2023-10-28 19:40
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In light of atrocities, Hamas and Israeli violence is justified
But attacks against Israelis will not bring Palestinians freedom
And demolishing Gaza will not bring Israe… Read More
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First there was the satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi and the soul force of Martin Luther King—nonviolence 1.0. Then there was the purely strategic nonviolence of Gene Sharp and his theories of raw power stripped of ethics and morality—nonviolence 2.0. What’s next?
That’s what we explore here. While Gandhi, King and Sharp have much to teach us, the 21st century is seeing amazing new approaches to the drive for social justice and political change.
The Nonviolence 3.0 blog focuses primarily on strategies, tactics and methods rather than issues. Posts draw on ideas from such diverse fields as business, public relations, military science, art, history, sociology and psychology.
The goal is the advancement of popular empowerment. This entails the dispersal of political power through increasingly skilled resistance to centralized, entrenched institutions.
2023-10-01 18:04
A Post by Daniel Hunter
Takeaways
Grassroots campaigns are powerful tools for social change
Campaigns have specific, achievable objectives
Campaigns target individuals who can ma… Read More
2022-12-31 18:36
Takeaways:
George Lakey has been an activist for over 60 years
In this interview he calls himself a “practical visionary”
Lakey says effective activism requires a strate… Read More
2022-12-16 18:08
Takeaways:
George Lakey has been an activist for over 60 years
In this interview he discusses one of his strategic mistakes
The economic elite will concede nothing without a fight… Read More
2022-01-18 20:07
A chat with authors Steve Lambert and Stephen Duncombe
Takeaways
Don’t blindly replicate tactics that have worked in the pastDon’t focus exclusively on tactics—object… Read More
2021-11-09 19:48
Takeaways:
Dilemma actions put your opponent between a rock and a hard place.Civil resistance campaigns can benefit by dramatizing their opponent’s hypocrisy.Ensure there is media c… Read More
2019-11-06 18:32
This article was originally published in April 2019 on Waging Nonviolence.
On the outskirts of town a young man uses a shovel to scoop up a clod of tall grass from the side of the highwa… Read More
2019-09-08 13:20
See it now – https://fragmentsweb.org
Way back in the 1990s I came into contact with the zine culture. It was an amazing explosion of creativity. There were zines about everything… Read More
2019-05-13 18:26
In early March I happened upon a Tweet announcing how people in Zimbabwe were planting small bushes and tuffs of grass in potholes to dramatize the poor condition of the roads. It stirred m… Read More
2018-10-04 18:41
My Dream (Yours is Probably Different)
I don’t believe in representative democracy.
I believe in direct democracy. I believe in neighborhood power.
Your dream might be differ… Read More
2018-07-24 14:37
“How about Support the Troops—Bring Them Home Now,” said Margaret, a middle-aged woman who was new to activism.
“That’s not really a tactic,” I offered. … Read More
2018-06-08 18:28
You watch from the audience as the executive from the giant multinational corporation taps his pen impatiently on the table. You are in a town meeting to discuss a proposal to build a one mi… Read More
2018-03-22 19:50
Once upon a time there lived a cruel king who ruled without mercy. He was the most powerful king in the world, with a mighty army and an enormous kingdom. One day the general of his army… Read More
2018-01-16 19:31
In his book Tactical Performance, L.M. Bogad makes an interesting observation about an axiom of contemporary military strategy and its relevance to social movements. In military parlance, th… Read More
2017-10-22 18:24
Civil resistance actions can have many different purposes. But one goal is often to persuade the general public to change their opinions and support your cause. You might try to do this dire… Read More
2017-09-04 12:56
A few years ago Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, then president of Iran, spoke at Columbia University. I heard a clip from that speech on the radio that stuck in my mind. The authoritarian leader was an… Read More
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