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Published in: civilResistanceThe contentious politics of China’s New Citizens MovementDespite their many efforts to stave off greater mobilization inspired by the ideals of the New Citizens Movement,...
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Published in: civilResistanceChallenging annexation: in Crimea, the referendum that wasn’tThe time has come – unfortunately in the midst of another political and human crisis – for the international...
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Published in: civilResistanceUkraine: a nonviolent victoryDramatic words or violent acts were not how the Ukrainian people ousted an authoritarian leader and his cronies....
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Published in: civilResistanceHow to discredit your democratic opponents in EgyptThe Egyptian military regime is pushing conspiracy theories to discredit their democratic, non-violent opponents....
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Published in: HomeMandela’s utilitarianism and the struggle for liberation“Mandela was a great leader because he recognized that the movement had become a civil insurrection, a largely...
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Published in: civilResistanceIn defense of OtporWhen they claim that Otpor was an American operation to unseat Milosevic, they do not bother to explain why all...
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Published in: civilResistanceInternationalising rights-based resistance in China: the UN Human Rights Council and the citizenChinese activists are gradually strengthening the framing of domestic grievances with the vocabulary of...
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Published in: civilResistanceRuthless regimes not impervious to civil resistance: A reply to Maged MandourThere is little systematic evidence to suggest that “ruthlessness” is, in and of itself, a critical variable.
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Published in: civilResistanceThe Maldives: a serial coup in progress?Should Britain, the United States and others who claim to be concerned, stand by and allow reactionary forces to...
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Published in: civilResistanceTeachers challenge a President: protests suppressed in MexicoIn Mexico, government officials have often been accused of planting violent protesters in nonviolent movements in...
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Published in: civilResistanceVoices of Syrian women in civil resistanceAlthough we now hear guns more than peaceful chants in Syria, and while the news of armed rebellion overshadows...
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Published in: civilResistanceCivil resistance as deterrent to fracking: Part One, They shale not passCan we mobilize and prepare the towns threatened by hydraulic fracturing with action plans so well-devised, so...
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Published in: civilResistanceA struggle for sacred land: the case of WirikutaFor the moment, the Wixáritari believe that they are winning the fight for the hearts and minds of Mexicans and that...
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Published in: civilResistanceCivil resistance as deterrent to fracking: Part Two, Shale 911The on-the-ground citizen victory against those who represented one of the most powerful industries in the world is...
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Published in: civilResistanceNew movements in South Africa?Despite a rising consciousness throughout the continent of the problems of increased militarization, coinciding with...
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Published in: civilResistanceThe Egyptian revolution: beyond false choicesEgyptians are looking to their own political participation and to further their interests as free individuals. In...
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Published in: civilResistanceA sea of dissent: nonviolent waves in ChinaWhat are the lasting sources of discontent that are driving an increase in protest? What tactics are Chinese...
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Published in: civilResistanceThe Syrian resistance: a tale of two struggles, Part 2Probabilities are always shredded by violent conflict, except the probability that freedom and justice will be...
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Published in: civilResistanceCivil resistance: a space oddityCivil resisters open up and occupy political space - opportunities for persuasion and organization - on a scale...
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Published in: civilResistanceThe Syrian resistance: a tale of two strugglesIn Syria, mixing violent and nonviolent resistance jeopardized people power, particularly when violence became the...