HorizonMass<p>Can <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonviolent</span></a> Activists Thwart <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> Snatch Squads? The latest from HorizonMass' @jasonpramas.mastodon.social. <a href="https://horizonmass.news/2025/04/03/can-nonviolent-activists-thwart-ice-snatch-squads/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">horizonmass.news/2025/04/03/ca</span><span class="invisible">n-nonviolent-activists-thwart-ice-snatch-squads/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/civilliberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilliberties</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/advocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advocacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tactics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/R%C3%BCmeysa%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RümeysaÖztürk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nonviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolence</span></a></p>
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Jules<p>In response to the police raid on <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WestminsterMeetingHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestminsterMeetingHouse</span></a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Quakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quakers</span></a> are organising a <a href="https://social.coop/tags/MeetingForWorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeetingForWorship</span></a> outside New Scotland Yard on Thursday. People of all faiths and none welcome.</p><p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/d312ad2f1001/quaker-faith-in-action-october-16511620?e=6ffe430c3f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mailchi.mp/d312ad2f1001/quaker</span><span class="invisible">-faith-in-action-october-16511620?e=6ffe430c3f</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Quaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quaker</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/NonViolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonViolent</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/YouthDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouthDemand</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pranksters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pranksters</span></a> vs. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocrats</span></a> : Why <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DilemmaActions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DilemmaActions</span></a> Advance <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonviolent</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a></p><p>Author(s) Popovic, Srdja, McClennen, Sophia A. </p><p>Abstract<br>The Lawrence & Lynne Brown <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PennState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennState</span></a> , recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, & organizations that produce innovations to further democracy in the USA or around the world.</p><p>> I was just introduced to this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a>. Does anyone have any commentary or feedback?</p><p><a href="https://ecommons.cornell.edu/items/8e92b2d6-4d65-492d-8a40-7045ba5fc519" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ecommons.cornell.edu/items/8e9</span><span class="invisible">2b2d6-4d65-492d-8a40-7045ba5fc519</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>10 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonviolent</span></a> Actions Against the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> That Proved Effective</p><p><a href="https://listverse.com/2025/03/26/10-nonviolent-actions-against-the-nazis-that-proved-effective/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">listverse.com/2025/03/26/10-no</span><span class="invisible">nviolent-actions-against-the-nazis-that-proved-effective/</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teslatakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teslatakedown</span></a><br>'Rep. Jasmine Crockett joined a group that is organizing a nationwide protest at 277 Tesla dealerships in the US and over 500 worldwide on March 29. She also told people to sell their Tesla cars and stock: “I am truly here for very selfish reasons, starting with on March 29 it’s my birthday and all I want to see happen on my birthday is for Elon to be taken down.” “Obviously, everything that I am promoting is non-violent.” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NonViolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonViolent</span></a></p><p><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-159477709" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-15947</span><span class="invisible">7709</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/march29" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>march29</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Swasticar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swasticar</span></a></p>
Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️<p>Just wrote to my rep Pramila Jayapal to join the congressional representatives to demand immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil. Especially in light of the arrest of Leqaa Kordia and revoking the visa of Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian citizen and doctoral student at Columbia University, it is clear the reckless administration and the Secretary of State have violated the Constitution and engaged in criminal abduction of persons lawful activity in the US.<br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/mahmoudkhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mahmoudkhalil</span></a></p>
Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️<p>Friday news dump: another student who had peacefully protested US support for IDF war crimes against Palestinian people has been arrested and detained. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/mahmoudkhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mahmoudkhalil</span></a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-3a8db6e646b786a721089a6f0bc8d9fc?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-3a8db6e646b786a721089a6f0bc8d9fc?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share</span></a></p>
sheislaurence<p>More details here: man on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigBen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBen</span></a> livestreamed his climb. He is protesting the arrest of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Filton18" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Filton18</span></a>, after their action at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elbit</span></a> Systems, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s largest weapons company. <a href="https://palestineaction.org/not-guilty-pleas-filton-18/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">palestineaction.org/not-guilty</span><span class="invisible">-pleas-filton-18/</span></a> <br>Repression of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> protest is accelerating under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a>, with the recent arrest of more than 70 protesters incl. Organisers of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> Solidarity marches, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JeremyCorbyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyCorbyn</span></a> and The Crow actor Khalid Abdalla last month <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/04/police-to-interview-the-crown-actor-khalid-abdalla-over-gaza-protest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/04/police-to-interview-the-crown-actor-khalid-abdalla-over-gaza-protest</span></a></p>
Emme Klama<p>Mark your calendars! </p><p>Future scheduled protests - </p><p>March 7-14: <br>Oligarch #1 Protest - Amazon - No purchasing from Amazon for one week.</p><p>Friday, March 14: <br>National Strike, No Work for 24 Hours - All workers, all businesses, all higher education organizations.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a></p>
Paul Schoe<p>Interesting read, this <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> article that, based on research by Erica <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Chenoweth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chenoweth</span></a> (Harvard), states that:</p><p>- civil disobedience is not only the moral choice; it is also the most powerful way of shaping world <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> – by a long way.</p><p>- it takes (only) around 3.5% of the population actively participating to ensure serious political change.</p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> campaigns led to political change 53% of the time compared to 26% for violent <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/future/article/2019051</span><span class="invisible">3-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world</span></a></p><p>Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://helvede.net/@jwcph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jwcph</span></a></span>, for the link.</p>
