Nonviolence & Civilian Defence: in-depth from Science for Peace
Following Gene Sharp and Mahatma Gandhi, this pillar collects the work of the Nonviolence Working Group (convened 2016–) on the theory and practice of nonviolent resistance, civilian-based defence, and the viability of nonviolent alternatives to militarised security.
Articles, resolutions and reports — Nonviolence & Civilian Defence
- How Nonviolent is Nonviolent Action? — April 2022. The relationship between violent and nonviolent action is not as clear-cut as it may at first appear.
- The Viability of Nonviolent Defence Today — April 2022. “Non-violent defence” is an oxymoron. Or so it appears to many people. You hear the word “defence”, you think of “military”. You hear the term “national…
- Demilitarization: Is It Time for Civilian-Based Defense? — February 2022. “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.”
- Report of the Working Group on Non-violence — February 2017. While anti-militarists are skilled in contesting the West’s armed intervention in Iraq and Syria, many of us are far less convincing when it comes to…
- Nonviolence working group — March 2016. Next meeting in Room 044, University College, 7pm Thurs Mar 24 (time and location provisional). Contact for more details.
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