By Anthony Torres (1st Published at Waging Nonviolence) – The last few weeks have been a turning point for impeachment. Suddenly, dozens of members of Congress dashed at once to announce their support until the pro-impeachment faction had grown to a majority of the House of Representatives. And today the House overwhelmingly passed a resolution […]
How Palestinian women successfully defended their village from demolition
By Sarah Flatto Manasrah | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – One year after Israel gave the green light to demolish Khan al-Amar, the small Bedouin village survives thanks to a bold and creative women-led campaign. Just over one year ago, photos and videos of Israeli border police violently arresting a young Palestinian woman went viral. […]
How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement
By Nick Engelfried | – (Waging Nonviolence ) – It began as a call to action from a group of youth activists scattered across the globe, and soon became what is shaping up to be the largest planet-wide protest for the climate the world has ever seen. The Global Climate Strike, which kicks off on […]
To preserve democracy, the UK needs a mass movement both inside and outside Parliament
By Symon Hill ( Waging Nonviolence) – Thousands of people poured onto the streets of the United Kingdom . . . to challenge Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend Parliament. Activists are used to calling on politicians to make decisions, not to take direct action. But that’s precisely what’s needed to stop Boris Johnson’s […]
How Progressive was Gene Sharp’s Nonviolence?
By George Lakey | – Gene Sharp at the 2005 Celebrating Nonviolent Resistance conference in Palestine, where he gave a key note address. (Damon Lynch) In a recent interview with Jacobin, lawyer and political activist Marcie Smith expands on an essay she wrote earlier this year calling Gene Sharp [1928-2018] — the late founder of […]
Can Trump’s Impending War on Iran be Stopped?
Eric Stoner | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Since coming to power, the Trump administration has had Iran in its crosshairs. The United States unilaterally pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal last year and reimposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran. With the other signatories doing little to cushion the blow, Iran now says it […]
One of Europe’s Last Migrant Rescue Ships Defies European Political Pressure to Save African Lives
By Susan H. Smith | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Over nearly five years, the small German charity Sea-Watch has saved more than 37,000 lives. But xenophobia and repression threaten its survival. The Sea-Watch 3 is the only rescue ship currently operating in the Central Mediterranean Sea. (Sea-Watch) At the height of the Syrian […]
A New Coalition of Diaspora, Israeli Jews and Palestinians is Confronting Israeli Military Violence
By Rafi Ellenson |- ( Waging Nonviolence ) – When diaspora Jews and those living in Israel join with Palestinians, they forge a more powerful and just movement to end the occupation. I watched the Israeli Defense Forces throw several stun grenades — one right after the other — deep into a crowd of my […]
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