14 Aug, 2016
Dignity and Respect During an Election Year
“During election years, pent-up frustrations, simmering animosities, and the toxic legacy of countless hours of hate talk radio erupt from...
31 Jul, 2016
We Can’t Bomb Our Way to Better Schools
“From the left and the right, policy proposals are flying fast and furious. It is an election year, after all....
30 Jul, 2016
Who Will Speak for the Voiceless?
“The forest sways in ripples of green. Wind sends the dappled sunlight sparkling through the branches. These are the things...
29 Jul, 2016
Voting for Fear
“Watching the electoral cycle this year is like watching an old movie from a warped film reel with the sound...
17 Jul, 2016
Nonviolent History: South Africa’s Port Elizabeth Boycott Begins July 15, 1985
“On July 15, 1985, South Africans in the Port Elizabeth Township began a boycott of white-owned businesses to undermine the...
7 Jul, 2016
Campaign Nonviolence: A Growing Movement for A Culture of Nonviolence
“Is America tired of its violence yet? While the media reports on the onslaught of shootings, militarism, police violence, and...
28 Jun, 2016
The Nonviolent History of American Independence
“Often minimized in our history books, the tactics of nonviolent action played a powerful role in achieving American Independence from...
23 Jun, 2016
Helen Keller: Socialist, Pacifist, Women’s & Workers’ Rights Advocate
“The name Helen Keller conjures up, for many people, a deaf-blind-mute girl learning to communicate via sign language. It is...
20 Jun, 2016
Celebrating Grace Lee Boggs
“On June 27, 1915, Grace Lee Boggs was born in Providence, Rhode Island, above her father’s restaurant. Grace later said,...
17 Jun, 2016
Women’s Draft? Sign Me Up To Abolish War
“For too long, the women of this nation have been complacent while our brothers, sons, husbands, and fathers are sent...
9 Jun, 2016
Dorothy Day Refuses To Duck-And-Cover
“On June 15th, 1955, Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day joined a group of pacifists in refusing to participate in the...
29 May, 2016
White Rose Begins Leaflet Campaigns June 1942
“In June 1942, a pair of German university students formed The White Rose, a German resistance movement that used a...
11 May, 2016
Blue Revolution – Kuwaiti Women Gain Suffrage
“This week in nonviolent history commemorates the successful conclusion of Kuwait’s Blue Revolution. On May 17th, 2005, Kuwaiti women gained...
2 May, 2016
Remembering Nonviolent History: Freedom Rides
“By May 1961, federal law had already ruled that segregation on interstate, public buses was illegal. Southern states, however, maintained...
2 May, 2016
Celebrating Mother Jones and Labor on May Day
“This week commemorates the anniversary of the Haymarket Affair, International Workers’ Day, and the claimed birthday of Mother Mary Harris...