A different study, published last year in the journal International Security, used an expanded database and analyzed 323 major insurrections in support of self-determination and democratic rule since 1900. It found that violent resistance was successful only 26 percent of the time, whereas nonviolent campaigns had a 53 percent success rate.…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on November 21, 2009 at 9:50pm —
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What's up family,
So today I find myself sitting on Kazu Haga's couch getting ready to attend an on the ground 3 day organizing training conducted by the Center for Third World Organizing from November 20-22, 2009. I have a great deal of understanding when it comes to the nonviolence philosophy but when it comes to on the ground organizing skills I need help. The Gathering staff agreed that each of us need to get training on different areas of our work. We agreed that even the trainers need tra…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on November 20, 2009 at 3:35pm —
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I was trying to come up with a inspirational title and topic for this blog and I finally decided to just write about my day. Then I thought how, so often, I set out to write this amazing blog and I never get to write it because I become exhausted thinking about the task and which topic should I pick and how should I present my thoughts. I am going to share some the thoughts that I was having as a read today. Please join in the Gatherings experiment with Nonviolence.
In my attempt to keep learni…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on November 17, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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Heeding God's call? Embattled Colosimo reportedly closing gun shop
By DAVID GAMBACORTA
Philadelphia Daily News
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Local members of the interfaith group Heeding God's Call rejoiced yesterday when it became apparent they were close to winning their long-standing campaign against Colosimo's gun shop.
The group received its first piece of good news late Tuesday, when the U.S. Attorney's Office announced it had filed charges against the dealership for allegedly kn…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on September 25, 2009 at 2:53pm —
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In September, 1971, several incarcerated men at Attica Prison led an uprising to protest inhumane treatment and overcrowding. After four days of negotiation state troopers were called in and the Attica Prison rebellion ended with nine hostages and twenty-eight incarcerated men dead. The insurrection changed the entire dynamic within prisons and initiated a national discussion about prison policy and practices. New York State prisons had very few programs at that time. Friends (Quaker) worship gr…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on September 21, 2009 at 9:51am —
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By Al Baker AND John Eligon
Omar J. EdwardsPolice Department Officer Omar J. Edwards was fatally shot on May 28.
A grand jury in Manhattan has voted not to indict a New York City police officer who fatally shot another officer, who was armed and off duty at the time, on an East Harlem street in May, according to Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney.
The officer, Andrew P. Dunton, who has been on administrative duty since the May 28 shooting, killed Officer Omar J. Edwards, fir…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on August 13, 2009 at 3:53pm —
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SACRAMENTO, California - The riot that ravaged a Southern California prison and injured 175 inmates began with a fight between black and Hispanic gang members, a stark reminder of the difficulty of race relations behind bars and the challenges of desegregating inmates.
In America's largest state prison system, black, Hispanic, Asian and white gangs generally don't mix. When they do, trouble typically follows.
"It isn't that everybody in the inmate popu…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on August 13, 2009 at 3:44pm —
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Banks make $38bn from overdraft fees
By Saskia Scholtes and Francesco Guerrera in New York
Published: August 9 2009 22:52 | Last updated: August 9 2009 22:52
US banks stand to collect a record $38.5bn in fees for customer overdrafts this year, with the bulk of the revenue coming from the most financially stretched consumers amid the deepest recession since the 1930s, according to research. The fees are nearly double those reported in 2000.
The finding is likely to increase public hostility t…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on August 11, 2009 at 1:59am —
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FRANKLIN FURNACE, Ohio — The teenager in the padded smock sat in his solitary confinement cell here in this state’s most secure juvenile prison and screamed obscenities.
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The Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility in Delaware, Ohio, added therapy programs to address inmates’ self-mutilation.
The youth, Donald, a 16-year-old, his eyes glassy from lack of sleep and a daily regimen of mood stabilizers, was serving a minimum…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on August 11, 2009 at 12:38am —
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Police chief ignores wave of thefts
Published: July 31. 2009 1:06AM
This letter is for Erie Police Chief Steve Franklin.
Our family home -- in a quiet, beautifully maintained, modest neighborhood -- was burglarized, apparently, in broad daylight. The 56-inch LED flat-screen TV, a vintage electronic keyboard synthesizer, a DVR and a registered shotgun were all taken, and the bedrooms ransacked. My appeal to friends and colleagues turned up similar declarations that they've "been there" or "it…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on July 31, 2009 at 9:03am —
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This is Little Rock AR's solution for over crowded prisons. What can we learn from this? What types of questions does this raise?
