Vote Directs the City Planning Department to Draft an Ordinance Declaring Oil and Gas Extraction a Non-Conforming Land Use Throughout Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — After a decade of advocacy by frontline communities, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to pass a motion that advances phasing out oil and gas extraction across the city.…
About the Book A persuasive account of the philosophy and power of nonviolence organizing, and a resource for building and sustaining effective social movements. Despite the rich history of nonviolent philosophy, many people today are unfamiliar with the basic principles and practices of nonviolence––even as these concepts have guided so many direct-action movements to overturn…