USAJusticeWatch<p>There are many methods of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> civil <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a>. Strategic planning is crucial: <a href="https://contensis.uwaterloo.ca/sites/sandboxes/admin/testCopy-1205/media/documents/198-methods-non-violent-action.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">contensis.uwaterloo.ca/sites/s</span><span class="invisible">andboxes/admin/testCopy-1205/media/documents/198-methods-non-violent-action.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilResistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilResistence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StrategicCivilResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrategicCivilResistance</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Biden posthumously pardons civil rights leader Marcus Garvey</p><p>President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Marcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marcus</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Garvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garvey</span></a>, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. </p><p>Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention.</p><p>Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey’s conviction was politically motivated and an effort to silence the increasingly popular leader who spoke of racial pride. <br>After Garvey was convicted, he was deported to Jamaica, where he was born. He died in 1940.</p><p>The Rev Martin Luther King Jr said of Garvey: “He was the first man, on a mass scale and level” to give millions of Black people “a sense of dignity and destiny”.</p><p>It’s not clear whether Biden, who leaves office Monday, will pardon people who have been criticized or threatened by president-elect Donald Trump.<br>Issuing preemptive pardons – for actual or imagined offenses byTrump’s critics that could be investigated or prosecuted by the incoming administration – would stretch the powers of the presidency in untested ways.</p><p>Biden has set the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations issued. <br>He announced on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of <a href="https://c.im/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drug</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/offenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offenses</span></a>. <br>He also gave a broad pardon for his son <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hunter</span></a>, who was prosecuted for gun and tax crimes.</p><p>The president has announced he was commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, <br>converting their punishments to life imprisonment just as Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office. <br>In his first term, Trump presided over an unprecedented number of executions, 13, in a protracted timeline during the coronavirus pandemic.<br>A pardon relieves a person of guilt and punishment. A commutation reduces or eliminates the punishment but doesn’t exonerate the wrongdoing.</p><p>Others pardoned on Sunday included <a href="https://c.im/tags/Don" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Don</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Scott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scott</span></a>, the speaker of the Virginia house of delegates, who was convicted of a drug offense in 1994 and served eight years in prison. <br>He was elected to the Virginia legislature in 2019, and later became the first Black speaker.</p><p>Biden also pardoned immigrant rights activist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ravi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ravi</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ragbir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ragbir</span></a>, who was convicted of a nonviolent offence in 2001 and was sentenced to two years in prison and was facing deportation to Trinidad and Tobago; <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Kemba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kemba</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Smith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smith</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pradia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pradia</span></a>, who was convicted of a drug offense in 1994 and sentenced to 24 years behind bars, but has since become a prison reform activist; <br>and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Darryl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darryl</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chambers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chambers</span></a>, a gun violence prevention advocate who was convicted of a drug offense and sentenced to 17 years in prison, but who now studies and writes about gun violence prevention.</p><p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/19/biden-pardons-marcus-garvey?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/19/biden-pardons-marcus-garvey?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> drug offenders</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> Joe Biden plans Friday to commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drug</span></a> offenses, making good on a promise to reduce the federal prison population….<br>
The commutations target those serving disproportionately long sentences for drug convictions compared with the punishments they would receive today under sentencing laws, policy & practice….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/17/biden-pardons-justice-clemency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/national-se</span><span class="invisible">curity/2025/01/17/biden-pardons-justice-clemency/</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Can <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> struggle defeat a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictator</span></a>? This database emphatically says yes</p><p>The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyrants</span></a> through strategic nonviolent campaigns. </p><p><a href="https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/can-nonviolent-struggle-defeat-a-dictator-this-database-emphatically-says-yes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/</span><span class="invisible">can-nonviolent-struggle-defeat-a-dictator-this-database-emphatically-says-yes/</span></a></p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p>(1/2) There is no perfect way to date the start of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstIntifada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstIntifada</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisDayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisDayInHistory</span></a> in 1987 is a good contender. The mass popular uprising began with the youth who grew up under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occupation</span></a>, was largely <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> at first, and casualties stayed one-sided..</p>
