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civil disobedience

  • The Moral Obligation of Civil Disobedience
    The Moral Obligation of Civil Disobedience
    Commentary My childhood was unique. I attended St. Agnes School in the Oakland neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh. Contrary to what one might expect, I was one of only ...
    January 15, 2024BY Rev. John F. Naugle
  • A Nation of Non-Compliers
    A Nation of Non-Compliers
    Commentary The train wasn’t scheduled for another 20 minutes, so I had a chance to contemplate the official ...
    January 8, 2024BY Jeffrey A. Tucker
  • What Is Above Our Laws?
    What Is Above Our Laws?
    Commentary When government enacts legislation that undermines even our most elementary rights, one might be inclined to inquiry ...
    March 30, 2023BY Augusto Zimmermann
  • Disobeying Valid Laws: When Is It Justified
    Disobeying Valid Laws: When Is It Justified
    Commentary In 1970, the Sydney Morning Herald published an article entitled “How should we react to unjust laws?” ...
    March 2, 2023BY Gabriël Moens
  • Can We Disobey Unjust Laws?
    Can We Disobey Unjust Laws?
    Commentary As a legal academic I have often been asked when it becomes legally possible to disobey unjust ...
    January 30, 2023BY Augusto Zimmermann
  • Why It Is Ethical to Resist the Biosecurity Surveillance State
    Why It Is Ethical to Resist the Biosecurity Surveillance State
     Commentary Peter Leithart over at the Theopolis Institute invited me to contribute to this “Conversation,” which begins ...
    February 25, 2022BY Aaron Kheriaty
  • Democrats Are Building a Wall to Keep Out Truckers
    Democrats Are Building a Wall to Keep Out Truckers
    Commentary Seven-foot fencing topped with razor wire will be installed surrounding the U.S. Capitol next week, in advance ...
    February 23, 2022BY Betsy McCaughey
  • Are Demonstrations a Viable Way to Oppose COVID-19 Health Orders?
    Are Demonstrations a Viable Way to Oppose COVID-19 Health Orders?
    Commentary Demonstrations against COVID-19 restrictions, mandatory vaccination, lockdowns, and border restrictions have occurred in most capital cities of ...
    November 8, 2021BY Gabriël Moens
  • The ‘Move On’ Chorus Needs to Deal With the Facts of the Election
    The ‘Move On’ Chorus Needs to Deal With the Facts of the Election
    Commentary Ross Douthat is one of the faux-conservatives who The New York Times likes to keep around to ...
    December 6, 2020BY Roger Kimball
  • Pandemic Restrictions on Worship Spark Civil Disobedience
    Pandemic Restrictions on Worship Spark Civil Disobedience
    News Analysis Constitutional tensions between the authority of governments to use coercive powers to protect public health and ...
    September 1, 2020BY Matthew Vadum
  • Not So Civil Disobedience
    Not So Civil Disobedience
    Commentary American values, traditional individual liberties, were resurfacing as the pandemic curve flattened out. A barber in Michigan ...
    June 27, 2020BY Marc Ruskin
  • Hong Kong Freedoms Under Scrutiny as ‘Occupy’ Democracy Leaders Face Trial
    Hong Kong Freedoms Under Scrutiny as ‘Occupy’ Democracy Leaders Face Trial
    HONG KONG—Nine leaders of Hong Kong's 2014 civil disobedience "Occupy Central" movement go on trial on Nov. 19 ...
    November 15, 2018BY Reuters
  • Hong Kong Protests: Students Joshua Wong, Isabella Lo, Prince Wong End Hunger Strike
    Hong Kong Protests: Students Joshua Wong, Isabella Lo, Prince Wong End Hunger Strike
    Edited on Dec. 8 with changes to the upcoming Admiralty clearing. Three Hong Kong pro-democracy movement student protesters ...
    December 6, 2014BY Larry Ong
  • Repel or Retreat, Hong Kong Occupy Protests to End Next Week
    Repel or Retreat, Hong Kong Occupy Protests to End Next Week
    The occupation phase of the Umbrella Movement could be over. Whether it will be by police or protester ...
