The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns.
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Waging Nonviolence
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10 Ways to be Prepared and Grounded now Trump has Won
The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
How to Make Sure Your Disruptive Protest Helps Your Cause
Five key factors determine whether controversial protests are more likely to spark backlash or create positive outcomes.
Why Protests Work, Even When Not Everybody Likes Them
Paul and Mark Engler look at why protests work but how protest is inherently polarizing — and how movements can win in a polarized context.
10 Things You Need to Know to Stop a Coup
10 Guidelines you need to know to prepare and stop a coup while keeping people focused on a strong, robust election process.
Inside the Student Movement that Forced Ireland’s Trinity College to Divest from Israel
An inside account of the student movement (protest and camp) that forced Ireland’s Trinity College to divest from Israel.
Overcoming Despair and Apathy to Win Democracy
Lessons on movement building from one of the founders of the Serbian student movement that brought down dictator Slobodan Milosevic.
For Educators Grappling with Student Protests, Here’s how to Play a Supporting Role
From mentoring to monitoring – Ideas and advice how educators and faculty can support students involved in student protests.
3 Key Insights for Building a Powerful and Loving Movement against Oppression in Palestine-Israel
Rae Abileah and Nadine Bloch from Beautiful Trouble shared these key insights during Israel’s bombing of Gaza in October 2023.
From the Berlin Wall to Today — Lessons for Harnessing the Moment of the Whirlwind
What mainstream commentators get wrong about the historic uprisings of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and what civil resistance gets right.
Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically says Yes
The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns.
10 Ways to be Prepared and Grounded now Trump has Won
The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
How to Make Sure Your Disruptive Protest Helps Your Cause
Five key factors determine whether controversial protests are more likely to spark backlash or create positive outcomes.
Why Protests Work, Even When Not Everybody Likes Them
Paul and Mark Engler look at why protests work but how protest is inherently polarizing — and how movements can win in a polarized context.
10 Things You Need to Know to Stop a Coup
10 Guidelines you need to know to prepare and stop a coup while keeping people focused on a strong, robust election process.
Inside the Student Movement that Forced Ireland’s Trinity College to Divest from Israel
An inside account of the student movement (protest and camp) that forced Ireland’s Trinity College to divest from Israel.
Overcoming Despair and Apathy to Win Democracy
Lessons on movement building from one of the founders of the Serbian student movement that brought down dictator Slobodan Milosevic.
For Educators Grappling with Student Protests, Here’s how to Play a Supporting Role
From mentoring to monitoring – Ideas and advice how educators and faculty can support students involved in student protests.
3 Key Insights for Building a Powerful and Loving Movement against Oppression in Palestine-Israel
Rae Abileah and Nadine Bloch from Beautiful Trouble shared these key insights during Israel’s bombing of Gaza in October 2023.
From the Berlin Wall to Today — Lessons for Harnessing the Moment of the Whirlwind
What mainstream commentators get wrong about the historic uprisings of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and what civil resistance gets right.