Stories by Nathan Schneider

Nathan Schneider writes about religion, reason, and violence and is an editor at Waging Nonviolence and Killing the Buddha.

On May Day, Expect Scores of Rallies, Marches, Creative Actions

Posted on: Apr 16, 2012, Source: Waging Nonviolence

A strike, if it actually happens on May 1 or thereafter, may not look like one ever has before.

Occupy Wall Street Calls for May Day General Strike

Posted on: Feb 15, 2012, Source: Waging Nonviolence

How 'Anonymous' Went From Mischief Makers to a Force That Terrifies Corporations and Governments

Posted on: Feb 1, 2012, Source: Waging Nonviolence

Anonymous activists have become terrifying to the powers that be, despite (or perhaps because of) their apparent disorganization and probably in excess of their actual capacity.

On the "Media Blackout" of Occupy Wall Street

Posted on: Oct 3, 2011, Source: Waging Nonviolence

If it Bleeds, it Leads: Why it Took Police Violence to Make the Media Notice 'Occupy Wall Street'

Posted on: Sep 26, 2011, Source: Waging Nonviolence

To what do the protesters owe the sudden interest from the mainstream media? Scenes of protesters being dragged by their hair and pepper-sprayed in the face.

#OccupyWallStreet Is More Than a Hashtag: How Technology Has Helped (and Hurt) the Movement

Posted on: Sep 24, 2011, Source: Waging Nonviolence

Occupying Wall Street on September 17: Hacktivists, Anarchists, Students--and You?

Posted on: Sep 14, 2011, Source: Waging Nonviolence

Few groups taking part are more organized than US Day of Rage, which is organizing actions not just in NYC, but in Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle as well.

Actions in DC and on Wall Street Signal Rise of the 'American Autumn'

Posted on: Sep 7, 2011, Source: Waging Nonviolence

Although "Seize DC" was postponed, September and October will bring an occupation of Wall Street, more tar sands protests, and the October 2011 action in DC.

A Carefully Crafted "F**k You:" An Interview With Nonviolence Theorist Judith Butler

Posted on: Apr 16, 2010, Source: Guernica

"The issue is to become less ferocious in our commitments, to question certain forms of blind enthusiasm, and to find forms of steadfastness that include reflective thought."

How Atheists Can Use Christianity

Posted on: Jan 4, 2010, Source: The Guardian

Exhausted by capitalism and endless jingoistic violence, a few non-believing philosophers are turning to God. Sort of.

Is the Constitution Suited to Today's Church/State Issues?

Posted on: Sep 7, 2009, Source: The Immanent Frame

A religion scholar discusses the failure of the courts to grapple with lived religion, the prison crisis and why we are all religious now.

Sarah Palin's Big Bad Creationism

Posted on: Sep 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet

People are whispering that McCain's VP pick doesn't believe in evolution. But how much would this really affect policy?

Despite Overwhelming Evidence, Creationists Cling to Unreality

Posted on: Jul 30, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Battling creationists will not fix science education. Teaching science will.

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