Dear OAG supporter, As someone who believes in and strives towards social justice, you know how important it is to empower those individuals who feel an injustice is being committed to speak up. I’m asking you to consider speaking up for the people of Jeju Island, South Korea, who are at this moment resisting the [...]
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US Hypocrisy: Comparing Rhetoric on Foreign & Domestic Civil Liberties
The hypocrisy of the United States may be its on undoing. Promising freedoms that don’t exist – such as the freedom of assembly – will only generate a disenchanted populous.
Occupy Seattle Update: Oakland Solidarity
I went down to Westlake Square, Seattle, again last night. We arrived to a dance party of hundreds after 8 pm; my friend and I found Food Not Bombs serving delicious, vegan potato soup. After the dancing ended at 9, more than a hundred of us marched through the streets of downtown and Capital Hill. [...]
Equal Qualms: Why Pakistanis distrust the U.S.
The last few weeks have seen a surge in domestic civic engagement, given the prominence of the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the barrage of reality show moments disguised as the GOP presidential debate.
Witness to Empire
Today, I’ll be going up in front of a judge at the federal courthouse downtown for an indictment hearing. This is an unprecedented moment in my life: for the first time, I’m having to face the consequences for acting out my faith and values in a concrete way. I was arrested on Good Friday for [...]
