In this week’s episode of People & Power, Al Jazeera goes to Spain to tell the story of why they have risen up over the last month. The show includes some wonderful footage from the protests and insightful interviews with Spanish academics and activists that help put the nonviolent movement in context.
To read our report on how Spain’s Real Democracy Now movement got started, click here.
Eric Stoner is a co-founding editor at Waging Nonviolence and an adjunct professor at Saint Joseph's University, New York. His articles have appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, The Nation, Sojourners and In These Times.
Small farmers in Oregon, backed by a coalition of animal rights and climate activists, secured a big legislative victory over industrial factory farms, providing inspiration for wider action.
Once I decided that violence was not an option, I found the humanity in my fellow prisoners through the simple act of sharing food.
Political educator Harmony Goldberg discusses whether the ideological traditions of the left are helpful for practical organizing.
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