Cindy Sheehan reccently spoke at UC Berkeley. Check out
the full-length article at
calpeacepower.org.
Soon Congress will vote on extending the Patriot Act, and if it's approved, we have to start committing civil disobedience and violating the Patriot Act. When I say "we," I actually mean "I," because I can't encourage others to break the law. But it wouldn't be illegal to defy the Patriot Act, because the Patriot Act contradicts the constitution! The constitution says, "Congress shall make no laws prohibiting..."
Sheehan's speech was quite inspiring! Especially her call for civil disobedience both against the Iraq war and the Patriot Act:
Also in the new issue of PeacePower we have articles on: Land Confiscation in Israel/Palestine, Conflict Transformation in the Middle East, People Power in Iraq, Lebanon, and the Philippines, The Path to Nuclear Disarmament, and The Promise of Forgivness: the Turth & Reconciliation Commission in South Africa.
Matthew Taylor
co-editor, PeacePower
Berkeley's Journal of Principled Nonviolence and Conflict Transformation
also see: http://www.mettacenter.org