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➔ International ➔ Naher Osten / Middle East (…)
Calling for peace supporters - join the cause
A joint Jewish-Arab declaration for peace
Article published on 3 December 2023

We - movements, organizations and activists, Jews and Arabs - write these words out of heavy mourning for the thousands of people killed in recent weeks, and out of terrible anxiety for the safety of the abducted and those who will still be (…)

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➔ Die Flamme nähren, nicht (…)
George Lakey
Bayard Rustin knew that winning required a team
Article published on 30 November 2023

As the new ‘Rustin’ biopic shows, the great organizer of the 1963 March on Washington was always working to join more people together in the struggle for greater justice and peace.

After going to see the new biopic “Rustin,” now out on Netflix, I left the theater finding the film to be as dramatic as I remembered the man himself. Drama was Bayard’s personal style, but it was also inherent in the focus of the film: Bayard’s (…)

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➔ Résistance Nonviolente - (…) ➔ Social movements
David v Goliath:
How solidarity can help small movements win big
A protest against the military training ground on Sinjajevina
Article published on 28 October 2023
Save Sinjajevina

Milan Sekulovic

In my country, there is a saying: "a hornless ram does not fight with a horned one", which is advice to avoid a fight when your opponent has a significant advantage over you. We have something similar in the biblical story of (…)

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➔ International ➔ Widerstand gegen Atomwaffen - ➔ Keine Atomwaffen in Deutschlan
It’s Time to Know the True History of Dr. King and Native Americans
By David Carr, Word in Black
Article published on 4 April 2023

Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for the desegregation of Native Americans and inspired much of the modern-day movement for Native rights, including water rights and tribal sovereignty

On Monday, January 16, the United States will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and pay homage to the civil rights leader who helped move the nation to live up to its potential.

While much has been written about King’s community (…)

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➔ International ➔ Abolish wars - Contre toutes
un véritable « Larzac de l’Ouest "
Guérande, un peu de la beauté du monde
Un documentaire sur Guérande dans les années 1970
Article published on 3 April 2023

Un documentaire sur Guérande dans les années 1970

En 1971, un projet de rocade menace de défigurer les marais salants de Guérande et met en péril l’activité séculaire des paludiers.

Paysans et néoruraux s’unissent alors, donnant naissance à (…)

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➔ International ➔ Widerstand gegen Atomwaffen - ➔ Keine Atomwaffen in Deutschlan
George Lakey’s memoir
Dancing with History
a life for peace and justice
Article published on 11 March 2023

George Lakey’s memoir is an important book for Friends and for the wide radius of activist groups his life of witness has influenced. It is a testament to the adage that the personal is political, and the political is personal. One can hear 80 (…)

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➔ International ➔ Solidarität / Solidarity/ (…)
“Hello pacifist” 
War Resisters in Israel’s First Decade
 By  Marcella Simoni 
Article published on 24 January 2023

Abstract

This paper discusses the history, organization, networks and political outlook of the state of Israel’s first conscientious objectors (COs) in the 1950s, and the consequences they confronted,individually and as a group. Despite it being (…)

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War Resisters’ International
“Persistence!”: an interview with Michael Randle
Article published on 9 January 2023

23 May 2022
Last year WRI staff member Andrew Metheven interviewed Michael Randle, who was Chairperson of WRI from 1966 to 1973. The interview explored WRI’s resistance to the Vietnam War, the organisational culture, and the longer term impact of the organisation.

Andrew Metheven: Could you start by describing your role in War Resisters’ International before and when you were Chairperson?

