Sleepouts in Defiance of Santa Cruz Sleeping Ban
The “Freedom Sleepers” of Santa Cruz want city parks opened at night so people without homes will have a place to go where they are not targeted by police.
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Living for Peace in the Shadow of Death
“The destruction of creation and its creatures is done in the name of profit, convenience, wealth. The truth is that capitalism is poison, and we are its victims.” -- Shelley Douglass
Blues for the 99 Percent
In churches and juke joints, singing held the community together as Jim Crow oppression threatened to keep people confined in a slavery-like caste system. Songs conveyed things too dangerous to speak about — long work hours, low pay, and unfair racist bosses.
UC Berkeley Graduate Discovers the University of the Streets
Even though I was fortunate to have received a great education at UC Berkeley, the education I received on the streets as a homeless man shortly after graduating was even more enlightening.
Berkeley City Council Delays Vote on Anti-Poor Laws
“These new laws are actually worse than I anticipated, particularly the one about obstructing the sidewalk,” said Osha Neumann. “You won’t be able to have any possessions larger than two feet square any time of the day or night. We should ask the councilmembers how big their beds are.”
Blockading the ‘White Train of Death’
A reporter warned Jim Douglass that he had observed a train north of Seattle that looked like it was “carrying big-time weapons.” The reporter added that the heavily armored, all-white train looked like “the train out of hell.”
Street Spirit Interview with James Douglass (Part 1)
One Trident submarine can destroy a country. A fleet of Trident submarines is capable of destroying the world. Jim Douglass explains how Ground Zero Center organized a visionary campaign of nonviolent resistance to confront "the Auschwitz of Puget Sound."
Life at Ground Zero of the Nuclear Arms Race
Jim and Shelley Douglass moved right next door to the Trident submarine base — Ground Zero of the nuclear arms race — and organized a boat blockade that led to an epic confrontation with the Navy and Coast Guard on the waters of Puget Sound.
Frances Beal: A Voice for Peace, Racial Justice and the Rights of Women
Fances Beal was a founding member of the SNCC Black Women’s Liberation Committee, and did a pioneering study of “the triple oppression of race, class and gender.”
Faith Leaders Denounce Berkeley's Anti-Homeless Laws
“Nobody should be criminalized for the necessities of life. We have to realize these are our sisters and brothers who deserve and need our help.” -- Franciscan friar Louie Vitale
The Wrong Men Were Sent to Jail in Berkeley
The video clearly shows that the violence was initiated by the ambassadors. The wrong men had gone to jail. The report given to Berkeley police by the DBA ambassadors was dishonest — itself a fairly serious crime.
Democracy Under Attack on the Streets of Berkeley
It took the savage beating of a homeless man to reveal the terrible cost of allowing business owners to create their own private patrols on the streets of Berkeley.