Tag Archives: nonviolence
Chris Hedges and Mark Rudd Discuss Self-Destructive Forces on the Left
” Blinded by hubris, intoxicated by the lust for violence and hypermasculinity and infected with the disease of moral purity, the leaders of the Weather Underground destroyed the largest antiwar movement in the country.”
How to Stop the Climate Crisis in Six Months, by Extinction Rebellion UK
“This video gives you the key elements of success which people are adapting as they step into their responsibilities to force political change. Nothing is more important. We can not longer afford to lose.”
Nonviolence and the New Humanity: A Training Course in 5 Animations
“Wherever people gather for selfless ends, there is a vast augmentation of their individual capacities.”
‘Trying to Get Free’: A conversation about the radical politics of looting with Vicky Osterweil
“It’s also often not actionable for people looking at the streets and wanting to mobilize and seize the moment. A lot of these liberal modes don’t really provide any way forward other than voting.”
Where Power Holders Get Power and How Movements Take It Away
The research of social movements over the past one hundred years shows that nonviolent movements are twice as likely to succeed as violent movements, and they result in changes that are more sustainable over time. The research also shows that nonviolent movements succeed in spite of the violence, not because of it. And it shows that a […]
Recommitting Ourselves to Nonviolent Tactics in a Time of War
A variety of creative and nonviolent tactics are available to counter “hate speech” and racism.
On Violent and Nonviolent Activism, the Media, Philando, and the G20 (and Charlottesville!)
Do we play into the hands of those who are moving us toward a totalitarian state by succumbing to the temptation to use violence in the streets like the neo-Nazi alt-right?
Hoda Katebi | A Guide to Resisting Muslim Ban 2.0
We must be vigilant about not allowing ourselves to accept new norms of violence and harm.
It may only take 3.5% of the population to topple a dictator–with civil resistance by Erica Chenoweth
Nonviolent resistance has empowered the labor movement, closed down or cancelled dozens of nuclear plants, protected farm workers from abuse in California, motivated the recognition of Aids patients as worthy of access to life-saving treatment, protected free speech, put climate reform on the agenda, given reprieve to Dreamers, raised awareness about economic inequality, changed the […]
Michael Nagler | Violence and Evolution: Where Do We Stand?
…contrary to common opinion, violence has been steadily decreasing by a number of measures for several millennia.
40,000 people in 136 countries resolve to work to end all wars
Over 40,000 people in 136 countries have signed this statement. Will you take a few seconds and join them? I understand that wars and militarism make us less safe rather than protect us, that they kill, injure and traumatize adults, children and infants, severely damage the natural environment, erode civil liberties, and drain our economies, […]
Flowers and Zeese | Militarism and Violence are So Yesterday: It’s Time to Make Peace the Reality
Not only is violence destructive, but when we harm others, we cause harm to ourselves.
Ken Butigan, a new book | Nonviolent Lives! People and Movements Changing the World
People and Movements Changing the World Through the Power of Active Nonviolence
Stephan A. Schwartz | The 8 Laws of Social Change
If change comes down to 8 laws, could you employ them to make real change? A science-based strategy for achieving enduring wellness-oriented change on a personal, societal, and global Level, these 8 laws of behavior enable any person or small group – even ordinary people without great wealth, official position, or physical power – to […]
Three Upcoming National/International Actions/Conferences that Promote Peace
No Peace! No Justice! Please share this post.
Dr. Nafeez Ahmed | Pentagon Preparing For Mass Civil Breakdown
The project’s 14 case studies each “involve extensive interviews with ten or more activists and militants in parties and NGOs who, though sympathetic to radical causes, have chosen a path of non-violence.”
Mel Reeves | Baton Rouge/Dallas vigilantism: The violence that violence produces
…the corporate press has tried mightily to demonize them [the shooters] and tie the shooters to Black nationalist groups and Black Lives Matter but the shooters themselves have said they are lone wolves. BLM whatever folks may think of their strategies and tactics have declared themselves to be non- violent and have sought to solve the problem of police violence through organized peaceful protest.
Review|Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
By attracting impressive support from citizens, whose activism takes the form of protests, boycotts, civil disobedience, and other forms of nonviolent noncooperation, these efforts help separate regimes from their main sources of power and produce remarkable results,
Democracy Now! Remembering Daniel Berrigan — Presente! (Videos)
Georgetown University theology professor Chester Gillis once said of Father Berrigan: “If you were to identify Catholic prophets in the 20th century, he’d be right there with Dorothy Day or Thomas Merton.”
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