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The genius of John Lewis’ unyielding nonviolent discipline | Waging Nonviolence
The civil rights icon’s uncompromising insistence on treating opponents with respect was perhaps his greatest attribute — even if it has not always been understood.
Read More »The choice for global nonviolence is sharper than ever | Campaign Nonviolence
In the midst of the enormous suffering and upheaval that the pandemic is wreaking everywhere, a global course correction is beckoning.
Read More »Let a Thousand Actions Bloom | Melinda Tuhus
I’ve been arrested several times in DC doing non-violent direct actions (NVDA), protesting FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) as a rubber-stamp agency that is contributing mightily to the cooking of the climate and destruction of local communities and landscapes, but Nov. 5 was my first arrest in the Capitol. It was at a Senate hearing of the Energy & Natural ...
Read More »How South Africa forced Gandhi to reckon with racism and imperialism | Waging Nonviolence
Born 150 years ago, Gandhi's perceptions about human sensibilities, social power and political truths began their transformation not in India, but South Africa.
Read More »How technology is shaping creative activism in the 21st century | Waging Nonviolence
Activists are using the increased accessibility and advancement of specific technologies to drive the current surge in global dissent.
Read More »Nonviolent Cities | Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
Imagine a nonviolent city where everyone strives to practice nonviolence and where all the institutions teach and promote nonviolence and where violence no longer runs rampant.
Read More »Thousands of actions nationwide call for culture of nonviolence | Waging Nonviolence
"In the face of ever-widening fascism and the steady assault on the poor, the planet and the remnants of democracy, I risked arrest as part of a modest, Gandhian campaign at the White House on Sept. 22." ~ Rev. John Dear
Read More »How to build a progressive movement in a polarized country | WNV
Whether it’s assault rifles, racial justice, immigration or fossil fuels, the country is rocked by conflicting narratives and rising passions. In a recent national poll, 70 percent of Americans say the political divide is at least as big as during the Vietnam War. In December, I completed a year-and-a-half book tour in over 80 towns and cities in United States. ...
Read More »How movements can succeed in the face of government repression | Waging Nonviolence
Nonviolent movements should find creative ways to engage them and to draw many of them to the side of the movement — an approach facilitated by the movement’s maintenance of nonviolent discipline.
Read More »Gandhi’s strategy for success — use more than one strategy | Waging Nonviolence
Just as the constructive program and the ashrams were boosted by the other types of organizing taking place, the success of periodic mass protests owed much to longer-term activity.
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