Michael Randle: I got involved in War Resisters’ International when I became a conscientious objector, I think in (…)

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➔ Wie wollen wir uns organisiere
Rob Fairmichael
Nonviolent resistance to invasion, occupation and coups d’état
Article published on 5 April 2022

Introduction
Where is the discussion of the possibilities of nonviolence and nonviolent resistance to be seen in relation to the war on Ukraine and after that started? Almost nowhere. (*1) And yet you had the ludicrous example of a few people asking why Ireland (Republic) was not sending arms to Ukraine, as if anything Ireland could have sent would have made any difference in the military fight between it and Russia. And arms components from Belfast firm Thales are being used on both sides of the war in Ukraine! Most people are simply and totally unaware of the possibilities of nonviolent resistance, or, if they even think of it, dismiss it out of hand, particularly in relation to ‘hard’ situations like an invasion.

But people do not dismiss violent resistance out of hand, even where it fails, dismally or heroically, or would fail – as with Irish military resistance to invasion by a major power. In Ukraine violent resistance has been heroic in the military tradition and certainly successful in slowing the Russian invasion (which was very poorly planned), and even able to push back in some areas, but it has also been also costly in terms of lives lost and homes and infrastructure destroyed as well as massive displacement of people, either as internal or external refugees. The trauma is massive. We don’t know how the war in Ukraine will end but at the moment it is not looking good for avoiding Russian control in eastern and south-eastern Ukraine. Nonviolent resistance needs to be judged by the same measurements as violent. And it needs to be brought out of the shadows to be able to stand in the position it deserves.

I wrote an 8-page paper on “An alternative defence for Ireland: Some considerations and a model of defence without arms for the Irish people” in late 1983 (*2), some years before the fall of Russian communism. Little did I think that almost four decades later I would be writing a piece about the same matter in the context of a war started by still autocratic but crony-capitalist Russia. I also attended and wrote about a WRI-IFOR conference on the less-statist concept of ‘Social defence’ (see definition later) in Bradford in 1990. (*3) However this article has two main geographical points of reference, to two very different situations and locations within Europe, Ukraine and Ireland. I would stress that it is a relatively short exploration of the matter and much further work can be done or referred to.

What is nonviolent civilian resistance and social defence?

Perhaps we need a few definitions at the start. But it also needs clarified that, as always, different people can use the same term differently, or even the same people give a different (…)

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➔ Résistance Nonviolente - (…) ➔ Fondements - Grundsätzliches
George Lakey
Ukraine doesn’t need to match Russia’s military might to defend against invasion
Ukraine doesn’t need to match Russia’s military might to defend against invasion Throughout history, people facing occupation have tapped into the power of nonviolent struggle to thwart their invaders.
Article published on 25 February 2022

As with so many around the world, including thousands of brave Russians protesting against their country’s brutal invasion of neighboring Ukraine, I’m aware of the inadequate resources for defending Ukraine’s independence and wish for democracy. Biden, NATO countries, and others are marshalling economic power, but it seems not to be enough.

As with so many around the world, including thousands of brave Russians protesting against their country’s brutal invasion of neighboring Ukraine, I’m aware of the inadequate resources for defending Ukraine’s independence and wish for democracy. (…)

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➔ Résistance Nonviolente - (…) ➔ Social movements
Ter García
"We paid a price of a thousand years in jail, but we got almost nobody wanted to do the mili"
Pepe Beunza: “Pagamos mil años de cárcel, pero conseguimos que nadie quisiera hacer la mili”
Article published on 24 February 2022

The three years and two months that Pepe Beunza spent in prison were the starting point of one of the most successful campaigns of civil disobedience in Spain: conscientious objection and insumption to compulsory military service. It was 1971. Thirty years later, the Spanish Government finally gave its arm to twist eliminating the milli. We talked to Pepe Beunza.

How did you become interested in nonviolence and conscientious objection?