Let out early, boy now called killer
Take him back, mom urged state
By Amy Upshaw
LITTLE ROCK — Two months before Antonio Terry was accused of killing a retired man during a home invasion robbery in late June, his mother says, the Youth Services Division released him early from a juvenile detention center.
Katie Pierce had hoped her 16-year-old son’s early release…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on July 31, 2009 at 9:00am —
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July 29, 2009, 12:40 pm
Mayor Defends One-Way Tickets for Homeless
By Julie Bosman AND Michael Barbaro
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg defended a city program to send homeless families out of New York on planes, trains and buses on Wednesday, saying it “saves the taxpayers of New York City an enormous amount of money.”
Speaking in the Blue Room in City Hall to announce a new finance commissioner, Mr. Bloomberg was asked if the program simply shifts the homelessness program to a different place, as…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on July 29, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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CRANSTON — The ongoing battles between violent street gangs such as the Young Bloods, Hanover Boyz, Asian Outlaw Boyz, MS-13 and Providence Street Boys know no boundaries.
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Extra: The Gangs of Providence -- a special multimedia report
It’s no secret that most of the state’s 1,400 gang members are scattered across several Providence neighborhoods in the West End, Smith Hill and South Side, but there is a growing number of them living in Woonsocket, Pawtucket, Central Falls and Cran…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on July 27, 2009 at 10:28am —
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National Expert Talks About Police Diversity
July 23, 2009, 5:31 pm
It's been an issue in the city of Erie for years, not enough minorities on the police force. CLICK FOR VIDEO This week, about 200 people marched outside of city hall, protesting the lack of minorities within the fire department, and on the Erie police force.
There are no black fire fighters, and out of 167 officers only three are African American.
So we wanted to hear from a 3rd party expert. To get an outside opinion on what c…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on July 24, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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I hope you have enjoyed the heat of the summer and not of temper. The Gathering participants and staff have turned up our organizing and training effort. We have conducted trainings in Connecticut (Hartford), Illinois (Chicago), Pennsylvania (Erie), University of Rhode Island Summer Institute, and will soon be in Arkansas (Little Rock).
One of the highlights of collaboration and membership participation was the URI 2 week long Summer Institute led by Dr. Lafayette. The Gathering participated in…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on July 24, 2009 at 9:33am —
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Before Cop Shot: "You b*tch Ass Ni**er"
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A new bombshell may be waiting to explode in the case of Oscar Grant, the black man who was killed by a white San Francisco Bay Area Transit Authority police officer.
One of the police officers called Grant a “b*tch ass n—er” before Grant was killed by another officer.
A videotape taken by a bystander shows one of the officers, identified by the San…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on June 30, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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The International Day of Peace: Human Rights and Peacekeeping
Pupils attend a class in an all girls' school as part of a World Food Programme (WFP) food-for-education project, encouraging student enrollment. Peacekeeper of United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) speaks with a villager during a routine patrol.
A Bolivian UN peacekeeper demonstrates proper dental care to the population of Marin neighbourhood. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek, release…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on June 29, 2009 at 4:16pm —
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Whats up Gathering family?
I have much to share about the time in Chicago and Erie over the past three weeks but I would like to start by thanking everyone for making these events a success. We accomplished a great deal and yet we have far more to go before we change the culture of of our country. I speak of a culture of violence. I am speaking of a culture that rather throw away our youth than to teach them how to be successful. I speak of a culture that does not agree in practice with this st…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on June 29, 2009 at 8:48am —
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On Thursday 02 April 2009, Chicago Police banned together and surrounded City Hall against bringing the Olympics here. For decades, these officers cannot enforce the law when the public polices them and they have to use outdated equipment.
Rookie. Veteran. Retired. Young and old came out to this rally and walked around City Hall. Mayor Daley was never seen.
Many civilians are against bringing the Olympics to Chicago.
The unemployment rate is sky high, we do not have enough officers on the str…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on June 20, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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Check out the recent training effort of the Gathering for Justice . These video that capture the youth taking the lead in the movement. Can we support them as they begin to pick up momentum. Here are the links to each of the new video interviews. It can be found on the website in the video section or at the links below.
Youth discuss the need to become nonviolent before it is......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEj1LMLIpvg
Youth discuss the need for youth to become nonviolent and become invol…
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Added by Jonathan Lewis on June 19, 2009 at 9:30pm —
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