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  1. Civil disobedience
    Connexipedia Article

    Resource Type: Article
    The active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government, or of an occupying power, without resorting to physical violence.
  2. Disobedience
    The rise of the global fossil fuel resistance

    Resource Type: Film/Video
    Published: 2016
    Disobedience is a film about a new phase of the climate movement: courageous action that is being taken on the front lines of the climate crisis on every continent, led by regular people fed up with the power and pollution of the fossil fuel industry.
  3. Disobedience
    Introduction to the January 22, 2017 issue of Other Voices

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Ultimately all power structures depend on the obedience of those over whom they rule. It helps if people believe in the legitimacy of those who wield power, but the crucial thing is obedience. Once people start to disobey in significant numbers, the dynamic of power changes fundamentally. Disobedience, especially on a large scale, shakes the power of the rulers, and increases the power of those who disobey.
  4. Disobedience: Ulli Diemer - Selected snippets & quotes from Radical Digressions
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
  5. The Fort Hood 43
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    A history of the 43 infantrymen who refused to be deployed against protestors at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
  6. GI Coffeehouses Recalled: a Compliment From General Westmoreland
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    The New York Times has published an op-ed piece by historian David Parsons about the coffeehouses started near US bases during the War in Vietnam.
  7. Investigation of a Flame
    Resource Type: Film/Video
    Published: 2003
    Investigation of a Flame is a 2001 documentary by Lynne Sachs about the Catonsville Nine, nine Catholic activists who became known for their May 17, 1968 nonviolent act of civil disobedience in burning draft files to protest the Vietnam War.
  8. Naturism and Civil Disobedience
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1996
    May a naturist go so far as to break the law to encourage the liberalization of anti-nudity laws? When is nonviolent civil disobedience justified in advocating the naturist cause?
  9. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 22, 2017
    Disobedience

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2017
    Ultimately all power structures depend on the obedience of those over whom they rule. It helps if people believe in the legitimacy of those who wield power, but the crucial thing is obedience. Once people start to disobey in significant numbers, the dynamic of power changes fundamentally. Disobedience, especially on a large scale, shakes the power of the rulers, and increases the power of those who disobey. Disobedience is the theme of this issue.
  10. Presidio mutiny
    Wikipedia article

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    The Presidio mutiny was a sit-down protest carried out by 27 prisoners at the Presidio stockade in San Francisco, California on October 14, 1968. The stiff sentences given out at courts martial for the participants (known as the Presidio 27) attracted attention to the extent of sentiment against the Vietnam War in the armed forces.
  11. Recovering Nonviolent History
    Civil Resistance in Liberation Struggles

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2013
    Essays showing, in considerable detail, the varied roles played by civil resistance in fifteen liberation struggles in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
  12. Sir! No Sir!
    Resource Type: Film/Video
    Published: 2005
    A documentary about the anti-war movement within the ranks of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War.
  13. Soldiers in Revolt
    GI Resistance during the Vietnam War

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2005
    A definitive account of GI resistance in the Vietnam War. With an introduction by Howard Zinn.
  14. The Virtues of Mutiny and Desertion
    Two Christmas Anniversaries

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Christmas Eve also marks the famous 1914 “Christmas truce” when British and German soldiers crossed No Man’s Land to shake hands, play soccer, exchange souvenirs and sing carols to each other. The High Commands and politicians on both sides swiftly put an end to that foolishness. The war went on killing many millions.
  15. When Soldiers Resist
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Let's remember the courageous war resisters who said no to the slaughter in Vietnam.

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