Waging Nonviolence

Despite violence by Spain’s police and military, some 10,000 migrants who made it to Ceuta are resisting expulsion, and surviving with the help of solidarity groups.

“For the Long Haul” by Chris Dixon diagnoses the roots of burnout among organizers and offers lessons from movement elders to combat it. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/10/burn...

By shutting down tech infrastructure critical to ICE’s new surge of arrests, Vermont residents are showing what it looks like to go on the offensive.

Defending the upcoming election from authoritarian capture will require massive turnout, and we all have roles to play. Daniel Hunter's latest:

Across rural Southeast Africa, a small but loud grassroots movement has emerged to resist destructive Chinese mining companies — and they are winning.

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay is a victory for all people interested in restoring an international legal and human rights framework to a world in crisis.

Danny Miller and Steve Silverman, organizers of Justice in Motion, discuss what they learned from taking judges on the road to connect with the communities they serve.

From police killings to genocide in Gaza, collective grieving practices have built lasting movement infrastructure and helped overcome alienation and burnout.

After the brutal January 2026 crackdown, teachers unions in Iran are not backing down on their demands for fair wages, free education and free expression.

After the collapse of state infrastructure and services amid war in Sudan, mutual aid networks stepped up to fill the gaps in health care, food and emergency services.

Amir Bergen and Kanstanstin Tsiarokhin, co-founders of the Svet Peace Project, discuss how education and dialogue can bring people together across divides.

The climate movement needs the kind of leverage that comes from shutting down the economy — and it can only get there through deep organizing with workers. #ClimateWeekNYC

As we approach a midterm election shadowed by threats of violence, there are freely available trainings for people who want to protect the vote.

Gal Beckerman’s new book "How to Be a Dissident" finds that dissidence isn't a personality type. It's a human capacity that can be cultivated.

Roz Lee from Nonviolent Peaceforce discusses how they are partnering with communities in the U.S. responding to hate, violence and and ICE activity.

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As ICE pursues resettled refugees who have no country to return to, Bhutanese communities are turning the threat of deportation into collective action.

Through crackdowns and killings by Pakistan, a three-year-old movement that began over flour prices has stood strong — and just organized a general strike.

As Trump wages an unpopular war with Iran, historian Jeremy Varon discusses what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War.

When we can't pressure from the top, we can rebuild from the bottom. Andy Bichlbaum of @theyesmen on how Arizona community is reusing an invasive weed to construct low-income housing.

As the genocide in Gaza nears its fourth year, communities across the U.S. are pressuring their local governments to break the supply chain of weapons to Israel.

Alice Echols’ new history of the Panthers and SNCC, “Black Power, White Heat,” emphasizes the possibility — and power — of solidarity across real differences.

The #StandAsMyWitness campaign proves that ordinary people can free political prisoners through the simple act of public witness. But the work is far from finished.

In a case with sweeping implications for the freedom to protest, supporters are fighting hard on behalf of the 15 Minneapolis organizers singled out for resisting ICE.

Educator Safoora Arbab challenges familiar accounts of the remarkable nonviolent movement that emerged among the Pashtun people in the Northwest Frontier of British India.

Fifty years after a mass movement for peace helped end the Vietnam War, US bombs are still exploding in Laos, and there’s a renewed push for reparations.

By creating “Sanctuary Zones” that refuse to cooperate with ICE or police, a coalition in Atlanta is building the infrastructure to practice real community safety.

A recent bus tour of US judges proves the power of meeting people in their communities to talk about why the rule of law matters in their everyday lives.

Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep skipping.

Reflecting on decades of organizing — from Occupy to Mamdani’s campaign — Yotam Marom’s book “For Louder Days” offers a powerful guide to making hard choices. Review by @hannahsassaman.bsky.social wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/yota...

Nuclear abolitionist and Representative to the UN Anna Ikeda discusses Buddhism, grassroots movements, interfaith peacebuilding and why humanity — not technology — will determine our future.

Julie Xu, a tenant organizer with CAAAV, explains why a 20-year movement for a rent freeze pivoted — and built a coalition to elect Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

As the threat of federal interference looms over the midterms, we can look to D.C., where a grassroots election protection effort stood up to federal troops.

Participants explain the secret to the "good vibes" that have sustained Albania's flamingo revolution as a peaceful protest for 60 days and counting.

For over 670 days, refugees trapped in a UN camp have maintained a daily sit-in in the Sahara Desert to demand basic human rights. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/agad...

The Cockroach Party ousted a government minister and agreed to leave the streets of New Delhi — now the question is what structures remain to get its other demands met.

Three emerging feminist leaders have a vision for real climate action — and it starts with centering the voices of youth, women and Indigenous people. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/indi...

Economic analyst Steven Qi discusses how stable economies can be a form of peacebuilding.

We are excited to announce the first Waging Nonviolence Fellowship for writers who want to tell compelling movement stories! Apply by August 10 and help spread the word.

Co-director of Pax Christi International’s Catholic Institute for Nonviolence Marie Dennis discusses how we resist systems of domination in an age of rapidly advancing technology. wagingnonviolence.org/metta/podcas...

As local communities around the world unite around a shared enemy — AI data centers — a powerful new direction for climate action is emerging.

Engaging in generative conflict by asking tough strategic questions was an important step on the road to New York City’s rent freeze. Yatom Marom explains why conflict avoidance is a problem for movements in an excerpt from his new book, For Louder Days. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/move...

Nancy Kurshan, cofounder of theatrical antiwar group the Yippies, talks about how counterculture can help revitalize our movements.

India’s Cockroach Janta Party started as a meme, but it has transformed into a real youth movement challenging institutions that have failed their generation.

This month, the Albert Einstein Institution launches a new People-Powered Training Platform.

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate it’s 250th year, it’s time for a (significant) revision to the pledge of allegiance that focuses on what unites us.

Environmental activist Robin Greenfield discusses how a life of simplicity leads to greater freedom, joy and connection.

Only by repairing a legacy of stolen lives, stolen labor and stolen land can we find the path to a more perfect union — and a new zine offers a roadmap.

Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s new book about his Weatherman parents, “Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young,” contends honestly with the political violence of the 1970s.

In response to the Trump administration’s attempts to quell dissent and tilt the playing field, people are not shrinking in fear, but getting more bold in their resistance, writes Daniel Hunter.