Having taught this course many times, I can say that it's a wonderful introduction to the many aspects of #nonviolence from dealing w/ personal conflicts to engaging in #socialchange. This session is led by my great colleagues, Roberta and Colin.

JD Vance and Rubio have both "justified" the legality of Maduro's capture by citing court orders. That's not how this works at all. We all know that these two would never accept such logic if a nation did this to Israel citing the ICC's existing arrest warrant for Netanyahu. What a precedent to set

The illegal attack on Venezuela is not foreign policy; it’s gangsterism on an international scale.

No blood for oil. Not in our name. The chant we used protesting the Iraq war 20 years ago still rings true today following Trump’s unlawful invasion of Venezuela. His claim that the US will “run” the country and plans to send Big Oil companies to takeover will put us in another costly forever war.

ACTION STEPS ======================== NO TRUMP WAR ON VENEZUELA ======================== Elected officials nationwide need to hear from us. Find your state's Senators & Representatives and use their phone numbers and email to let them know how pissed you are. #ORGANIZE #RESIST #EveryEffortCounts

PEACE ACTION ALERT ============== SUN JAN 4, 12-1:00 **Route 1 Bridge** Presque Isle, Maine ============== 1/4/26: NO WAR ON VENEZUELA Peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of love and understanding. Let's Stand For Peace - Every Sunday Noon-1 #PresqueIsle #Maine #MEpolitics

Goood morning, Mainers! =============== MAINE RESISTANCE SUN, JAN 4, 2025 =============== What can we do today, every day, to help #SaveDemocracy? TOGETHER we make a difference. #ORGANIZE #OPPOSE #RESIST #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved pg1/3 – REPOST & SHARE! #Maine #MEpolitics

Peace Action Maine Calls to Stop Illegal War w/Venezuela Under the War Powers Resolution, we need votes now, in both House & Senate, to halt this illegal war. Write your elected officials & demand they support a War Powers vote on this illegal imperialist war: peaceactionme.org/events/peace...

================= JAN 4, SUNDAY 1-2PM KMD Bridge, Waterville ================= IN PROTEST OF ATTACK ON VENEZUELA Defend democracy, peace, & human rights. #Maine #MEpolitics

==================== JAN 4, SUNDAY, 12:00PM Chamberlain Bridge, Bangor ==================== TRUMP OUT OF VENEZUELA Bangor resists the trump administration's hostile takeover of Venezuela. Dress warm, bring signs! #Bangor #Maine #MEpolitics #NoWar #TrumpOutOfVenezuela

We condemn Trump’s illegal war on Venezuela. Read our full statement: www.dsausa.org/statements/d...

Why Venezuela? Remember this from the Jack Ryan series?

PEACE ACTION ALERT ============== SUN JAN 4, 12-1:00 **Route 1 Bridge** Presque Isle, Maine ============== 1/4/26: NO WAR ON VENEZUELA Peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of love and understanding. Let's Stand For Peace - Every Sunday Noon-1 #PresqueIsle #Maine #MEpolitics

Re: Maduro & Venezuela - If you care about what's happening, please give this important half hour Explainer a good listen. Dr. Heather Cox-Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social, helps us understand the U.S. strike on Venezuela in: How the U.S. Taking Out Maduro Matters to the World.

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION NO WAR ON VENEZUELA - STOP THE BOMBINGS A lot happened Jan 3 & a lot are happening Sunday JAN 4, too. #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved Scroll down on this page for SUNDAY JAN 4 protest events: www.answercoalition.org/venezuela

What will happen to the US? "The horizon of possibilities is much broader than we see, & because it's broader than we see, we can't take the easy out of being depressed or despairing. We have to keep at it, for the moment when the conjuncture opens up & we can see the opening for something better."

US Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks out against US aggression, the illegal attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of their president at a march and rally in downtown Portland. #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved #Maine #MEpolitics #Portland

NO BLOOD FOR OIL #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved

==================== JAN 4, SUNDAY, 12:00PM Chamberlain Bridge, Bangor ==================== TRUMP OUT OF VENEZUELA Bangor resists the trump administration's hostile takeover of Venezuela. #Maine #MEpolitics #Bangor

Exactly. "Get active now or regret it for the rest of your life." If we let it get worse, then "all the news just repeats itself, like some forgotten dream, that we've both seen. . . " (J.Prine) #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved

================= JAN 4, SUNDAY 1-2PM KMD Bridge, Waterville ================= IN PROTEST OF ATTACK ON VENEZUELA Defend democracy, peace, & human rights. #Maine #MEpolitics

It's the kind of crap speech that encourages folks to think any resistance to this admin is futile, that the US is fast slipping back into it's "control the western hemisphere through domination" ways. It does not work. We were better than that. We are better than that. #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE

A complete abdication of power from Congress to allow trump admin to do this. Money talks, always has. Big money, dark money, oil money. . .and 99% of it is going to the 1% in power and control. #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #GetInvolved

Donald Trump has invaded a foreign country and kidnapped their president. Congress must STOP this lawlessness.

