Political Resources
Nonviolence/Peace
Activists
George S. Anthony — Mr. George S. Anthony is an accomplished educator and conflict resolution specialist. He has been featured nationally on ABC News’ “20/20: Social Cruelty in Our Nation’s Schools” and on CNN’s “Crossing Borders.” He is frequently featured in many newspaper articles on bullying, conflict resolution, ethnic diversity, and news programs such as WABC Special Report “Bullying in the Classroom.” George Anthony is a trained conflict resolution specialist, certified in mediation by Columbia University, the National Institute for Dispute Resolution, and the New York City Board of Education. He is Co-Director of the Institute for International Leadership, Non-Violence, and Service. Pathways to Peace.
Pace e Bene — Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service’s mission is to foster justice, peace and the well-being of all through education, resources, and action for nonviolent change. In 2014 Pace e Bene launched its most comprehensive project yet — Campaign Nonviolence, a long-term movement for a culture of active nonviolence, connecting the dots between war, poverty, racism and environmental destruction. Organizes Campaign Nonviolence Action Week.
SCLC's Citizenship Education Program — “Citizenship schools provided an essential educational component for the emerging voter registration campaign in the Delta... Through these classes, students learned more than literacy; they began to craft their own understandings of first-class citizenship...,instilling within local people the confidence to attempt to register to vote.”
Articles, Op-eds, and Essays
—Deep Nonviolence or Strategic Nonviolence? "Many proponents of nonviolence merely affirm nonviolence as a strategy for political action rather than as a way of life.... In contrast, “philosophical nonviolence” is grounded in spiritual beliefs, affirms love of opponents, aims for the realization of the humanity of all people, and seeks reconciliation rather that the defeat of one’s opponents."
—Vincent Harding Teach-In Explodes, Wade Lee Hudson. “Following the lunch break, James Lawson addressed two points about which, he said, ‘I haven’t heard anything today.”’ First, he declared, ‘All of us have the task to be as fully human, loving, and alive as possible.’ Second, he urged activists to promote personal nonviolent struggle in order to become more fully nonviolent as individuals and more effective as activists.”
—The clash between history and today’s movements — a conversation with Rev. James Lawson, Rev. John Dear. Called the “architect of the nonviolent movement in America” by John Lewis, Rev. James Lawson discusses the roots and power of nonviolence. “…As Gandhi and King also said, nonviolence is the science of how you create your own life in the image of God. Nonviolence is the science of how you create a world that practices justice, truth and compassion... You have to build your life around nonviolence and live a nonviolent lifestyle… Any number of voices are now saying, ‘As a union, we have to have compassion for each other. We have to treat each other with dignity and grace. The problems of our members are the problems that the union must be willing to face.’... If your life is being transformed by love, you cannot keep it to yourself. (read more)
—How to Stop a Power Grab, Andrew Marantz. “As democracy hangs in the balance, activists are drawing lessons from the study of civil resistance.” A good overview of strategic nonviolence (in contrast to philosophical, or deep, nonviolent).
—George Lakey and Born to Win. George Lakey understands internalized oppression. If anyone would support mutual support for self-improvement, you’d think he would. But his new book, How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning, primarily relies on top-down training.
—Howard Thurman on Nonviolence, Wade Lee Hudson
—Nonviolence, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
—The King Philosophy, The King Center
—Let a Man Overcome Anger by Love, Buddha
—War, Ralph Waldo Emerson
—Neither Victims nor Executioners, Albert Camus, from Neither Victims nor Executioners: An Ethic Superior to Murder (1946)
—On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau
—Jane Addams (1860-1935): Social worker and Peace Builder, James D. Allen
—My Faith in Nonviolence, Mohandas Gandhi
Books
—The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness, Rhonda V. Magee
Podcasts
Ezra Klein Show, How to topple dictators and transform society (with Erica Chenoweth)
Films
The Third Harmony, Michael Nagler. “Drawing on interviews with veteran activists like Civil Rights leader Bernard Lafayette, scientists like behaviorist Frans de Waal and neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, political scientist Erica Chenoweth, futurist Elisabet Sahtouris and others, THE THIRD HARMONY tells the story of nonviolence, the greatest overlooked resource in human experience.”
Quotes
"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war." —Albert Einstein
Websites
Unify — Unifying the Emerging Global Movement for World Peace.