Scott Olsen

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” — Mahatma Gandhi I guess we're on stage three of the Gandhi plan for social justice. His name is Scott Olsen, but in reality, it could have been any of the thousands of protesters who have taken to public streets...

Scott Olsen put his life on the line in Iraq to defend American freedoms. Today, he lies in a hospital bed after cops in Oakland fractured his skull. Olsen, a former Marine who did two tours in Iraq, is a member of Veterans for Peace and a peace activist. He is in serious but stable condition in...