Digital Library of Nonviolent Resistance

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1990

For the Arab Nonviolent Political Struggle in the Middle East, The idea of nonviolent action as a technique of struggle and conflict is based on the observation that nonviolent methods in all their variety have important features in common. McCarthy breaks down the options which people have in engaging conflicts with a typology of responses . To properly frame nonviolent action it must be understood in the proper context of response options.

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1 pages

Ted Herman calls for students and teachers to choose from an array of nonviolent actions in response to future conflict. The categories of action included: political, economic, social-cultural, confrontational, and constructive.

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4 pages

List of roles present during nonviolent actions and advice for preparation

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7 pages

This handout shows how people from different perspectives can build empathy and humanize conflict.

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1 pages

Spanish-language short guide to deescalating conflict

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1 pages

Overview of consensus decision-making.

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2 pages

1988

These are some of the big controversies in nonviolence theory. This brief training tool is designed to challenge and clarify your thinking about the nature of nonviolent action.. and activists have been thinking about the controversies for some time. Some controversies are in the nature of either-or arguments, some are both and, and some search for a resolution of polarized points. What this tool does is to identify some of the most important issues in the field. Controversies include: the power of love vs force and aggression, nonviolence vs pacifism, personal change vs political change, property destruction, principle vs. technique, openness vs secrecy, persuasion vs coercion, universal application of nonviolence, and anger as a basis of a campaign.

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1 pages

1973

Shape addresses misconceptions surrounding what nonviolence action truly is in the world. The Albert Einstein Institution utilized Shape’s succinct explanation in a. Informational handout. In the plainest of words from Shape nonviolent action is not passive. It is not inaction. It is action that is nonviolent.

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6 pages

2001

Handout on how to work together to fight legal battles in court.

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2 pages

Examples of creative direction action from around the United States

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2 pages

2011

Guide to peacekeeping at nonviolent protest events and actions

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1 pages

1978

Instructions for demonstrators in interacting with the media

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6 pages

A basic checklist of questions, tasks and suggestions that is designed for organizers, novice or experienced, who shudder when imagining the million and one details that make for a successful event.

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1994

Brief meeting agenda planning direct action during the twenty-fifth anniversary of Stonewall

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6 pages

1984

Instructions for running the Star Power simulation of problems in development

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2 pages

Brief description of dynamics of a direct action campaign.

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11 pages

Overview of dynamics of nonviolent action.

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1 pages

1969

Figure specifying basic learning principles with regard to what people typically remember.

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1 pages

1991

Figure outlining Bill Moyer's eight stages of social movement success.

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1 pages

1988

The eight theses on Muslim nonviolent action seek to reaffirm the original vision of Islam so that the true meaning of peace-- the absence of both structural as well as personal violence--can be obtained. Theses include In order to be true to Islam, Muslims must utilize nonviolent action as a new mode of struggle, Modern technology of destruction renders discrimination virtually impossible at present, and Islam teaches Muslims to fight for justice with the understanding that human lives--as all parts of God's creation--are purposive and sacred.

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3 pages

2013

Directions for an exercise to practice hassle lines

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1 pages

1988

Bill Moyer's four roles of activism.

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Bill Moyer's four roles of activism.

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2 pages

1988

Bill Moyer's four roles of political activists.

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2 pages

Instructions for using role-playing to simulate social and political problems

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1970

Partial description of a Lakey game to simulate nonviolent activism

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1958

Nine rules concerning the attainment of power and security through Gandhian nonviolent action as interpreted by Joan Bondurant. Rules included but were not limited to self reliance, refusal to surrender essentials in negotiations, and propagation of the objectives, strategy and tactics of the campaign.

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5 pages

Sample agenda for training on nonviolence issues

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