In Livorno, a port city off the coast of Tuscany, a coalition of labor unions, local organizations, and everyday people have blocked container ships from moving cargo.
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The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns. Occasional actions that simply protest a particular policy or egregious action aren’t enough.
Before it ends up being repressed, the wind of revolt sweeping through the squares of France must be transformed into a comprehensive, alternative economic policy project.
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What we witnessed in the last day is an extraordinary example of what Americans must learn from South Korea. It's People, ordinary people — not governments or the military -- that will secure our democracy. It will be people and people power.
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It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas. The Court’s decision to leaves the Fifth Circuit’s attack on the First Amendment in place. The Fifth Circuit’s Mckesson decision remains good law in those three states.
The country continues toward a constitutional crisis as the far-right continues its attempts to subvert the August 20 electoral result.
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