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A resolution against violence

Posted on February 28, 2010, 10:19 am, by profpam, under CSU Budget Crisis, Non-Violence, SF State.

Across California there will be a protest against the budget cuts in education. SF State’s faculty union, the California Faculty Association has made this resolution in support of non-violent protests.
Here’s an excerpt:
The executive board of the SF State chapter of CFA adopted the following statement on February 25th:
California Faculty Association (CFA), San Francisco State University [...]

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Iranian protests

Posted on December 27, 2009, 2:55 pm, by profpam, under Civil Disobedience, Gandhi, King, Non-Violence, Politics, Socrates.

Having been immersed this semester in discussions of civil disobedience, it’s impossible for me, at least, to not keep Socrates and King in mind when I learn of social unrest and injustice in the world.
Would an Iranian Socrates willingly allow himself to be taken to Evin prison? I admit this hypothetical is a difficult one [...]

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A different kind of nonviolent activism

Posted on May 18, 2009, 8:12 pm, by profpam, under Civil Disobedience, Non-Violence.

A Quaker perspective.
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