This marker commemorates the place where Thoreau spent a night in prison in 1846, after having refused to pay taxes for 6 years in protest of both slavery & his country's expansionist foreign policy.
A band that's also a nonprofit organization, Lokashakti tries to raise awareness of peace and social justice through original protest music, giving our work a chance to one day support itself.
A new forum to share & discuss political & socially conscious music from around the world, raise the profile of lesser-known artists, and heighten awareness of protest music as its own unique genre.
Promoting peace and social justice through collective nonviolent action, Lokashakti offers online resources for activists geared towards networking, organizing, and education.
New York City branch of the War Resisters League, and organization advocating Gandhian nonviolence as the method for creating a democratic society free of war, racism, sexism, and human exploitation.