The direct actions of the students at UC Davis last week were impressive! They remained non-violent in spite of a violent attack by the UC Davis police, and they remained silent when the leader of their university walked past them. Since those events got so much publicity, I am not putting then on my blog. But here is another recent example of brave non-violent direct action, this time at the SOA protest in Fort Benning, Georgia.
Here are some of her words:
I'm ruined for life! Are you? When you witness injustice, it changes you, you can't function in the world the way you did before bearing witness. I think that's what brings so many of us here today... the human rights crimes, the unjust wars, the decades of terrorizing third world communities. Dick Cheney's greed. John Yoo's unethical lawyering. It's easy to withdraw and become hopeless. But our President, Barack Obama needs our help... it's important we keep showing up, as pacifists, as witnesses, as community activists knocking on the doors of Congress, engaging Columbus magistrates, now Stephen Hyles, in dialog about their complicit role in obstructing justice.
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