#nonviolent-protest

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fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks ago

How nonviolent protest can break autocratic rule

Nonviolent, creative community tactics, including singing, noise, patrols and boycotts, are being used in Minneapolis and globally to resist ICE actions and drive political change.
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Art Snack: Portland Paczki Promises Unsurprisingly Vegan, Online Guide to Frog Brigade Building, Two Reopenings, and a BBQ

On Saturday, January 10, approximately 10-15 protesters wearing inflated frog costumes performed a not-very-synchronized dance beneath the bright lights of the South Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. Heralded on a flyer as the "Original Frog Dance" the loose choreography-set to "We're the Frogs," an AI-created ballad by local lyricist Delanae Elle Eanaled-lasted just over three minutes. An organizer with the Frog Brigade, Will-also known as "Ribbit Wrangler"-told the Mercury that the costumed dancers had practiced only that day and for "not very long." The performance consisted of "moves someone could make in a frog costume."
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fromABC11 Raleigh-Durham
5 months ago

Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a Greensboro lunch counter, dies at 83

Joseph McNeil, one of four Greensboro sit-in students, helped spark widespread nonviolent civil rights sit-ins and later became a two‑star general.
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