Digital Library of Nonviolent Resistance

4 pages

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Guide on how to prepare for nonviolent direct action

Tip Sheets and Guides

2 pages

Instructions for writing a proposal for a nonviolent direct action

Handout

32 pages

Strategy guide to campaigning on campus for the End Racial Profiling and Voting Empowerment Acts

Handbook

31 pages

2014

Guide to using arts and culture as a tool for social change

Handbook

20 pages

Spanish-language guide to designing and effectively using slogans and symbols for a social movement

Handbook

1 pages

2013

Nonviolent Direct Action done creatively can catch attention and create change. The following tips are divided into advice that can be used to maximize spectacle and design out-of-the-box action that may make the action more effective.

Handout

3 pages

Spanish-language checklist for planning nonviolent action

Handout

2 pages

Checklist for planning nonviolent action

Handout

9 pages

2000

How to conduct a discussion for making high quality decisions that are acceptable to all of a group's members.

Manual

23 pages

2005

This paper is written for individuals and organizations interested in social change geared towards redistributing land and enhancing rural livelihoods for poor people, [through the framework of struggle and dialogue].

Manual

36 pages

Basic handbook for preparing for nonviolent direct actions.

Handbook

44 pages

Basic handbook for preparing for nonviolent direct actions.

Handbook

40 pages

Basic handbook for preparing for nonviolent direct actions.

Handbook

56 pages

1982

Handbook for an occupation in 1983 of the MX test area of the Vandenberg Air Force Base organized by Livermore Action Group.

Handbook

15 pages

Pamphlet on how to organize tax resistance. #2 in a series on organizing tactics for nonviolent action.

Handbook

7 pages

1968

Manual for conducting street meetings.

Handbook

44 pages

1978

Training manual for May 1, 1978 actions at the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant in Barnwell, South Carolina.

Manual

59 pages

1973

Handbook for citizen involvement in addressing human rights violations in county jails.

Handbook

11 pages

1991

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

Article

1 pages

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.

Handout

1 pages

In a brief handout, Alinsky defines tactics and offers suggestions on how to use tactics against opponents.

Handout

53 pages

1983

Campaign handbook for the Summer, 1983 Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice at the Seneca Army Depot in Seneca, New York.

Handbook

15 pages

1977

Campaign handbook for April 30, 1977 occupation of the Seabrook Nuclear Plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire.

Handbook

38 pages

1982

Campaign handbook for June 5, 1980 actions against the Cruise and Pershing II Missiles at Independence Mall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Handbook

63 pages

1980

Campaign handbook for May 24, 1980 actions against at the Seabrook nuclear power plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire.

Handbook

20 pages

1983

Campaign handbook for September 17-24, 1983 actions in opposition to the U.S.S. Rhode Island Trident Submarine in North Kingston, Rhode Island.

Handbook

74 pages

1988

Campaign handbook for March 11 - 20, 1988 civil resistance actions at the Nevada Test Site.

Handbook

20 pages

1978

Campaign handbook for April 29 to May 1, 1978 civil disobedience at the Allied General Nuclear Services Plant in Barnwell, South Carolina.

Handbook

71 pages

1987

In 1987, Out and Outraged, a National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights took to the Supreme Court to promote the visibility of movement concerns and advocate for justice. The For Love, Life & Liberation Civil Disobedience handbook includes both the manifesto of organizers and the relevant tactic information needed to conduct the action. The handbooks provided a history of the movement, solidarity, and major concerns including the AIDs epidemic, and decriminalization of sexuality. The book also had the scenarios for the six-day event such as check-in and non-violence training. In addition to guidelines for the march such as no weapons, no drugs, no property destruction. The risk of arrest was also made abundantly clear in the handbook along with the exact charges, financial penalties, and penal penalties the action may accrue for participants. The C.D. handbook was meant to prepare participants and unify and strengthen the movement and action.

Handbook

15 pages

1987

In April 1987, citizen action intended to make visible what the U.S. government wanted to keep hidden. On Monday, April 27, 1987, hundreds of people made history by engaging in the first nonviolent civil disobedience action at the CIA's headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The action was the first time the American peace and justice movement directly challenges the post-Vietnam strategy of secret warfare. In this appeal, guidelines were given on how participants should engage in the action accordingly to maximize impact. Guidelines for the event included no property destruction, no weapons, no hopping of the White House fence, along with a full itinerary and a map of the C.I.A. exterior. Offered by the organizers was a preliminary in-person nonviolence training the day before and legal advice deemed necessary in case of arrests, such as the amount for bail and fines. In an effort to change detrimental policies, citizens organized and informed themselves of nonviolent etiquette and risk to improve the chance of success through the power of the people.

Handbook