#nonviolent activism

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30 Nonviolent Things Russia Could Have Done and 30 Nonviolent Things Ukraine Could Do, by David Swanson

30 Nonviolent Things Russia Could Have Done and 30 Nonviolent Things Ukraine Could Do, by David Swanson

The war-or-nothing disease has a firm grip. People literally can’t imagine anything else — people on both sides of the same war. By David Swanson  World BEYOND War  March 15, 2022 Every time I suggest that Russia might have done anything nonviolent to resist NATO expansion and the militarization of its border or that Ukraine might do anything nonviolent right now, my inbox fills up in almost…

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The clash between history and today’s movements — a conversation with Rev. James Lawson | Waging Nonviolence

Called the “architect of the nonviolent movement in America” by John Lewis, Rev. James Lawson discusses the roots and power of nonviolence.

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George Lakey | A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action

George Lakey | A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action

What follows is a different manual from the one we put out over 50 years ago. Then, movements operated in a robust empire that was used to winning its wars. The government was fairly stable and held great legitimacy in the eyes of the majority. Part of Rise Up Times Nonviolent Organizing for Action and Change series found under the link at the top of the RiseUpTimes.org.  By George Lakey  

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Resistance is not an option, it is a necessity.

Resistance is not an option, it is a necessity.

“There is no act too small, no act too bold. The history of social change is the history of millions of actions, small and large, coming together at points in history and creating a power that governments cannot suppress.”  

– Howard Zinn  

Trump’s cabinet choices are truly frightening and represent the worst of corporate America and capitalism and neo-fascism. People everywhere are organizing by…

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