Nonviolent Resistance

The Future of Nonviolent Resistance


Over the past fifty years, nonviolent civil resistance has overtaken armed struggle as the most common form of mobilization used by revolutionary movements. Yet even as civil resistance reached a new peak of popularity during the 2010s, its effectiveness had begun to decline—even before the covid-19 pandemic brought mass demonstrations to a temporary halt in early 2020. 

https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-future-of-nonviolent-resistance-2/

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The evolution of nonviolent movements over time

From India's fight for independence to the digital revolutions of the Arab Spring, we explore the common threads that make nonviolent movements powerful forces for change. 

https://wagingnonviolence.org/cnv/podcast/evolution-of-nonviolent-movements-over-time/

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Nonviolent resistance

Nonviolent resistance, or nonviolent action, sometimes called civil resistance, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, constructive program, or other methods, while refraining from violence and the threat of violence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_resistance

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198 Methods of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp

Stuck in a rut when it comes to campaign tactics? Explore Gene Sharp’s 198 methods of nonviolent action which are classified into three categories: nonviolent protest and persuasion, noncooperation (social, economic, and political), and nonviolent intervention. 

https://commonslibrary.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action/