Digital Library of Nonviolent Resistance

13 pages

1965

Summary of the War Resisters' International 1965 Study Conference on Training in Non-Violence

Periodical

16 pages

1992

Series of notes for leading a nonviolence workshop

Letter

88 pages

Manual on the theory and practice of nonviolent resistance.

Manual

Handout

1 pages

1971

Figure specifying three domains of learning: cognitive, affective, and skill-building behavior.

Handout

1 pages

1969

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

Handout

17 pages

1993

This chapter from Strategic Nonviolent Conflict presents twelve principles that highlight the salient features of strategic nonviolent conflict. The principles fall under development, engagement, and conception. Ackerman and Kruegler find that these principles are essential in having a comprehensive approach to nonviolent action.

Chapter

15 pages

1989

Chapter from Rocking the Ship of State: Toward a Feminist Peace Politics, edited by Adrienne Harris and Ynestra King. Provides a first person overview of the Seneca Women's Peace Camp, a women-only encampment devoted to stopping the deployment of Cruise and Pershing II missiles through civil disobedience and to establish an alternative way of living based on women's experiences. Dynamics of the camp are discussed, including consensus decision-making, the governance system, and daily activities.

Chapter

8 pages

Study guide written from a Christian lens designed to introduce aspects of violence to groups for discussion.

Lesson Plan and Outline

11 pages

1991

Introduction to nonviolence, including types, dimensions, relationship between means and ends, and dynamics of nonviolent resistance.

Article

1986

Book

9 pages

1993

Gene Sharp's theory of power is analyzed through the lens of gender relations and patriarchy. Limitations of the theory are discussed.

Article

8 pages

Observations on challenges to patriarchy and a nonviolent feminist secessionist strategy.

Article

5 pages

1994

Article from Education and Urban Society on calling for the implementation of conflict resolution training in schools.

Article

6 pages

Article from the International Journal of Nonviolence on training workshops.

Article

2 pages

1992

Article from Nonviolence Today, No. 26, 1992

Article

16 pages

1997

Nonviolence Today, No. 56, 1997

Periodical

1 pages

Chart on developing a campaign strategy.

Handout

1 pages

List of six principles of nonviolence in the tradition of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Handout

1 pages

1988

Handout of a nonviolent code for participants in the Reclaiming the Test Site action organized by the American Peace Test.

Handout

1 pages

1973

Comparison of leader-centered and group-centered leadership styles.

Handout

4 pages

1991

Overview of civil disobedience.

Handout

1 pages

Rationale for organizing affinity groups.

Handout

1 pages

List of some dimensions of nonviolence.

Handout

7 pages

1991

Introduction to nonviolent resistance with a typology of nonviolence composed of two dimensions: tactical-strategic and pragmatic-ideological.

Manual

2 pages

1985

Outline for developing strategy based on the work of James Newton.

Handout

11 pages

Melbourne Nonviolence Training Collective’s vision on active nonviolence depends on empowered human beings who can confront systematic oppression, build alternatives to such systems, and reach satisfaction in their own personal lives. Training is part of building that vision, as is nonviolent direct action, community and the building of alternative economic institutions. Training is not a one-way process. MNTC asserts that “we are not either students at one time or teachers at another, but are always both. We are all constantly unlearning old ways and learning new ways of feeling good about ourselves, relating to others and functioning in the world.” A constant sharing of knowledge and information. MNTC’s information kit provides insight into various aspects of nonviolent resistance for that exact reason.

Tip Sheets and Guides

4 pages

Introduction to civilian-based defense (social defence). Social defence is based on the principle that no regime can survive without the passive support or nonresistance of a large fraction of the population. Since civilian-based resistance relies on large sections of the population, it is the nonviolent equivalent of guerilla warfare. Methods of social deterrance include: symbolic actions, intervention and alternative institution, and noncooperation.

Handout

1 pages

1973

Figure illustrating a typology of classes of action in conflicts.

Handout

2 pages

1993

Typology of principled nonviolence based on the work of Gene Sharp.

Handout