Aztec ideas of training one's moral strength and steadiness have something in common with what I've learned from my own campaigning. I can confirm point 1 directly. When I choose to strive for freedom and justice in the world, it's not that I expect that having more freedom and justice myself will make me personally happier. On the contrary, there are defeats and failures and they hurt. But overall, my
The persecutor's henchmen seek to merge state drivers' license databases into its database of citizens, which it intends to use to interfere with voting. Non-citizens are not allowed to vote in the US, and it is very rare that they try to. But this data
An enterprising child distributed a flier in his neighborhood urging other kids to join him at a specific place and time for outdoor play. It was a success, and started regular meetings for play.
US citizens: Tell the Starbucks CEO that you won’t cross the picket line. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code-not trivial, but not hard.
* Devastated hospitals, mass graves, bodies eaten by dogs in the street. After speaking out, I discovered my visa will not be renewed [by Israel].* - Jonathan Whittall heads the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)'s mission in occupied Palestine.
US citizens: call on Congress to continue to require confirmation hearings for the heads of US spy agencies, so it can impose at least minimal accountability in how they spy on Americans.
Martin Decker's appeal against deportation from the UK was successful. This does not erase the injustice of imprisoning him for a nonviolent protest. The UK must abolish the laws that punish protests for mere inconvenience.