Also stated by Che Guevara and others; a statement to evaluate your place in the world!
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The Zapatistas are a group of indiginous Native Americans living in Chiapas, Mexico. They are constantly being terrorized and systematically wiped out by the Mexican gov't. They have retained a high sense of self worth and always refuse to give up their fight. They reject outside assistance and are self sustaining. They are a strong example of a healthy group resisting oppression.
Food Not Bombs is a loose-knit group of independent collectives, serving free vegan and vegetarian food to others. Food Not Bombs' ideology is that myriad corporate and government priorities are skewed to allow hunger to persist in the midst of abundance. To demonstrate this (and to reduce costs), a large amount of the food served by the group is surplus food that would otherwise go to waste from grocery stores, bakeries and markets.
Food Not Bombs is an effort to feed anyone who is hungry. Each chapter collects surplus food that would otherwise go to waste from grocery stores, bakeries and markets, sometimes incorporating dumpster diving, then prepares it into community meals which are served for free to anyone who is hungry. The central beliefs of the group are:
* If governments and corporations around the world spent as much time and energy on feeding people as they do on war, no one would go hungry.
* There is enough food in the world to feed everyone, but so much of it goes to waste needlessly, as a direct result of capitalism and militarism.
* Vegan food is both healthy and nonviolent.
Food Not Bombs also tries to call attention to poverty and homelessness in society by sharing food in public places and facilitating gatherings of poor, homeless and other disenfranchised people. There are four tenets to the Food Not Bombs philosophy:
* Recycling of food
* Decision making by consensus
* Nonviolence
* Vegetarianism / Veganism
Anyone who wants to cook may cook, and anyone who wants to eat may eat. Food Not Bombs strives to include everyone.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook April 24, 1954) is an African-American journalist, political activist, and former militant leader from Philadelphia. An early member of the Black Panther Party, Abu-Jamal was charged with the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Department officer Daniel Faulkner. Originally sentenced to death, Abu-Jamal's sentence was overturned in December, 2001. Both the prosecution and the defense have appealed the ruling. Abu-Jamal is now serving life in prison at the maximum-security SCI-Greene. Due to his political involvement and association as a black radical he was framed for the murder and is one of America's most famous political prisoners. (source - Wickipedia)
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Direct Action is a form of political activism which seeks immediate remedy for perceived ills, as opposed to indirect actions such as electing representatives who promise to provide remedy at some later date. Direct action can include such activities as strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare, demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti. Direct actions are often a form of civil disobedience and are sometimes illegal. For example vandalism is illegal, while demonstrations are not illegal. Less confrontational forms of this definition of direct action include establishing radical social centers, and performing street theatre. Utilizing creativity and resources within their power, direct action participants aim to either:
* obstruct another political agent or political organization from performing some practice to which the activists object; or,
* solve problems major societal institutions (businesses, governments, powerful churches or establishment unions) are not addressing.
Some direct action participants engage in "indirect actions" (voting in elections, targeted boycotts) as part of larger campaigns.
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