Nonviolent Action Network

Olzen discusses Catonsville Nine on John Batchelor Show

The Editors — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:41 +0000

Last Friday, WNV correspondent Jake Olzen discussed his story on the famous Catonsville Nine action and how a mainstream television reporter went to extreme lengths to ensure that the footage he took that day did not disappear forever on the John Batchelor Show.

Iran’s ‘Zahra’ tells alternate tale of presidential campaign

Learn about nonviolent conflict and civil resistance — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:05:30 +0000

Peter Kenyon, NPR, May 20, 2013 Iranians choose a new president next month, and one thing Iran's leaders are intent on avoiding is a repeat of the massive street protests that followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in 2009. The sponso...

Azerbaijan: Harlem Shake video lands activist in jail for "hooliganism"

Learn about nonviolent conflict and civil resistance — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:03:09 +0000

Rebecca Vincent, Slate, May 20, 2013 On May 17, Azerbaijani youth activist Ilkin Rustemzade was arrested on charges of hooliganism for his alleged involvement in a Harlem Shake video filmed in the country’s capital city, Baku. The video is completely...

Understanding nonviolent resistance

Learn about nonviolent conflict and civil resistance — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:27 +0000

Erica Chenoweth and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, Journal of Peace Research, May 2013 The events of the Arab Spring of 2011 have made clear the importance and potential efficacy of nonviolent resistance, as well as the general inability to explain the...

Organizer Renny Cushing helped pull the plug on nuclear plants in U.S.

Learn about nonviolent conflict and civil resistance — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:58:34 +0000

Felicity Clarke, Narco News, May 14, 2013 As one of the key figures in the Clamshell Alliance in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cushing was effective in organizing a movement that played a major role in freezing the construction of new nuclear power p...

Will Maldivians be allowed to choose their leader?

Learn about nonviolent conflict and civil resistance — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:55:23 +0000

Aishath Velezinee, Minivan News, May 18, 2013 With less than four months to the elections it is undeniable to all observers on the ground in the Maldives, including the skeptics, the political opponents and the grudge bearers who form the majority oppo...

Middlebury students stage Israeli checkpoint to push divestment

Jay Saper — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:13:47 +0000

by Jay Saper

On May 15, students at Middlebury College in Vermont staged a checkpoint outside their dining hall during the busiest meal of the year to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, which led to the establishment of the state of Israel.

Fixing Things

Carl Kline — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:10:00 +0000

I was celebrating not long ago. It all started when my wife was mowing the lawn. She came into the house with the news that the self propelled component wasn't working. This was an emergency! She says she can't push a mower, that if she's ...

South Africa and Bolivia: Two struggles, one story – Video

Learn about nonviolent conflict and civil resistance — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:31:24 +0000

Narco News TV, May 15, 2013 In 1985, Mkhuseli "Khusta" Jack organized a consumer boycott in the city of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, which helped end racial apartheid. In 2000, Oscar Olivera was the spokesperson for a popular resistance that stopped t...

Palestine: Daily struggles and triumphs under occupation

Learn about nonviolent conflict and civil resistance — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:28:38 +0000

Noor Ali Moa'alla, Your Middle East, May 16, 2013 The discourse around the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in film has shifted recently from the wider scope of the conflict to the stories of communities and individuals that are struggling in their day to...