Ruckus Society
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| Type | Charity |
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| Founded | 1995, Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon |
| Headquarters | Oakland, CA |
| Key people | Mike Roselle (co-founder) |
| Industry | Activism |
| Products | strategic nonviolent direct action, Internet activism, civil disobedience |
| Revenue | $306,352 USD (2004) [1] |
| Employees | 5 [2] |
| Slogan | "actions speak louder than words" |
| Website | www.ruckus.org |
The Ruckus Society is an organization founded by Mike Roselle and co-founded with Twilly Cannon and JR Roof which informally created the Missoula Mafia that sponsors skill-sharing and direct action training camps, which specializes in environmental activism and Guerrilla communication.
The Ruckus Society also created and inspired untold amounts of direct actions around the country. Ruckus teamed up with Working Assets for an Election Protection project. [3]. Together with Global Exchange and Rainforest Action Network, they worked against Ford Motor Company and later other auto-manufacturers. [4] Other projects include Not Your Soldier, a counter-recruitment effort with the American Friends Service Committee and the War Resisters League, as well as the Indigenous Peoples' Power Project.
The Ruckus Society is a member of numerous coalitions including United for Peace and Justice, and have performed actions for Wal-Mart Watch and others. The group has provided training to Greenpeace, Patagonia, Inc., the California Faculty Association, United Students Against Sweatshops, Students for Bhopal, Student Farmworker Alliance, the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition.
[edit] External link
- The Ruckus Society
- profile on ActivistCash (a critical look at the group from the corporate-sponsored "Center for Consumer Freedom")
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