Having taught nonviolence at Berkeley for over a quarter of a century, I feel called to respond to the judgment of Chancellor Birgenau and UC police Capt. Margo Bennett that the students who linked arms to keep police from…
What is Nonviolence?
Stikkord: nonviolence
Paul Loeb: From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy the Neighborhoods
The Occupy movement has done something amazing, getting Americans to start questioning our economic divides. It’s created spaces for people to come together, voice their discontents and dreams, creatively challenge destructive greed. It’s created powerful political theater, engaged community,…
NAACP Banquet Honors Freedom Riders
Fifty years ago they brought civil disobedience to the civil rights movement, and Saturday, they were honored for their bravery. Nearly a dozen Freedom Riders were honored Saturday night at the 38th Annual Freedom Fund Gala at the Renaissance…
West Papua’s ‘Arab Spring’
It was not in the headlines, but our neighbourhood has had its own ‘Arab Spring’. The Melanesian people of Indonesian-controlled West Papua, have shown the same determination to pursue non-violent struggle as their counterparts in Egypt and Syria. A…
Wives Say Jailed Belarusian Opposition Activists Lives Endangered
The wives and fiancee of three jailed Belarusian opposition politicians say their lives are at risk, RFE/RL’s Belarus Service reports. The three women told journalists in Minsk on November 1 that they are urging the European Union «not…
Two members of Occupy Chattanooga movement willing for arrests as act of civil disobedience
An hour after choosing to legally protest on the sidewalks in front of the Hamilton County Courthouse, two members of the Occupy Chattanooga movement announced they were willing to get arrested in an act of civil disobedience. Landon Howard…
«From Dictatorship to Democracy:» Gene Sharp on the possibility of transition
Gene Sharp, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, is widely credited as one of the principal initiators of the Arab Spring. His 1993 book, “From Dictatorship…
Syria’s prankster army make case for non-violence
A bicycle rider is inconspicuous in the old souks of Damascus. No one noticed as the rider pulled up to the front of a stall at the Hamadiyya souq in the mid-afternoon rush hour to chain one to…
Gandhi Meets Monty Python: The Comedic Turn in Nonviolent Tactics
On October 3rd, protesters at Occupy Wall Street failed to march. Instead they clumsily lurched. With white painted faces, glazed looks and dollar bills hanging out of some mouths, protesters chanted “I smell money, I smell money…” It was…
Egyptian teachers call for mass protest Saturday
Egyptian educational groups and unions called for mass protests next Saturday demanding the dismissal of Minister of Education Ahmed Gamal Eddin Moussa and purging the educational system of corrupt figures. The teachers urged political movements and parties, doctors and the…