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1997 Nonviolent Blockade of Nuclear Waste Transport to Gorleben

March 1997
Report
Definitive Guide to Fences

4 pages
1999
Guide on how to get around or through different types of fences in order to complete nonviolent direct action
Handbook
Nonviolent Direct Action Training Agenda Sample

3 pages
n/a
A sample agenda for a nonviolent direct action training session
Report
Basic Blockading

28 pages
2002
Detailed Guide on how to operationalize a blockade
Tip Sheets and Guides
Direct Action: Target Bush

53 pages
1990
Plans for a demonstration demanding that President George H.W. Bush take action against the AIDS epidemic
Handbook
Pacific Life Community Bangor Action

14 pages
1975
Documents relating to the anti-nuclear Pacific Life Community's protest against the Trident submarine and missle system by planting a garden at the Bangor Naval Base
Handbook
Action Proposals

2 pages
Instructions for writing a proposal for a nonviolent direct action
Handout
Citizens Weapons Inspection Handbook

44 pages
Guide to carrying out citizens weapons inspections, where activists attempt to inspect weapon sites as part of an anti-war and/or anti-nuclear weapons campaign
Handbook
10 Things PCM Did Creatively

13 pages
Examples of creative nonviolent methods used by the People's Climate Movement
Handout
Action Roles

5 pages
Guides for action leads, logistics leads, marshal leads, marshals, and police liaisons during actions
Handout
Tips for Street Theater, Pageants, and Parades

2 pages
The following document describes and lists advice for nonviolent action done through street theater, pageants, and parades. For street theater, the tips involve performing to make the story visible and revolving the perfomance around a simple story. Regarding pageants, the stories should rely heavily on imagery and music. For parades, the action should involve a simple message and attention grabbing imagery.
Handout
Tips for Designing Creative Actions

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
Guiding Questions for Creative Direct Actions

2 pages
Puppet Underground has provided steps to use when creating a story and designing creative, direct, and nonviolent action. When creating the story for an action, an actor must use the following five steps: Understand the Conflict, Identify the Characters, Explore the Images, Recognize the Underlying Assumptions, and Refine Your Story. When designing an action, one must choose the Action Basics and get creative with their action (e.g. intergrating the story with the action, utilizing artistic expression, etc.). Each step contains guiding questions to walk one through designing their action and the story behind it.
Handout
Creative Direct Action Case Studies

2 pages
Examples of creative direction action from around the United States
Handout
Checklist For Strategic Action Planning

4 pages
List of roles present during nonviolent actions and advice for preparation
Handout
Action Strategy: A How-To Guide

10 pages
Guide to effective nonviolent action
Handbook
Lista de Control para Accione Directa No Violenta

2 pages
Spanish-language list of roles present during nonviolent actions and advice for preparation
Handout
Action Planning / Planificación de Acción

2 pages
Bilingual English and Spanish guide to nonviolent action
Handout
Accion Directa No Violenta

8 pages
Spanish-language explanation of nonviolent direct action, list of nonviolent methods, and a related worksheet
Handout
Roles de acción de los grupos de afinidad

1 pages
Spanish-language checklist for the roles of affinity groups, tools for making quick decisions, and preparation for nonviolent action
Handout
Afinity Groups Action Roles

1 pages
Checklist for the roles of affinity groups, tools for making quick decisions, and preparation for nonviolent action
Handout
Antes-Durante-Después - lista de chequeo para la acción

3 pages
Spanish-language checklist for planning nonviolent action
Handout
Pre-During-Post- Action Checklist

2 pages
Checklist for planning nonviolent action
Handout
The Anti-Coup

72 pages
Guide to nonviolently resisting a coup d'état
Manual
Simple Blockading Techniques

3 pages
Guide for training participants to form a human blockade
Handout
What is Non-Violent Direct Action?

22 pages
An explanation of non-violent direct action
Manual
Civil Disobedience Information Packet

13 pages
Information on single-payer healthcare and plans for a rally against the Clinton health plan
Manual
Trojan Decommission Alliance Occupation Handbook

32 pages
1978
Preparation for nonviolent occupation of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant
Handbook
How to Start a People's Law School

48 pages
1974
How to create a People's Law School: Steps to get started
Handbook
Witness for Peace

105 pages
1992
Training on how to conduct training sessions for nonviolence.
Handbook