By Joanne Sheehan | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Many are wondering how to respond to the current white supremacist threat. We only have to look to history — to those who organized against the brutal culture and laws of segregation in this country — for inspiration on the importance of relationship building, creative strategies […]
How Defeating the Planet-Killing Keystone XL Oil Pipeline built a Bolder, Savvier Climate Movement
By Nick Engelfried | ( Waging Nonviolence) – When President Biden rescinded a crucial permit for the Keystone XL pipeline last week, it marked the culmination of one of the longest, highest-profile campaigns in the North American climate movement. The opposition to Keystone XL included large environmental organizations, grassroots climate activist networks, Nebraska farmers, Texas […]
Why We need to prepare for ongoing insurrectionary violence and address its root causes
By Maria J. Stephan | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Following the Jan. 6 insurrectionary attack on the U.S. Capitol and on the country, the FBI has warned of violent actions being planned in all 50 states and D.C. nationwide next week. Last week’s assault, which was incited by Donald Trump, enabled by GOP […]
Climate activists mount utility strike to urge the shutdown of New England coal plant
By Barbara Peterson | – (Waging Nonviolence) – Santa is not the only one giving out coal this year. Climate activists like Johnny Sanchez and Sonja Birthisel in Portland, Maine, recently sent their utility company an envelope of coal instead of payment towards their electric bill. This symbolic act of defiance, organized by the No […]
What Trump’s claim of a ‘stolen election’ means for activists today
By George Lakey | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – I’m encountering a great deal of alarm among progressive activists regarding continued Republican claims of a stolen election. Do these anti-democratic efforts mean a coup attempt is under way? Despite being among the first to write about the possibilities of a coup, I have to […]
Training for post-election violence scenarios
By Stephanie Van Hook | – A conversation with Eli McCarthy of DC Peace Team, a group of nonviolence trainers preparing people to defend democracy and heal communities. ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Over the past decade there has been a quantitative growth in organized unarmed civilian protection, or UCP, groups and violence de-escalation trainings within […]
With UN’s Climate summit postponed until 2021, Grassroots Activists Step in to Maintain Momentum in cutting CO2
By Andrea(s) Speck | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Not just another civil society statement on climate change, the Glasgow Agreement is a ‘people’s climate commitment’ to take decisive action on greenhouse gas emissions. After more than 40 years since the first UN conference on climate change in 1979 — and after more than 25 […]
10 things you need to know to stop a coup
(Waging Nonviolence) – We have a president who has openly said he might not respect the outcome of our election. We have to be ready if he claims victory before votes are counted, tries to stop counting, or refuses to accept a loss. Some days I feel confident it will happen. A poll showed over […]
The Hate Lobby: Teachers slammed for Teaching objectively about Islam and the Arab World
Susan H. Smith | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – As Muslim and Arab students join their classmates in heading back to school this fall, the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks weighs on their minds. It’s a time of perennial blame and shame, a time when classmates and teachers hold them unjustly […]
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