    December 4, 2014BY Larry Ong
  • Beijing Struggles to Reach a Decision About Hong Kong
    Beijing Struggles to Reach a Decision About Hong Kong
    As the Hong Kong government continues to clear democracy protesters from the streets, drawing the world’s attention to ...
    December 3, 2014BY Wang Taotong
  • Hong Kong’s Top Leader Unmoved by Student Hunger Strike
    Hong Kong’s Top Leader Unmoved by Student Hunger Strike
    Don't expect the Hong Kong government to give in, CE Leung Chun-ying tells student protesters.
    December 2, 2014BY Larry Ong
  • Hong Kong: Students, Police Clash Outside Gov’t HQ as Protesters Step Up Occupy Movement (+Photogallery)
    Hong Kong: Students, Police Clash Outside Gov’t HQ as Protesters Step Up Occupy Movement (+Photogallery)
    Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters faced off with Hong Kong police late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine ...
    November 30, 2014BY Kelvin Chan
  • Chinese Regime’s Tactics Force ‘Party Culture’ Upon Hong Kong
    Chinese Regime’s Tactics Force ‘Party Culture’ Upon Hong Kong
    The Chinese regime has been trying to suppress Hong Kong’s student-led pro-democracy movement using many of the same ...
    November 26, 2014BY Lin Yi
  • Hong Kong Police Clear Defiant Democracy Protesters 
    Hong Kong Police Clear Defiant Democracy Protesters 
    The clearing of the second-largest protest site held by pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong continued Wednesday morning in ...
    November 25, 2014BY Larry Ong
  • Hong Kong Breaking: Student Leaders Joshua Wong, Lester Shum Arrested in Mong Kok Clearing
    Hong Kong Breaking: Student Leaders Joshua Wong, Lester Shum Arrested in Mong Kok Clearing
    Updated on Wednesday, Nov. 26 3:20 p.m. EST with quotes from Joshua Wong and Lester Shum after the ...
    November 25, 2014BY Larry Ong
  • Hong Kong Police Arrest 116 at Occupy Central Protest Site
    Hong Kong Police Arrest 116 at Occupy Central Protest Site
    Hong Kong authorities cleared street barricades from a pro-democracy protest camp in the volatile Mong Kok district for ...
    November 25, 2014BY Kelvin Chan
  • China Uncensored: The Real Reason Hong Kong Never Had Full Democracy
    China Uncensored: The Real Reason Hong Kong Never Had Full Democracy
    The British never gave Hong Kong democracy when it was a colony so why are the students of ...
    November 24, 2014BY Chris Chappell
  • Hong Kong: Netizen Plans to Tear Down Occupy Movement Protest Stage
    Hong Kong: Netizen Plans to Tear Down Occupy Movement Protest Stage
    A netizen is rallying supporters for an act of violence at the Admiralty occupation site.
    November 20, 2014BY Larry Ong
  • A Song to Rouse Again Hong Kong’s Democracy Protesters
    A Song to Rouse Again Hong Kong’s Democracy Protesters
    Another song of the umbrella movement is timed well to speak to the fatigue now setting in, after ...
    November 16, 2014BY Matthew Robertson
  • Xi Jinping and Barack Obama Trade Views on Hong Kong
    Xi Jinping and Barack Obama Trade Views on Hong Kong
    Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping called Hong Kong's democracy protests illegal, and cautioned foreign governments from "interfering," ...
    November 12, 2014BY Matthew Robertson
  • Hong Kong Occupy Central Daily Updates Archive: Day 1 to Day 54 (Sept. 28 – Nov. 20)
    Hong Kong Occupy Central Daily Updates Archive: Day 1 to Day 54 (Sept. 28 – Nov. 20)
    Here's an archive of daily Umbrella Movement events from day one till day fifty-four.
    November 5, 2014BY Epoch Times Staff
  • ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Leak Phone Numbers of 250 Hong Kong Police
    ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Leak Phone Numbers of 250 Hong Kong Police
    The hacker group Anonymous leaked the names, phone numbers, faxes, and email addresses of more than 250 Hong ...
    October 30, 2014BY Joshua Philipp
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