I lived in Valencia and studied agricultural engineering. I had always liked nature, had been a Boy Scout and had gone a long way up the mountain. She was also a person (…)

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  • A joint Jewish-Arab declaration for peace
    Section : Naher Osten / Middle East (…)

    We - movements, organizations and activists, Jews and Arabs - write these words out of heavy mourning for the thousands of people killed in recent weeks, and out of terrible anxiety for the safety (…)
  • Bayard Rustin knew that winning required a team
    Section : Die Flamme nähren, nicht (…)

    After going to see the new biopic “Rustin,” now out on Netflix, I left the theater finding the film to be as dramatic as I remembered the man himself. Drama was Bayard’s personal style, but it was (…)
  • How solidarity can help small movements win big
    Rubrique : Social movements

    Milan Sekulovic In my country, there is a saying: "a hornless ram does not fight with a horned one", which is advice to avoid a fight when your opponent has a significant advantage over you. We (…)
  • It’s Time to Know the True History of Dr. King and Native Americans

    On Monday, January 16, the United States will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and pay homage to the civil rights leader who helped move the nation to live up to its potential. (…)
  • Guérande, un peu de la beauté du monde
    Section : Abolish wars - Contre toutes

    Un documentaire sur Guérande dans les années 1970 En 1971, un projet de rocade menace de défigurer les marais salants de Guérande et met en péril l’activité séculaire des paludiers. Paysans et (…)
  • Dancing with History

    George Lakey’s memoir is an important book for Friends and for the wide radius of activist groups his life of witness has influenced. It is a testament to the adage that the personal is political, (…)
  • War Resisters in Israel’s First Decade
    Section : Solidarität / Solidarity/ (…)

    Abstract This paper discusses the history, organization, networks and political outlook of the state of Israel’s first conscientious objectors (COs) in the 1950s, and the consequences they (…)
  • “Persistence!”: an interview with Michael Randle
    Section : International

    Andrew Metheven: Could you start by describing your role in War Resisters’ International before and when you were Chairperson? Michael Randle: I got involved in War Resisters’ International (…)
  • Nonviolent resistance to invasion, occupation and coups d’état
    Rubrik : Wie wollen wir uns organisiere

    What is nonviolent civilian resistance and social defence? Perhaps we need a few definitions at the start. But it also needs clarified that, as always, different people can use the same term (…)
  • Ukraine doesn’t need to match Russia’s military might to defend against invasion
    Rubrique : Fondements - Grundsätzliches

    As with so many around the world, including thousands of brave Russians protesting against their country’s brutal invasion of neighboring Ukraine, I’m aware of the inadequate resources for (…)
  • "We paid a price of a thousand years in jail, but we got almost nobody wanted to do the mili"
    Rubrique : Social movements

    How did you become interested in nonviolence and conscientious objection? I lived in Valencia and studied agricultural engineering. I had always liked nature, had been a Boy Scout and had gone a (…)

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  • No to nuclear power
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    • Refusing: an act of Courage & Peace
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    • Celebrating Nuclear Resistance
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    • Magda Trocmé - Souvenirs d’une vie d’engagements
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    • « Chaque Turc naît soldat »
    • Smiling Sun History
    • “Persistence!”: an interview with Michael Randle
    • Abolish wars - Contre toutes les guerres - Gegen alle Kriege !
      • Le Sauvage, pionnier de la presse écologiste
      • L´EAU VIVE
      • Guérande, un peu de la beauté du monde
      • Survivre et vivre,
    • Ecologie / Ökologie / Ecology
    • Klimawandel Gobalisierung
      • What role were you born to play in social change?
      • Fünf Finger für ein Siegeszeichen
      • Nonviolence and Power
      • Studie: Kriegsdienstverweigerung in der Türkei
      • Surviving the ups and downs of social movements
    • Naher Osten / Middle East / Proche Orient
      • A joint Jewish-Arab declaration for peace
    • No to nuclear power
      • About nonviolent resistance from Seabrook to Vermont Yankee
      • Gewaltfreie Besetzung des AKW-Bauplatzes Kaiseraugst 1975: Wertvolles Bildmaterial aufgetaucht
      • Des Guerres pour des matériaux premières
    • Solidarität / Solidarity/ Solidarité
      • Refusing: an act of Courage & Peace
      • War Resisters in Israel’s First Decade
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      • Celebrating Nuclear Resistance
      • Französische Atombombentests in der Sahara 1960-1966

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