Jan 04
20171
Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Pacifism as Pathology, Social Engineering
Co-optation Direct Action Resistance Squamish Five The Liberalization of the Left
"Direct Action, or the Squamish Five as dubbed by the media, was a group of self-proclaimed 'urban guerillas,' active in the 1980s. These activists were not motivated by any political ideology but rather had become frustrated with traditional methods of activism which they saw as inefficient and futile."
Jan 08
20140
Foundations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Chile CIA Democracy Now Direct Action Imperialism ITT Lannan Foundation Mother Jones Salvador Allende The Nation Weather Underground
"Between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011, for example, the producers of "Democracy Now!" accepted $1.4 million in “charitable grant”/blood money from the foundation that former ITT Director and ITT stockholder Lannan established: $375,000 in 2008; $350,000 in 2009; $375,000 in 2010; and $300,000 in 2011."
Sep 06
20130
Capitalism Direct Action Keystone XL Pipelines Resistance Tarsands Trans Mountain pipeline
"In confronting the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure we also resist the devastating ecological transformation that occurs in service to markets and profit. In this sense this action, like those taking place across North America and the world, also represent people resisting the transformation of their communities by capitalism, which fundamentally drives the climate crisis with its need for exponential growth, its utilitarian view of the natural world as human-centered “resources” and its value of profit above all else."
Yes, Virginia, there are legitimate direct actions that actually achieve the stated goal ...
Dec 04
20120
Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Civil Disobedience Direct Action Pacifism as Pathology Speciesism
This is What Courage Looks Like… This is What Direct Action Looks...
The chief Raoni cries when he learns that Brazilian president Dilma released...