From mentoring to monitoring – Ideas and advice how educators and faculty can support students involved in student protests.
Collection: Waging Nonviolence
Waging Nonviolence
Waging Nonviolence is a nonprofit media organization dedicated to providing original reporting and expert analysis of social movements around the world. With a commitment to accuracy, transparency and editorial independence, we examine today’s most crucial issues by shining a light on those who are organizing for just and peaceful solutions.
Through on-the-ground movement coverage and commentary that draws on both history and the latest research, Waging Nonviolence works to advance the public’s understanding of movements and their key role in shaping politics. Our stories inspire readers to realize the powerful agency they possess.
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.
We Need a Climate Movement that Addresses the Trauma of Fighting for a Burning Planet
To build an impactful climate justice movement able to face the challenges ahead we must first build cultures that care for the people doing the work.
There’s No Place for Burnout in a Burning World
Climate activists can start to build a stronger culture of care by taking burnout seriously and understanding its root causes.
How to Beat the ‘Fracking Frenzy’: Lessons from the Campaign that ended Fracking in Ireland
The successful Irish anti-fracking struggle offers key insights on community power building for anti-extraction movements all over the world.
How Artistic Activism can move us Toward a Better Future
A new book called “The Art of Activism” provides a deep dive on the process, principles, history and practice of artistic activism.
Movements and Leaders have Seasons – it’s Important to Know which one you are in
Learning to attune to the cycles of our own leadership can help us know when to do the right thing at the right time.
Should Fighting for Democracy Take Priority over Building Powerful Social Movements?
Activists throughout history have put social movement work on hold for the electoral arena. Determining whether to do so is a matter of strategy and calling.
Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try to take it over?
How movements settle the debate on whether to engage with political parties from the inside or outside will have a profound impact on their effectiveness.
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.
We Need a Climate Movement that Addresses the Trauma of Fighting for a Burning Planet
To build an impactful climate justice movement able to face the challenges ahead we must first build cultures that care for the people doing the work.
There’s No Place for Burnout in a Burning World
Climate activists can start to build a stronger culture of care by taking burnout seriously and understanding its root causes.
How to Beat the ‘Fracking Frenzy’: Lessons from the Campaign that ended Fracking in Ireland
The successful Irish anti-fracking struggle offers key insights on community power building for anti-extraction movements all over the world.
How Artistic Activism can move us Toward a Better Future
A new book called “The Art of Activism” provides a deep dive on the process, principles, history and practice of artistic activism.
Movements and Leaders have Seasons – it’s Important to Know which one you are in
Learning to attune to the cycles of our own leadership can help us know when to do the right thing at the right time.
Should Fighting for Democracy Take Priority over Building Powerful Social Movements?
Activists throughout history have put social movement work on hold for the electoral arena. Determining whether to do so is a matter of strategy and calling.
Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try to take it over?
How movements settle the debate on whether to engage with political parties from the inside or outside will have a profound impact on their effectiveness.