Category: Anti-War Activism

Antiwar Movement Struggles for Survival

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/41779.html

More on the Antiwar Split within the Democratic Party

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-07-28-war-vote_N.htm

The Antiwar Split in the Democratic Party

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/world/28prexy.html?_r=1&hp

Media Coverage of National Peace Conference

http://mediasanctuary.tv/crows/

Wikileaks Aids the Antiwar Movement

Peace Workshops at the Social Forum

http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=4140

Abeyance in the Antiwar Movement

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=fighting_the_war_and_irrelevance

Selective Incentive Theory to the Extreme

Fabio Rojas’s observations from an antiwar rally this weekend show us an example of selective incentive theory taken to the extreme.  See: http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/social-movement-frames-and-cookies/

October 5 and 7 Protests in Washington, DC

An anti-war action, sponsored by the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, was held at the White House on Monday, October 5.  Students for a Democratic Society led a “Funk the War” rally on Wednesday, October 7.  See the following links for coverage:

1. http://open.salon.com/blog/kevin_gosztola/2009/10/06/82_arrested_hundreds_protest_obamas_war_in_afghanistan

2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/10/06/GA2009100603219.html

3. http://www.fightbacknews.org/2009/10/10/students-protest-8-years-war-afghanistan

Protesting the G20 in Pittsburgh

The Global Justice Movement and the anti-war movement combined forces in Pittsburgh.  See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/world/26pittsburgh.html?scp=3&sq=g20%20protest&st=cse