For the encampments to alter America’s “common sense” on Palestine, they must center solidarity, speak to the majority and popularize an alternative to Zionism.
Resistance Studies is a collaborative effort between academics and activists, or “professors of the street,” that promotes the analysis of and support for nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience around the world. This includes the Resistance Studies Initiative at UMass Amherst, scholars in the Resistance Studies Network and the interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed Journal of Resistance Studies. This initiative is managed and edited by Stellan Vinthagen, Craig Brown, Ben Case and Priyanka Borpujari.
Waging Nonviolence partners with other organizations and publishes their work.
Australian climate activists have successfully navigated years of increasing protest criminalization, revealing strategies for all to follow.
I was worried and did not know how to behave on my first day in prison for protesting nuclear weapons. Thankfully, I got help from another inmate.
Māori scholar, tribal leader and artist Tonga Karena is working to restore Indigenous peace traditions of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Reflections from a healing ceremony for Native Americans and allies that aims to visit all corners of North America over a period of 21 years.