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Saif Rahman
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October 21, 2017

50 Years Ago: The March on the Pentagon

Fifty years ago today, thousands of individuals united in Washington, D.C. and displayed one of the many great acts of resistance in US history. They marched on the Pentagon and set in motion the formation of a foundation that pursues that spirit today: Resist To all of those who bravely resisted and said no to that war - we thank you. Without you, we would...
October 20, 2017

50 Years Ago: A Call To Resist

This document was written in 1967, signed by more than 20,000 individuals, and published in several public venues including The New York Times Review of Books and The Nation. The act of signing the "call to resist" was a misdemeanor and those who signed risked criminal prosecution. The "call to resist illegitimate authority" was used as state’s evidence against several anti-war activists, including Benjamin Spock,...
By
David Crane
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October 17, 2017

Photos: Protestors Demand LAPD Police Commission to Vote No to Drones

The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition held a protest outside of LAPD headquarters Tuesday before a police commission meeting in which the commission is expected to vote on using drones in a pilot program by the police department SWAT team. See the photographs here.
By
Michael Stewart Foley
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October 17, 2017

The Moral Case for Draft Resistance

On Monday, Oct. 16, 1967, Americans gathered by the thousands in cities and on campuses all over the country for the first “Stop the Draft” week. On the steps of federal buildings, city halls and university buildings, hundreds of young men protested the Vietnam War by turning in their draft cards — a national act of civil disobedience. Read the entire piece about Resist's founding...
By
Elon Glucklich
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September 24, 2017

Eugene, Springfield Residents Rally Against Hate Following Anti-Semitic Graffiti at North Eugene High School

Moved to respond after swastikas and other anti-­Semitic symbols recently were painted on North Eugene High School’s front doors, several dozen Eugene and Springfield residents gathered at the school Saturday to spread a different message. A crowd of about 50 people listened to speeches and music before visiting neighborhood houses and businesses as part of a “Stop Hate” rally put on by the River Road...
By
Christina Fialho
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September 22, 2017

Do We Have to Abolish the Victim Narrative to Abolish Immigration Detention?

Our culture loves a story with a good victim narrative. And U.S. immigration detention seems to be filled with them. News stories abound with images of immigrant women, hands stretched out, as they are ripped from their children. Well-meaning journalists and advocates alike who are trying to achieve maximum sympathy from the audience dramatize the pain and suffering of people in immigration detention to promote...
By
Kathy Wolf Reed
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September 21, 2017

The Hearts Behind the Prison Birth Project

One chapter before it all goes downhill in Matthew’s gospel, Jesus tells his disciples what it will be like on the day the Son of Man returns: “Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave...
September 8, 2017

Oakland Protesters Say Police Training is Too Militaristic

About 200 people chanted, picketed, and banged drums outside the Alameda County Building in Oakland on Friday, protesting this weekend’s Urban Shield event — a three-day intensive training to prepare law enforcement for the next natural disaster or terrorist attack. Started in 2007 by Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern, Urban Shield has drawn criticism from activists who say it brings a military mentality to local...
By
Jax Gil
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September 4, 2017

Justice in Houston, Now and Always

Dear Resist Community, Sometimes it can feel difficult to grab people's attention to resist injustice, and sometimes national attention is grabbed. In these moments of hyper-televised crisis, it can be tough to cut through the spectacle and get a true sense of who is doing the crucial work on the ground. T he non-televised, grassroots, decentralized recovery that we know is so essential in the...
By
Franny Choi
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August 17, 2017

Asian American are Part of a Diverse National Coalition Fighting Hate Violence

On the evening of Wednesday, May 31st, a Pride flag that had been flying outside the home of the mayor of San Luis Obispo, California was set on fire and left on her doorstep . The next morning, in Washington, D.C., a noose was discovered outside of a home in the predominantly Black neighborhood of Hillcrest — the third noose found in the district that...

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