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We support research, develop educational resources, & share knowledge about how nonviolent civil resistance movements win rights, freedom, & justice.

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Você estuda, pesquisa, atua diretamente com movimentos de resistência civil? Gostaríamos de convidá-lx a se inscrever no programa online “O Poder do Povo, a dinâmica estratégica da resistência não violenta”. As solicitações devem ser apresentadas até 16jul
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

10.07.2025 15:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Afrikki : une action militante transnationale pour revitaliser le panafricanisme Read this article in English here. Soixante ans après les indépendances, les sociétés africaines sont toujours marquées par les pesanteurs de la colonisation et des dictatures qui ont suivi. La vague ...

Afrikki est plus qu'un espace de solidarité, action, formation. J'y retrouve bcp de mes identités. Je suis à la fois une mère &une activiste dans ce réseau. Je ne peux plus NE PAS être 1 mère. Je ne peux plus NE PAS être une activiste. Ils comprennent..." www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/af...

07.07.2025 09:07 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Afrikki: Transnational Activism to Revitalize Pan-Africanism Lisez cet article en français ici. Sixty years after independence, African societies are still marked by the burdens of colonization and the dictatorships that followed. The wave of independence in Af...

Afrikki is much more than a space for solidarity, action & training. I find a lot of my identities grouped together there. I am both a mom & an activist in this network. I can no longer NOT be a mom. I can no longer NOT be an activist. They understand..." www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/af...

07.07.2025 09:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Polish Judges Mobilized to Push Back Against Democratic Backsliding During a three-year judicial training in Poland, I was taught how to deal with different cases as a judge. I had to pass a very difficult judicial exam knowing all Supreme Court case law in criminal a...

READ: How judges mobilize to push back against democratic backsliding, via the Minds of the Movement blog
By Marcin Mrowicki

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ho...

28.06.2025 08:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Amid Violence in Pakistan, the Women-led Baloch Solidarity Committee Emerges In ongoing tension, Balochistan province in Pakistan witnessed the deadliest attacks in the first quarter of 2025. The hijacking of the Jaffar Express train by the Balochistan Liberation Army caught e...

Discover the lesser-known yet powerful nonviolent movement for Balochi rights, via our latest post on the Minds of the Movement blog, by scholar-activist Ahmadullah Archiwal: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/am...

25.06.2025 11:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Please note that we have extended the deadline to June 23 and pushed back the course start date to June 30. Same link to find out more and apply!

17.06.2025 16:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for sharing! By the way we have extended the deadline to June 23.

17.06.2025 16:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ICNC Free Online Course Begins June 2025 | ICNC

Deadline extended! Check our profile for the new announcement and see here: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...

16.06.2025 19:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

**DEADLINE EXTENDED** to June 23, and new course dates: June 30 to July 27, 2025. Apply today and please share with activists, scholars, professionals journalists & others working on or in nonviolent movements for human rights, democracy & justice www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...

16.06.2025 19:29 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Two more days to apply - online course for activists, scholars & professionals whose work centers on nonviolent movements, human rights, peace & conflict and more. Join our international community of ambassadors of nonviolent struggle 💯 www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...

15.06.2025 18:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
Message and screenshot of the www.usip.org homepage, featuring a photo of the USIP headquarters building.

Message and screenshot of the www.usip.org homepage, featuring a photo of the USIP headquarters building.

👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.

13.06.2025 19:26 — 👍 1248    🔁 293    💬 43    📌 20
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ICNC Free Online Course Begins June 2025 | ICNC

This 4-week online course provides an interactive, in-depth, and evidenced-based perspective on nonviolent civil resistance movements and campaigns. @civilresistance.bsky.social www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...

11.06.2025 08:32 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Programa avanzado "El poder de la gente: la dinámica estratégica de la resistencia noviolenta": julio 2025

Las solicitudes deben presentarse antes del 26.6.25

Programa organizado conjuntamente por la FLACSO, PUCE y CEMPROC, con el apoyo del ICNC y Humanity United. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

11.06.2025 07:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ICNC Free Online Course Begins June 2025 | ICNC

APPLY BY JUNE 17: New educational opportunity with strong international networking component. Apply to join our latest cohort of the free, moderated ICNC online course on nonviolent civil resistance: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...

11.06.2025 07:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

NEW on ICNC's blog: A rare account of Taiwanese civil defense, a growing trend in defense & security. This primer provides political context of this little-studied policy/action against invasion/occupation. www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ci... @brianhioe.bsky.social by @brianhioe.bsky.social

10.06.2025 13:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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What is Civil Resistance? | ICNC Civil resistance is a powerful way for people to fight for their rights, freedom, and justice—without the use of violence. When a movement...

Civil resistance can have a major impact on unjust regimes.

Need a pep talk about why it’s worth engaging in? Check out this summary from @civilresistance.bsky.social of the history and the importance of large-scale nonviolent protest:

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/about/civil-...

10.06.2025 00:21 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns | ICNC You may also be interested in: CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent StruggleThe content of the curriculum is divided into three parts: I. Theory and its applications: The goal of th...

If you really want to change something, don't do a random protest. Plan a CAMPAIGN!

There are plenty of resources to help you do it, & this is a great one from @civilresistance.bsky.social:

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/pat...

01.06.2025 16:56 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Dilemma Actions to Amplify the Power of Nonviolent Campaigns In the spring of 2013, Turkish police made a public announcement at a metro station in Ankara warning passengers to “act in accordance with moral rules” after having spotted a couple engaging in a pub...

