Buddhists, Native Americans, and white environmentalists unite against fracking in California.

Personal behavior change is not enough to stop the colossal harms of Big Oil and Big Ag. So what can we do?

Buddhist Peace Fellowship used the peacefulness of our sitting meditation posture to interrupt the flow of foot traffic at the downtown Oakland Marriott Hotel, which was hosting Urban Shield, a weapons expo and militarized training site for police. The Marriott was not happy with our peaceful protest, and immediately called the cops to remove us. Still, we continued sitting.