A 2.5 minute ramble from a man who thinks he's in control as president.

US Senate candidate from Maine Graham Platner's strong statement and call to all Americans to turn out in opposition to the US admin's unauthorized attack on Venezuela, kidnapping of its leader, and the failure of the American political system and our government to prevent it. #MEpolitics

Sen. Tim Kaine on this admin's attack on Venezuela and US aggression in general: "We've entered the 250th year of American democracy and cannot allow it to devolve into the tyranny that our founders fought to escape."

Reckless, unacceptable, and quite mad that one party, as you say, is bending over backward to justify it. Appreciate you speaking out forcefully against it, and hope more public figures and elected officials will. #MEpolitics #MattDunlapForCongress #Maine-CD2

And now this admin has snatched Maduro and his wife. . . Madness.

It is unbelievable. It's a black day–yet another one–for America. I encourage Mainers to tune in this evening to Tucker's Ask Me Anything (www.tuckerforcongress.com/event-detail...). As far as I know, he is the only candidate in Maine being this accessible on a regular basis. #MEpolitics

Color black today for this admin's naked aggression. =============== MAINE RESISTANCE SAT, JAN 3, 2025 =============== #ORGANIZE #OPPOSE #RESIST #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved We can do more to #SaveDemocracy! Let's make a difference. pg2/5 – REPOST & SHARE! #Maine #MEpolitics

Color black today for this admin's naked aggression. =============== MAINE RESISTANCE SAT, JAN 3, 2025 =============== #ORGANIZE #OPPOSE #RESIST #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved We can do more to #SaveDemocracy! Let's make a difference. pg3/5 – REPOST & SHARE! #Maine #MEpolitics

Color black today for this admin's naked aggression. =============== MAINE RESISTANCE SAT, JAN 3, 2025 =============== #ORGANIZE #OPPOSE #RESIST #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved We can do more to #SaveDemocracy! Let's make a difference. pg1/5 – REPOST & SHARE! #Maine #MEpolitics

In today's terrifying news about public safety and our right to privacy, personal freedom, and independence, this important information from Benn Jordan, @bennjordan.bsky.social, on the proliferation of video cameras & how easy it is to access what they see. #WTF #Privacy #BigBrother #Creepy #Flock

To be on Maine's primary ballot, candidates for Governor and U.S. Senate must have 2,000 signatures. Candidates for U.S. Representative must have 1,000. Candidates may begin to collect signatures starting Jan 1. FMI: legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-... #MEpolitics For those in the Graham camp:

Love seeing the optimism coming out of NYC today as Zohran Mamdani completes his first official day as Mayor. It is more clear than ever before that people want a leader who isn't afraid to dream big and work hard for the People. Not every goal will be met, but there is meaning in every effort.

While fraud should always be investigated and addressed, cutting off child care funding to every state based on allegations tied to a single state—sparked by an unverified and deceptively edited online video—is a reckless move that creates chaos and uncertainty for families and providers alike.

Tonight in Biddeford, I had the opportunity to meet supporters, talk about the stakes of this election, and gather signatures to get on the primary ballot this June. I’m ready to earn this nomination and take my commitment to standing up for Maine people to the Senate.

A long and very interesting thread on Jan 6, the reporting, the almost all white, nominally Christian, planners, attackers, and media, and why those same are all back in power and control now. A good read worth your time. #Jan6

Help collect signatures in your community to get Jordan on the ballot! Our team will send you everything you need to get started. #MEPolitics Sign up here: jwood.io/signatures

Yesterday, more than 20 million Americans saw their healthcare premiums skyrocket — an average increase of 114%. Tens of thousands of Mainers are now starting the year with another crushing cost spike. Congress and Donald Trump own this. Demand they extend healthcare subsidies.

=============== JAN 10, SAT, 2-3PM *BANGOR, MAINE* =============== Tucker Favreau, US Senate Candidate, Town Hall Event Free and open to the public. #MEpolitics #TuckerForMaine

Started 2026 with a cold plunge in the ocean and ended it canvassing for petition signatures in a snowstorm with friends across Maine. After thousands of conversations, one thing’s clear: Mainers are done with Susan Collins and her bullshit.

I’ve spent my career taking action when Maine people were at risk — from expanding health care to standing up to the powerful when they hurt Maine people. Washington is broken because too many refuse to act — but I won’t be one of them.

Nice little overview here.

Increasing clouds, high 21º, gusty, wind chill -6º =============== MAINE RESISTANCE FRI, JAN 2, 2025 =============== #ORGANIZE #OPPOSE #RESIST #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved We can do more to #SaveDemocracy! Together, let's make a difference. REPOST & SHARE! #Maine #MEpolitics

Thinking this is wrong is not radical. Thinking it isn’t is.

============== JAN 2, FRI 10AM ET Joanne Freeman ============== Talkin' About a Revolution 1776 and Now Bringing the past to the present, with historian Dr Joanne Freeman. Always an entertaining and enlightening perspective. #AmericanHistory #Resistance