Category Archives: Activism

So now the Conservatives hate community organizers?

In her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention,  Vice Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said,

“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a `community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”
Nominally, her words were an assault on Barack Obama’s early career as a  community organizer on 
Chicago’s south side. But the impact reaches  farther than that and [...]

Protest at APA Convention this Saturday

Come join Boston Psychologists for an Ethical APA, Physicians for Human Rights and other sponsors in protesting the American Psychological Association’s continued acceptance of psychologists involvement in military interrogations. 

Bryant Welch on the APA referendum

In the eyes of the world psychologists are being seen as aiders and abettors of torture. The damage to the profession grows day by day, and the shamefulness of it reflects on all of us, whether we like it or not.
This is the third consecutive annual convention in which APA has presented new reasons for [...]

Global online activism for Peace

Check out avaaz.org