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The Grassroots Network in Germany, 1972-1985 - VI : ANTI-MILITARISM AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT. Third part and final conclusion
on Wednesday 25 July 2018
on Wednesday 25 July 2018
NONVIOLENCE TRAINING IN CRISIS
The sudden expansion of activism put great strains on the FÖGA-affiliated nonviolence training collectives. In West Berlin, for example, the number of trainers grew from an initial group of four to about 2-3 dozen in 1983. Many of the new trainers had little direct experience with nonviolent action; they were themselves new to the movement and were not in the best position to offer trainings. (61)
The ’boom" period also revealed another, perhaps deeper, (...)