Activism

Fish-Workers in Sri Lanka Struggling for Life and Livelihood

Rev. Thomas John 1-06-2011

In the wake of the horrendous tragedy of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ever

A Message of Gratitude

Jim Wallis 1-06-2011

On New Year's Day I sat and reflected on the past year.

What Did Sojourners Activists Do in 2010?

Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 1-05-2011

Half a million messages. That's how many our most engaged Sojourners activists sent on behalf of important justice issues in 2010.

Remembering Judy Bonds, Mountain Defender

Allen Johnson 1-05-2011

This past Monday, January 3, anti-mountaintop removal activist Judy Bonds exhaled her last breath from the homeland she loved.

Palestinians Protest Death of Nonviolent Activist

Samuel Nichols 1-04-2011

For nearly six years, the Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Bil'in have held a weekly nonviolent demonstration against the separation wall -- a barrier cutting through large portions of

Have Yourself a Revolutionary Christmas

Jarrod McKenna 12-21-2010

Many of us are asking how we can "un-co-opt Christmas" from consumer culture. Asking questions like:

Who Will Listen to the Voices of Veterans Calling for Peace?

Hannah Lythe 12-17-2010

I watched helplessly as the snow fell on stubborn veterans and police officers at the White House gates.

The DREAM Act is Not Amnesty

Andrew Simpson 12-13-2010

As members of Congress debate the DREAM Act once again, opponents of the act are again attacking the legislation as "http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/backdoor-amnesty-dream-act-

How Can a 'Peace and Justice' Community Support the DREAM Act?

Jennifer Kottler 12-08-2010

We've been asked by more than one of our readers and supporters about how we can support the DREAM Act and hold that in tension wit

A Season for Holy Mischief and Divine Conspiracy

Shane Claiborne 12-07-2010

Critiquing the thick irony of the Christmas season is fair.

For the DREAMers, The Waiting Must End Today

Jennifer Kottler 12-02-2010

In this season of Advent, we in our Christian churches speak often about how this is a time of waiting and preparation leading up to t

The Story of One Unemployed Man

Valerie Elverton Dixon 12-02-2010

He has been working since he was a teenager. He graduated from high school, went to college, graduated, got a good job with a good company, married, had children, and bought a house.

Pray for Bernard, Pray for the DREAM

Troy Jackson 11-30-2010

On Tuesday November 16, hundreds of Christ-followers around the nation prayed and fasted in solidarity with immigrants in

Speak Up for Economic Sanity

Elizabeth Palmberg 11-29-2010

This year Congress finally passed reform that can get some of Wall Street's most damaging and harebrained schemes under control -- but only if the ground-level regulations written to implement the

Buy Nothing Day as Advent Activism Against the Demon Mammon

Shane Claiborne 11-26-2010

As per usual, on Friday, we had all sorts of Buy Nothing Day festivities (check out the video here). But that's not what I want to talk about. I read recent posts on consumerism and Buy Nothing Day by Eugene Cho and Rachel Anderson here on God's Politics, and I admire the optimism and nuanced critiques. But this past weekend folks around the world stared in embarrassment, pity, and horror as people killed each other for bargains –- literally.