About Waging Nonviolence
Waging Nonviolence is a nonprofit media organization dedicated to providing original reporting and expert analysis of social movements around the world. With a commitment to accuracy, transparency and editorial independence, we examine today’s most crucial issues by shining a light on those who are organizing for just and peaceful solutions ...
WNV's top stories of 2022 - Waging Nonviolence
Dec 27, 2022 · WNV’s most-read stories of 2022. 10. There’s no place for burnout in a burning world By Charlie Wood Climate activists can start to build a stronger culture of care by taking burnout seriously and understanding its root causes.
These six global struggles show the power of nonviolence in action
Feb 3, 2021 · Embed from Getty Images. In today’s media world — especially if you live inside the U.S. media bubble — if you hear news about foreign countries, it tends to be about business, political leaders, wars or disasters.
Why protests work, even when not everybody likes them
Jul 10, 2024 · Why protests work, even when not everybody likes them. Organizers must learn to embrace the polarizing nature of protest in order to use it effectively. Activists from Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands held a peaceful protest at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, the second biggest in the EU, stopping private jets from landing and taking ...
The clash between history and today’s movements - Waging Nonviolence
Oct 21, 2021 · Embed from Getty Images. Editor’s Note 6/10/2024: News just broke that Rev. James Lawson died on June 9, at the age of 95. As a guiding light and inspiration to so many movements over the last 70 years, we want to reshare this in-depth interview with him.
WNV’s top stories of 2020 | Waging Nonviolence
Dec 30, 2020 · WNV’s Most-Read Stories of 2020. 10. We need to build a movement that heals our nation’s traumas. By Kazu Haga. If we don’t have an unwavering commitment to healing as we mobilize this election season, we will always be in crisis. 9.
Ecuador voted to end oil drilling, but their struggle is not over ...
4 days ago · Environmental activists rarely get to celebrate a major win for the planet, but that’s what happened in Ecuador last year. After a decade-long struggle between activists and the government, a referendum was held in August 2023 on whether to continue drilling for oil in a protected part of the Amazon. The people voted to kick the oil industry out.
Waging Nonviolence marks 10 years of publication with new …
Mar 20, 2019 · Today, we are unveiling a fresh new look on Waging Nonviolence.Even more importantly, we’re also launching a new approach to the way we cover movements. In short, Waging Nonviolence is now a platform for movement media. We will continue to publish the in-depth news and analysis you’ve come to expect from us, but we have also added a new community section where peace and justice ...
WNV’s top stories of 2021 - Waging Nonviolence
Dec 30, 2021 · 10. Arrested in rocking chairs, grandparents protest Chase and pressure Biden on climate By George Lakey Tired from trekking 170 miles from Biden’s birthplace to his hometown, a dozen of us grandparents decided to take a stand for climate justice by sitting down.
Daniel Berrigan and his fearless nonviolence, at 100
Apr 27, 2021 · Five years since his death and 100 since his birth, legendary priest, author, poet and activist Daniel Berrigan continues to offer wisdom and insight on living a life of creative nonviolence. “One is called to live nonviolently,” Daniel Berrigan once wrote, “even if the change one works for seems impossible.