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. ...

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.

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.

Pace e Bene’s Ken Butigan and John Dear and members of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative met in Rome with the number two at the Secretariat of State at the Vatican to discuss spreading the World Day of Peace message and exploring the possibility of an encyclical on nonviolence. See recent photos here!

An unprecedented gathering at the Vatican last week called on Pope Francis to issue an encyclical on active nonviolence and reject the "just war" theory.

As we honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Fellowship of Reconciliation shares a compelling radio program exploring the spirituality of nonviolence, featuring FOR-USA Executive Director Rev. Kristin Stoneking.

by Mary Elizabeth King The real-life experience of African nonviolent struggles was important for Martin Luther King, Jr., who drew knowledge and encouragement from the civil resistance of Africans in Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and elsewhere in their quests for independence from colonial rule. In 1957 he visited the Gold Coast (soon to be renamed Ghana), with Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, ...

by Ken Butigan Active nonviolence is popping up everywhere. This past Sunday it materialized at the Islamic Society of Nevada, where hundreds of people turned up to celebrate the power of nonviolent change — and to make some of their own. The fruit of years of relationship building and collaborative work in Las Vegas, the event drew members of diverse ...