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The article examines the correlation between homelessness and nonviolent resistance within the U.S. By referencing the philosophies and efforts of advocates of nonviolent civil disobedience, such as Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi and American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. The author used homelessness to frame a conversation about the need for social change, elements of individual will and community solidarity, and the obstacles that inhibit movements for peace and human rights. The issue is examined at different levels of scale, from municipal policy to national trends to global developments.

The editorial presents the author's opinions regarding humor in political discourse. An example is given of the author's experience of allowing humor to bridge an ideological divide between himself and a group of self-proclaimed border agents at the U.S.-Mexico border. His opinions are also presented on the harmful nature of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Based on group interviews conducted in 2006 that included 71 social justice organizations, this paper analyzes the impact of surveillance on the exercise of assembly and association rights. We link these protected legal activities with analytic frameworks from social movements scholarship in order to further a socio-legal conception of political violence against social movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including the restorative and transformative justice, criminal justice system in the U.S., and national security.