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Reprinted from BeyondChron.
Markos Moulitsas’ new book, Taking On the System, is not really about political blogs. One would expect the founder of Daily Kos to write about the netroots (and his book offers plenty of anecdotes about how they’ve changed politics), but it’s really a guide for how ordinary people can make an impact […]

11-year-old Ahmad Husam Yousef Mousa lies dead(Photo by: Oren Ziv / Activestills.org - used with permission, not for commercial reuse)
RAMALLAH, West Bank — An 11-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed in the West Bank village of Nilin on Tuesday, July 29th.

In a tragic sequel to continuing resistance to the separation wall being built in […]

Meaghan Linick-Loughley of SDS (foreground - with mask)(Photo: Asahi)
TOKYO — A photograph of an SDS New York member recently appeared on page one of Asahi, one of Japan’s oldest and largest newspapers with a circulation of 8 million.
Meaghan Linick-Loughley of New School SDS visited Japan recently and took part in the G8 protests. An Asahi […]

Steve Harrison at a meeting of the Young Democrats(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City Councilman Mike McMahon and community activist Steve Harrison addressed a meeting of the Young Democrats of America on Sunday. Conservative McMahon and progressive Harrison are vying for the Democratic nomination and the right to challenge Republican Party control […]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Activists who dropped banners at the Staten Island Mall Saturday later issued the following statement.

On Saturday, July 26, 2008, members of Movement for a Democratic Society / Staten Island (MDS), Peace Action of Staten Island (PASI) and World Can’t Wait (WCW) dropped 2 large banners at the Staten Island Mall, in […]

Click On The Image To See A Video Documenting The Resistance
The recent ‘freeze actions’ at train stations in Manhattan ‘No Attack on Iran’ are an important tactic in creating a ‘space of non—violent resistance’ at the lowest geographical scale of mass public presence on foot, namely inside a train station.
Meanwhile, on the other side of […]

MDSer Richie Marini freezes in Penn Station(Photo: Mike Morice / NLN)
NEW YORK — Anti-war activists held a FREEZE action in Penn Station on Monday at 5 pm, the height of rush hour. The goal: to stop an attack on Iran. NLN’s Mike Morice’s was there to capture the Moment.

A CodePINK activist freezes holding a […]

“Maybe I offend some who define themselves as 100 percent purely liberal but this is the first time in 28 years that we can win.” - Mike McMahon(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City Councilman and Congressional candidate (NY-13) Mike McMahon spoke to the Staten Island Democratic Association on Tuesday. SIDA is the […]

Two young marchers on the steps of Borough Hall(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Hundreds of community members marched yesterday from Mahoney Park in Staten Island’s New Brighton neighborhood to Borough Hall, the seat of local government. Their cause: putting a stop to the violence that claims the lives of young people. The […]

A protester in Grand Central Station(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
NEW YORK — Wearing signs that said, “No Attack On Iran”, 200 plus protesters poured into Grand Central Station yesterday. At the heart of rush hour on a steamy July day the station “froze” for several minutes as protesters stopped in their tracks. The activists were […]