Does your race or social class matter when it comes to civil disobedience?
As a white activist, civil disobedience has a whole different meaning. Many white activists have grown up without fear or distrust of police. If I am arrested, I am not worried that I will be treated unfairly because of my race. If I [...]
I dreamt about Socrates the other night.
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These Philadelphia museum guards are protesting for union recognition. So reminiscent of the posters held be African Americans during the 60’s. These are the Memphis sanitation workers – garbage men – protesting in 1968.
Photo by Richard. L. Copley
An online exhibit of the strike is here.
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John Lewis arrested in Washington, DC.
Five members of Congress and two Darfur activists had themselves arrested Monday outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C., to draw attention to the continuing humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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