Occupation of Apollo House: Disobedience delivers for the homeless

THE 19th century American philosopher Henry David Thoreau was not thinking about Ireland when he penned his famous essay on civil disobedience. 

Published in 1849, ‘Civil Disobedience’ or ‘Resistance to Civil Government’ was a call to arms to his fellow citizens to follow their conscience rather than unjust government laws and policies.

His focus was slavery but his ideas were global and continue to influence protest movements both in the US and elsewhere.