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Activist removed from ICE facility in Burlington, Massachusetts
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The Liberal Handbrake Slips: Why 11 Mainstream Protesters Crossing the Line Matters

When ministers, lawyers, and therapists start getting arrested for blocking ICE facilities, something fundamental is shifting in how liberals view the system.

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April 29, 2026
Maritime radar image and composite photo showing multiple small vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla encircling the massive MSC Maya container ship in the Mediterranean Sea, forcing it to change course
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Internationalist Piracy: Where States Failed, Ordinary People Enforced the Law

For the first time in history, civilians forced a 400-meter cargo ship carrying steel for Israeli weapons to change course. The Global Sumud Flotilla's unprecedented action proves the war machine can be disrupted — not by governments, but by people.

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April 24, 2026
As Yet Another Pipeline Explodes, We Must Ask When is Enough, Enough?
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As Yet Another Pipeline Explodes, We Must Ask When is Enough, Enough?

Flames rip from the earth's surface, spewing 40+ feet into the nights sky. Residents look on in awe as yet another fossil fuel pipeline has exploded. An all to common scene throughout rural America these days. Many all around the world have already taken to boycott and direct action to attempt to bring some of these oil giants to their knees. With increased action every day its only a matter of time before they can no longer sustain the extraction.

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November 29, 2016
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The Unified City Project: Revolution In Action

Buckminster Fuller once said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

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July 2, 2016
An illustration of animated cartoon characters holding a black-and-red 'Anonymous La Résistance' flag against a night sky.
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Resistance in a Police State

An essay on what it truly means to resist a modern police state — and why fear, not violence, is both the weapon being used against us and the one we need to overcome it.

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December 3, 2015
Activists in kayaks and inflatable rafts hold a banner reading 'sHellNo' beneath a bridge on the Willamette River in Portland.
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The #ShellNo Resistance Wages a Three-Month Blockade Against Shell's Arctic Exploration Efforts

Anti-resource-extraction activists rally on the West Coast for three months to fight Shell's Arctic drilling efforts — blocking ships and rigs in kayaks and, finally, suspending themselves from a bridge over the St. Johns River for 36 hours.

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July 30, 2015