These six global struggles show the power of nonviolence in action
Feb 3, 2021 · Embed from Getty Images. In today’s media world — especially if you live inside the U.S. media bubble — if you hear news about foreign countries, it tends to be about business, political leaders, wars or disasters.
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 resistance movement, and the Executive Producer of “The Movement and the ‘Madman’” a documentary about the impact on Nixon of the Moratorium and …
Lessons from what Cesar Chavez did right — and wrong
Apr 7, 2014 · Cesar Chavez on strike. (Flickr/Jay Galvin) The recent release of Cesar Chavez: An American Hero, and the premiere of the documentary Cesar’s Last Fast at the Sundace Film Festival, give us new opportunities to reflect on the lessons of Chavez’s life of activism. While his charismatic leadership turned him into a powerful force for justice, an unyielding grip on his position of authority ...
Gandhi’s strategy for success — use more than one strategy
Mar 17, 2017 · Gandhi’s strategy for success — use more than one strategy. How creating a healthy “ecology of change,” as Gandhi did in India, can help propel social movements. At the end of 1930, India was experiencing disruption on a scale not seen in nearly three quarters of a century — and it was witnessing a level of social movement ...
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As students go back to school, staff strike for better pay and ...
Aug 25, 2022 · As students across the country return to their classrooms for the 2022-2023 academic year, teachers and other employees have been raising the alarm over widespread staffing shortages, low pay, safety concerns and unfair contracts. On Monday, over 500 staff members at American University in Washington, D.C. kicked off a five-day strike demanding ...
Remembering Johan Galtung, the ‘father of peace studies’
Feb 29, 2024 · Johan Galtung, “the father of peace studies,” author of more than 100 books and 1,000 scholarly articles about world peace, passed away on Feb. 17, at age 93. Galtung taught at 30 universities on five different continents over the course of his seven-decade career, while serving as an expert adviser on more than 150 active conflicts around ...
How South Africa forced Gandhi to reckon with racism and …
Oct 1, 2019 · Although having arrived in South Africa to settle a legal dispute, Gandhi became a novice community organizer at the age of 34. His early efforts there on behalf of the Indian community generally involved incremental entreaties …
The genius of John Lewis’ unyielding nonviolent discipline
Jul 27, 2020 · Black Lives Matter and maintaining critical nonviolent discipline. As massive Black Lives Matter demonstrations took place in thousands of U.S. cities, across all 50 states, in response to the killing of George Floyd on May 25, you could see various forms of disarray resulting from the protesters’ political jiu-jitsu.
Why be a pacifist? - Waging Nonviolence
Dec 14, 2019 · Gee emphasized that a truly pacifist movement will require a nuanced approach to building a new society. From developing a pacifist economy to addressing structural injustice — bound up in racism, misogyny and xenophobia — Gee described the challenge and potential of pacifism in the 21st century. In “Why I Am A Pacifist,” you emphasize ...
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