How draft resistance helped end the Vietnam War
WEBOct 12, 2021 · Subscribe to “Nonviolence Radio” on Apple Podcasts, Android, Spotify or via RSS. Robert Levering comes to Nonviolence Radio this week to talk to Stephanie Van Hook and Michael Nagler about the film “The Boys Who Said No!” and the powerful draft resistance movement that helped end the Vietnam War.
These six global struggles show the power of nonviolence in action
WEBFeb 3, 2021 · Learn how ordinary people are using nonviolent action to fight for worker's rights, peace and dignity in India, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Peru, Kazakhstan and Canada. See examples of protests, strikes, hunger strikes and blockades that …
The successes and failures of South Africa’s student movement
WEBJun 29, 2017 · The article reflects on the 2016 "Fees Must Fall" campaign that challenged the fee increases and the colonial legacy of South African universities. It analyzes the shifts in leadership, the demands, the gains and the challenges of the movement, and its relation to the Zuma Must Fall protests.
How the spirit of the indigenous occupation of Alcatraz lives on, …
WEBNov 14, 2019 · In 1969, indigenous activists occupied Alcatraz Island, demanding that their treaties be honored. Fifty years later, they’re still fighting.
How Hitler found his blueprint for a German empire by looking to …
WEBOct 7, 2020 · Hitler admired the U.S. campaign of settler colonialism and genocide against Native Americans as a model for his own expansion in Eastern Europe. He envisioned a German empire stretching from the Baltics to Russia, cleared of its original inhabitants and populated by German farmers.
Lessons from what Cesar Chavez did right — and wrong
WEBApr 7, 2014 · Learn from the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez, who founded the United Farm Workers and led a historic struggle for farmworkers' rights. Explore his strategies of working from the margins, sacrificing for justice, using multiple measures of success, and balancing charisma and authority.
a conversation with Erica Chenoweth - Waging Nonviolence
WEBJul 14, 2012 · Eric Stoner. Eric Stoner is a co-founding editor at Waging Nonviolence and an adjunct professor at Saint Joseph's University, New York. His articles have appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, The Nation, Sojourners and In These Times.
In the face of assassinations and paramilitary terror, the Zapatista ...
WEBAug 2, 2021 · The Zapatista Army of National Liberation, or EZLN, is a rebel group of Indigenous Mayas in Chiapas, Mexico, that rose up in 1994 for land, justice and autonomy. Despite the San Andrés Accords, the federal government and paramilitary groups have continued to harass and kill Zapatista supporters, while the army and criminal groups fight for control of the territory.
How South Africa forced Gandhi to reckon with racism and …
WEBOct 1, 2019 · How Gandhi learned and developed his methods of nonviolent resistance while facing racism and imperialism in South Africa from 1893 to 1914. Explore his challenges, achievements, controversies and legacy in this long read article.
The right to self-defense - Waging Nonviolence
WEBApr 10, 2012 · Illustration of self-defense, from James E. Homans' 1908 New American Encyclopedia of Social and Commercial Information. We have a moral right to defend ourselves against violation; there’s no doubt in my mind about that.