Swartz "was deeply committed to civil disobedience and to the moral imperative of breaking unjust laws."

"On the other hand, he seems to have had his soul crushed by the prospect that he would spend time in jail. This is an unusual combinat...

Aggressive prosecution #2: Internet activist driven to suicide.

The Wall Street Journal delves into the prosecution of Aaron Swartz: Mr. Swartz's lawyer, Elliot Peters, first discussed a possible plea...

"We need more harlequins, fewer ticktockmen."

Said Icepick in last night's thread about Boston banning drinking games in bars. He began: I recently read "The Scouring of the Sh...

Going Galt means different things to different people.

Observes Roy Edroso , reading Will Spencer : [W]e've seen folks Go Galt by leaving lousy tips , by alerting local merchants that they p...

Post-recall progressive regrets: We should have escalated the protests instead of ceding our ground to the Democratic Party.

Here 's Matthew Rothschild, the editor of The Progressive, writing in Isthmus: [T]he movement -- a real giant grassroots movement, which...

Cornel West — protesting Citizens United — gets himself arrested on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Reported by Susan Brooks Thisltethwaite at the Washington Post's "On Faith" blog: The Supreme Court was a fitting venue for th...

The last holdout protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol are not helping their cause.

I've been saying this for a long time, but here 's Clay Barbor in the Wisconsin State Journal: Thousands of people descended on the ...

Today's protesters "have no understanding of civil disobedience."

Says Matthew Knee: To far too many young leftists, “civil disobedience” is a get-out-of-jail-free card that should allow people to break the...

"It's important for people to come out and risk arrest and do whatever it takes. Food is a right."

Says Nick Emery, one of 5 young activists arrested for feeding the homeless.

Manal al-Sharif, the woman leading the right-to-drive campaign, is arrested by the Saudis.

Was she arrested for driving or for speaking out about the driving ban? Ms. Sharif was arrested after two much-publicized drives last week ...

Wisconsin Capitol Police very gently enforce the law against posting signs on the first floor.

Via Garage Mahal . Meade and I didn't witness this, but we were there the other day when activist Ben Masel couldn't get himself arr...

At the Wisconsin Capitol, the civil disobedience people can't get themselves arrested.

This morning, I learned via Facebook that there was a civil disobedience event planned for the first floor of the Wisconsin Capitol, where ...

Guerrilla gardeners.

"They garden in public places with, and sometimes without, permission. Without permission, it could just be 'John,' the William...

Reporter Miller goes to jail; judge mouths bad metaphor.

I respect civil disobedience, defying the law for a cause. Part of it is accepting the consequences, as Judith Miller is doing . It's a ...