Bruce Sterling @bruces<p>*Pretty girls galore, man, crypto money-laundering, that's a great crime career for women. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pinkcollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pinkcollar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucrative</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/31b9053f-343e-4c47-ace9-2b0080ec8799" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/31b9053f-343e-4</span><span class="invisible">c47-ace9-2b0080ec8799</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>And how much economic damage is from climate change and pollution from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a>? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> is the real criminal here!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateProtesters</span></a> are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves </p><p>By Kara Fox, CNN<br>September 14, 2024</p><p>London CNN — "As <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> rioters attacked communities with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> violence across parts of the UK last month, 22-year-old <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CressieGethin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CressieGethin</span></a> sat in a prison cell.</p><p>"Her crime? Organizing a disruptive protest against new government-granted licenses to drill for oil — a planet-heating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> — in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthSea</span></a>.</p><p>"In late July, a London court found <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gethin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gethin</span></a> and four other members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JustStopOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustStopOil</span></a> activist group guilty of 'conspiring intentionally to cause a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicNuisance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicNuisance</span></a>,' after recruiting protesters to climb structures along the M25 — a major ring road around London — bringing traffic to a standstill in parts over four days in November 2022.</p><p>"Prosecutors alleged that the protests, organized over a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ZoomCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZoomCall</span></a>, disrupted more than 700,000 drivers, caused economic damage of over £760,000 ($980,000) and racked up £1 million ($1.3m) in policing costs. </p><p>"Now Gethin and three others — Louise Lancaster, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DanielShaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielShaw</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LuciaWhittakerDeAbreu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuciaWhittakerDeAbreu</span></a>, who planned the disruption on the call — are serving four-year jail terms, while Just Stop Oil co-founder <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RogerHallam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogerHallam</span></a> was given five years. All are appealing.</p><p>"The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> protest and were delivered under two new controversial laws that supercharged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> powers to crack down on disruptive protests, even when they are peaceful.</p><p>"They place the act of planning a 'public nuisance' event, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, on a similar footing as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViolentCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViolentCrimes</span></a> like robbery, for which punishments range from community service to 12 years’ jail, or rape, which is four to 19 years.</p><p>"The judge — who in court referred to the activists as '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremists</span></a>' — justified the long jail terms because all five activists had previously been convicted of one or more offenses in relation to direct action protest. Each were on bail for another set of proceedings when the Zoom call took place. He also noted people missed important doctor’s visits and funerals because of the protest.</p><p>"But activists like Gethin say their demonstrations are proportionate to the problem at hand — a rapidly warming world that threatens to transform life as we know it, through deadly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> events and by pushing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> to their brinks. They are now battling the bolstered powers of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> and courts to get their point across.</p><p>“'A very harsh sentence like this doesn’t make sense morally or legally — but it does make sense politically,' Gethin told CNN in a handwritten letter from HMP Bronzefield, a women’s prison just south of London’s Heathrow Airport.</p><p>"The laws have drawn criticism from the UN’s special rapporteur on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDefenders</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MichaelForst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelForst</span></a>, who said not only do they criminalize peaceful protest, but they are being enforced in 'punitive and repressive' ways."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-climate-protests-policing-laws-prison-intl/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-</span><span class="invisible">climate-protests-policing-laws-prison-intl/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterDefenders</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDefenders</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalActivists</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BiodiversityNecessityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityNecessityDefense</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthDefenders</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateStrike</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Article20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Article20</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/2023PublicOrderAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2023PublicOrderAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateNecessityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateNecessityDefense</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a></p>
P Gurgel-Segrillo<p>Nonviolence is Good, Actually - insightful look on non-violent resistance and what it actually entails. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nonviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NonviolentResistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonviolentResistence</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/OTMtUuFThtE?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/OTMtUuFThtE?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
njamster :godot:<p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/LooksCoolDidntPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LooksCoolDidntPlay</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/LCDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LCDP</span></a>), No. 88:<br>"Caravan SandWitch" (Non-Violent Exploration Game)</p><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1582650/Caravan_SandWitch/?curator_clanid=45124370" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">store.steampowered.com/app/158</span><span class="invisible">2650/Caravan_SandWitch/?curator_clanid=45124370</span></a><br>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@sandwitchdev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sandwitchdev</span></a></span></p><p>Might appeal to fans of: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Sable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sable</span></a></p><p>If you like what you see: boost & follow my Steam curator? 😇</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/SteamGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteamGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/NonViolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonViolent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exploration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/PostApocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostApocalyptic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/VanLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanLife</span></a></p>
njamster :godot:<p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/LooksCoolDidntPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LooksCoolDidntPlay</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/LCDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LCDP</span></a>), No. 84:<br>"Symphonia" (Non-Violent Precision Platformer)</p><p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1865960/Symphonia/?curator_clanid=45124370" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">store.steampowered.com/app/186</span><span class="invisible">5960/Symphonia/?curator_clanid=45124370</span></a></p><p>If you like what you see: boost & follow my Steam curator? 😇</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/SteamGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteamGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/NonViolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonViolent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/PrecisionPlatformer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrecisionPlatformer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Platformer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Platformer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Violin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Orchestra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orchestra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a></p>
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