Friday, December 5, 2025

Tag: peaceful protests

Violence de-escalation trainings are key to making movements stronger

Having civilians trained in the skills of de-escalation gives people power a greater chance of success.

This new tool can help movements chart a path to victory

As those who understand that strategic nonviolence is, both statistically and morally, the most effective means of resistance, we must take responsibility and exercise great care in its implementation.

American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating

We do know that protests against ICE raids have been intensifying around the country for months, alongside protests opposing perceived power-grabs by the Trump administration.

Could we be entering a ‘movement moment’ against Trump?

Know the characteristics of powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

Can nonviolent struggle defeat a dictator? This database emphatically says yes

The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns.

Thousands protest GOP agenda at Milwaukee RNC, demanding justice and equality

Protesters condemned U.S. politicians on both sides of the aisle for sending weapons to Israel amid what they described as genocide in Gaza.

Should children take part in nonviolent struggle?

Children have the most to gain from victories over racism, heterosexism and climate-wrecking capitalism.

Reflections on student activism

The commitment of this generation of student activists will reverberate through the progressive movement for years to come.

‘Stop weaponizing antisemitism’: Police ‘body-slam’ Jewish Dartmouth prof. at campus Gaza...

This comes as more than 50 chapters of the American Association of University Professors have issued a statement condemning the violent arrests by police at campus protests.

As peace protests are violently suppressed, CNN paints them as hate...

Some in corporate media very clearly took sides, portraying student protesters as violent, hateful and/or stupid.

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Clinton blames young people and social media for opposition to Gaza genocide

A speech at a far right Israeli publication’s summit sparks criticism over claims that youth are misinformed rather than responding to documented atrocities.

Trump administration threatens to withhold SNAP funds from democratic-led states

A new confrontation between the White House and blue states raises concerns about the political use of food assistance programs.

How the pro-Palestine movement is outsmarting the algorithms

In response to systematic censorship by Meta and other platforms, Palestinians and their allies have built an innovative new playbook of tactics to beat the algorithm.

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Microsoft faces reckoning for assisting Israel’s genocide in Gaza

A new legal and shareholder campaign warns that Microsoft’s military contracts expose the company and its executives to international and domestic liability.