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...
31 May, 2016
On June 2nd Remember the Mother’s Day Peace Proclamation
“Every year in May, peace activists circulate Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Peace Proclamation. But, Howe did not commemorate Mother’s...
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...
10 May, 2016
Yes to assertive, no to aggressive
“I teach and write in the field of Peace and Conflict Studies, with a special focus on strategic nonviolence. It...
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...
24 Apr, 2016
Remembering Argentina’s Mothers of the Disappeared
“Campaign Nonviolence is a movement to build a culture of active nonviolence. We share the stories of nonviolent action, drawing...
14 Apr, 2016
On Earth Day, Commit To The Great Turning
“Viewing the destruction of the planet and our natural systems as a form of violence, Campaign Nonviolence – a long-term...
9 Apr, 2016
Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Poignant and Timely
“On April 16th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was sitting in a stark jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, where...
5 Apr, 2016
Gandhi’s Salt: How a Fistful of Mud and Seawater Shook the British Empire
“On April 6th, 1930 at 6:30 a.m. after morning prayers, Mohandas K. Gandhi raised a lump of salty mud and...
20 Mar, 2016
Celebrate Boycotts On St. Patrick’s Day
“St. Patrick’s Day is nearly here, and while many will be headed to pubs with shamrocks pinned to their jackets...
4 Mar, 2016
10 Things To Know About Nonviolent Struggle
“1. Nonviolent action is used around the world by people of all classes, races, genders, sexualities, faiths, and political beliefs...