Nonviolent force
Tags: PROTEST movements; NONVIOLENCE
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- Stoking the fires of activism. Jones, Arthur // National Catholic Reporter;07/14/2000, Vol. 36 Issue 34, p3
Focuses on the People's Campaign for Nonviolence, a 40-day activism in Washington, D.C. Issues addressed by the protest; Several advocates of nonviolence who attended the event; Statement issued by Irish Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire.
- The Death of Nonviolence. // America;4/25/1970, Vol. 122 Issue 16, p435
The author reflects on the liberals movement concerning the war in Vietnam. It says that liberals are marching in the streets carrying signs, wearing buttons, and rallying to protest the war in Asia that causes death to several young American soldiers. The author argues that the mass marches and...
- Many Palestinian Protestors Already Use Nonviolent Tactics. Garwood, Edith // Foreign Policy in Focus;3/15/2010, p1
A reprint of the article "Many Palestinian Protestors Already Use Nonviolent Tactics," by Edith Garwood, which appeared in an issue of "Amnesty International" is presented. The author focuses on the nonviolent protest movements in Israel. It is said that despite the commitment of protesters to...
- Means of Dissent. Duhigg, Charles // New Republic;12/20/99, Vol. 221 Issue 25, p14
Discusses the diversity of the protests at the 1999 summit of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle, Washington. Report that the groups protesting the WTO showed strong commitment to nonviolence; Declaration of civil emergency, a curfew, a request for National Guard occupation; View...
- THE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT: Is the World Diversity Challenged? Arnold, Pam // INSIGHT into Diversity;Winter2012, Vol. 78 Issue 4/5, p20
The article focuses on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement which has officially began during a call to speak out against corporate influence in the government and economic inequality in Manhattan, New York City on September 17, 2011. It states that OWS is being compared to civil right...
- Gene Sharp. Pal, Amitabh // Progressive;Dec2011/Jan2012, Vol. 75/76 Issue 12/1, p52
The article presents an interview with Gene Sharp, a writer famous for writing about nonviolence. When asked about his reaction to struggles in the Arab Spring, he mentions that nonviolent struggles are realistic in a violent world. When asked about why the Arab region finally rise up, he refers...
- What The Occupy Movement--And All of Us--Can Learn From Dr. King. CASARES, CINDY // Texas Observer: A Journal of Free Voices;11/1/2011, Vol. 103 Issue 16, p27
The author discusses about the insights that the Occupy Movement should learn from the advocacy efforts of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. She believes that protesters must be able to incite nonviolent resistance, where King stated that its goal is to earn the understanding and...
- The Revolutionist. Leibovitz, Liel // Atlantic Monthly (10727825);Mar2012, Vol. 309 Issue 2, p21
The article discusses the Serbian activist Srdja Popovic who founded the Centre for Applied NonViolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) and has inspired the activists of the 2009 Iranian uprising against president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the 2012 Syrian popular uprising. Topics include his...
- News & analysis. // People Management;03/20/97, Vol. 3 Issue 6, p11
Presents a photograph of German miners on a protest march in Bonn. Reasons for the protest march; Government plans to the coal industry.
