mounted in Egypt for a second day as Egyptian Army Forces and the Muslim Brotherhood continued to clash. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported Thursday that over 630 men, women and children had died in violent altercations. Three noted journalists were among those killed in the act […]