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NEWS ABOUT: civil disobedience

civil disobedience stories: 5 news summaries

Break Stuff to Save the Planet: Gore

Former VP endorses civil disobedience against climate change

Nov 6, 09 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore says nonviolent disruption of polluters and airports is justified considering the grave threat posed by climate change. "Civil disobedience has an honorable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • Copenhagen • civil disobedience • US Senate • Copenhagen climate change conference

Notre Dame Splits on Obama Speech, Protests

Students excited about visit, not pleased with activists' tactics

May 13, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - As President Obama's commencement speech at Notre Dame approaches, pro-life activists have converged on the campus with banners, planes, and plans for civil disobedience. But students, who expressed pride that the president chose their school, aren't too happy with the protests. "It cheapens the argument. As someone who is... More »

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Catholic Church • abortion rights • Right to Life • Notre Dame • commencement speech • civil disobedience • anti-abortion activists • President Obama

Business Is Booming for French 'Protest Coach'

Parisian makes a living schooling dissenters in the art of civil disobedience

Apr 8, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - France's leading "protest consultant" has never been busier, he tells the Wall Street Journal. Xavier Renou provides—for a discretionary fee—tips and training courses for anticapitalist protesters on making sure their message is heard. Renou sticks to nonviolent means, but has plenty of practical advice on everything from... More »

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France • protests • activist • political protest • civil disobedience • consultant

 Gore Calls for Civil 
 Disobedience Vs. Coal 

Says world is losing climate change battle

Sep 25, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Earth defender Al Gore is calling for a campaign of civil disobedience and protest to halt construction of 48 coal plants that lack the technology to capture and store carbon, Reuters reports. "If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet, I believe we have reached... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • Clinton Global Initiative • civil disobedience • carbon sequestration • geo-sequestration

Big Brother Indeed: Orwell Prank Ends in Arrests

Takeover PA system leads to sit-in protest at Mass. high school

May 22, 08 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - What appears to be a senior prank that saw students commandeer the public-address system at a Massachusetts high school to read George Orwell (or perhaps Fidel Castro) ended with arrests and protests yesterday, the New Bedford Standard-Times reports. More »

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education • high school • Fidel Castro • protests • George Orwell • civil disobedience • sit-in

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