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 […]



