Tag Archives: civil disobedience

Can you name the first woman who wouldn't give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama? The answer is not Rosa Parks.

Rep. Allen Peake doesn’t let the immoral war on drugs get in the way of saving children from debilitating illnesses — this is public service!

For those who have been working on unique approaches to benefit humanity through disobedience, their efforts could be rewarded.

In a first, Washington is rolling out its own cannabis research licensing program to bypass stifling federal regulations on "Schedule 1" drugs.

Legality does not dictate morality -- and this Congressman from Georgia knows it.

The owners of the outfit were unfazed by the arrest, and vowed to get back to work the very next day.

When feeding the homeless becomes an act of civil disobedience, Americans have been asleep for far too long.

Jackass star Steve-O was just sentenced to 30 days in jail for his epic protest to bring awareness to the animal abuse taking place at Sea World.

Framingham, MA– Lindsay McNamara of Ashland, Massachusetts, is being charged with disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property after bringing a Dunkin Donuts box filled with raw bacon and sausage to the Framingham Police Department to “feed the pigs” on Friday morning. “She walked into the lobby and was carrying …

Activists against police brutality are calling for support in St Louis for an upcoming “Weekend of Resistance.” Protests in the city reignited following the killing Wednesday of an African American teen by a white police officer. RT.com Following the death of Vonderrick Myers Jr., in which a police officer allegedly …