A new wave of movements against Trumpism is coming
Nov 9, 2024 · This time around, we must be more clear than ever that our goal is to win over a majority of Americans. Movements should not be afraid to engage in polarizing protest, but …
Waging Nonviolence
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10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
Nov 4, 2024 · 2. Find others who you trust. I promise I’ll head towards practical resistance strategies. But the emotional landscape matters a great deal. Hannah Arendt’s “The Origins of …
Inside the struggle to stop the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline
Apr 26, 2024 · In 2006, oil speculators finally stumbled upon a long-sought reserve under Lake Albert in midwestern Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni, who had already been in power for …
BDS and its allies are exposing the companies fueling the …
Oct 24, 2024 · In late September, half a dozen activists with the group Voices Against War chained themselves to turnstiles inside the lobby of Chevron’s offices in Herzliya, Israel, just …
How anti-Vietnam War protests thwarted Nixon’s plans and saved …
Nov 12, 2019 · Robert Levering. Robert Levering was a full-time anti-Vietnam War organizer from 1967 to 1973. He was an adviser to the 2020 film, “The Boys Who Said NO!” about the draft …
Over 5,000 actions offer a glimpse of the nonviolent world that’s ...
Nov 4, 2024 · During Campaign Nonviolence Action Days, Sept. 21 to Oct. 2, tens of thousands of people in hundreds of cities and towns took a public stand for peace and active nonviolence.In …
Gandhi’s strategy for success — use more than one strategy
Mar 17, 2017 · As a result of these efforts, many in Gandhi’s time viewed him less as a political leader than a religiously-driven lifestyle advocate. In his published writings, he frequently took …
How mass protest created a breakthrough on the climate crisis in …
Oct 3, 2024 · Creating a trigger event and a moment of the whirlwind — a period in which social movements capture the political spotlight in a country in a major way and shift the terms of …
Remembering Johan Galtung, the ‘father of peace studies’
Feb 29, 2024 · Our world lost a giant of peace research last weekend. Johan Galtung, “the father of peace studies,” author of more than 100 books and 1,000 scholarly articles about world …