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 …
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 ...
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 ...
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 public debate — is a rare and important accomplishment. The initial rounds of Extinction Rebellion actions in the U.K. in 2018 and Sunrise’s public breakthrough in the United States the same year, as well as the ...
What role were you born to play in social change?
Feb 3, 2016 · With Moyer’s permission, I tweaked the names of three of the four roles, making the differences sharper; you’ll get both names here. I call the roles advocate, helper, organizer, and rebel. The advocate role. The advocate focuses on communication with what Moyer called “the powerholders,” who can change a policy or practice.
Waging Nonviolence
Metta Center for Nonviolence. The visionary activism of the long civil rights movement. IPRA Peace Search. Inside the international uprising disrupting air travel. IPRA Peace Search. How the Chicago 7 might have been the Chicago 9. Over 5,000 actions offer a glimpse of the nonviolent world that’s possible. Rivera Sun.
How Hitler found his blueprint for a German empire by looking to …
Oct 7, 2020 · Native peoples in the United States continue to struggle for justice. While this year brought some important victories, such as Washington’s NFL team finally dropping its racist name and logo, and a landmark win in the Supreme Court for Native rights in McGirt v. Oklahoma, the difficult work of recognizing and redressing the country’s legacy of …
How the spirit of the indigenous occupation of Alcatraz lives on, …
Nov 14, 2019 · In 1969, indigenous activists occupied Alcatraz Island, demanding that their treaties be honored. Fifty years later, they’re still fighting.
10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
Nov 4, 2024 · Grief is a pathway to that acceptance. 4. Release that which you cannot change. Growing up my mom had a copy of the Serenity Prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the …
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