Read my @civilresistance.bsky.social‬ post about dilemma demos:

“Dilemma actions…put your opponent between a rock and a hard place,” Popovic tells me in an interview. “No matter how your opponent responds, it comes with a price tag.”

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/di...

04.06.2025 16:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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ICNC Films | ICNC Watch ICNC's five critically acclaimed documentary films on civil resistance -- free to stream -- in English and over 20 other languages.

Great #Resistance films from @civilresistance.bsky.social
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/icncfilms/
Shared by an @generalstrikeus.bsky.social Resister.

29.05.2025 05:25 — 👍 79    🔁 29    💬 2    📌 1
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New ICNC Partnership with the Institut pour la Paix (France) | ICNC ICNC is pleased to announce its new partnership with the Institut pour la Paix (Institute for Peace, France)! The Institut Pour la Paix (IPP) is an organization whose aim is the introduction and promo...

ICNC is pleased to announce its new partnership with the Paris-based @ipp-france.bsky.social! Learn about IPP's important work to promote peace studies in France, as well as more about our partnership—origins, working themes & tangible results so far:

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/new-icnc-par...

28.05.2025 15:02 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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L'humour : une rébellion subtile contre le désespoir Read this article in English here. Cet article fait partie d’une REACT mini-série REACT intitulée, “La violence en ligne et hors ligne : La nommer, la défier, la dépasser”. Lisez le deuxième article i...

"Alors que les récentes tensions avec l'Inde laissaient beaucoup d'entre nous à bout de nerfs, j'ai vu quelque chose de magnifique surgir des fissures : l'humour qui transcende la peur, la créativité qui apporte de la douceur à nos blessures..."

LISEZ:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/lh...

26.05.2025 10:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Humor: A Subtle Rebellion against Despair, a Soft Defiance of Hopelessness Lire cet article en français ici. This article is part of a REACT mini-series entitled, “Violence On and Offline: Naming It, Defying It, Surpassing It”. Read our second post here. As the recent tensio...

"As recent tensions w/ India left many of us on edge, I saw something beautiful rise from the cracks: humor that cuts thru fear, creativity that brings color to our wounds..."

2nd post of new blog mini-series by Mariam Azeem writing from Islamabad.

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/hu...

26.05.2025 08:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Face à la l’instrumentalisation des réseaux sociaux, ne reculons pas Read this article in English here. Cet article fait partie d’une mini-série REACT intitulée “La violence en ligne et hors ligne : La nommer, la défier, la dépasser”. Lisez notre deuxième article ici. ...

Une nouvelle mini-série vient d'être publiée sur notre blog. Lisez le 1er article, par Steward Muhindo de la LUCHA (RDC) qui partage une analyse et des enseignements sur un défi auquel sont confrontés les militants non-violents dans le monde entier : www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/fa...

26.05.2025 08:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We will Rise above the Weaponization of Social Media Lire cet article en français ici. This article is part of a REACT mini-series entitled, “Violence On and Offline: Naming It, Defying It, Surpassing It”. Read our second post here.   While armed confli...

New blog mini-series now up! "Violence On and Offline: Naming It, Defying It, Surpassing It". In the 1st post below, Steward Muhindo of LUCHA delivers timely analysis & insights on a very common challenge facing nonviolent activists worldwide. www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/we...

26.05.2025 08:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reminder- next Tuesday, May 20, on how we can turn the tide through education, organized labor, and strategic coalition-building. Details and registration info in the post below: bsky.app/profile/aft....

17.05.2025 13:13 — 👍 12    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1
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How Polish Judges Mobilized to Push Back Against Democratic Backsliding During a three-year judicial training in Poland, I was taught how to deal with different cases as a judge. I had to pass a very difficult judicial exam knowing all Supreme Court case law in criminal a...

"I had to pass a very difficult judicial exam knowing all Supreme Court case law in criminal & civil law. Nobody, however, taught me how to combat politicians’ lies and their attacks on courts..."

READ by #humanrights lawyer Marcin Mrowicki:

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ho...

13.05.2025 14:16 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns | ICNC You may also be interested in: CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent StruggleThe content of the curriculum is divided into three parts: I. Theory and its applications: The goal of th...

Want some guidance on how to plan a grassroots campaign? Learn to use tools like SWOT, Power Mapping & Spectrum of Allies to develop an effective campaign message and achieve success.

Download the booklet from @civilresistance.bsky.social here:

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/pat...

11.05.2025 17:49 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Dilemma Actions to Amplify the Power of Nonviolent Campaigns In the spring of 2013, Turkish police made a public announcement at a metro station in Ankara warning passengers to “act in accordance with moral rules” after having spotted a couple engaging in a pub...

Read my @civilresistance.bsky.social post about the power of dilemma demos:

“Dilemma actions are strategically framed to put your opponent between a rock and a hard place,” says Popovic. “No matter how your opponent responds, it comes with a price tag.”

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/di...

01.05.2025 17:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Construire le pouvoir citoyen pour consolider la démocratie en Haïti Je suis assise devant mon ordinateur, près de la fenêtre, dans mon bureau. Les piaillements des oiseaux et les pétarades d’une moto ne suffisent pas à couvrir les rafales d’armes lourdes toutes proche...

Comment militer pour une meilleure transition écolo & sociale dans une communauté marquée par la violence armée & une prédation néocolonialiste ? En Haïti, le Groupe d’Action Francophone pour l’Environnement se mobilise. Virginie Pochon nous en dit plus:

www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/co...

25.04.2025 10:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Proud of our president Hardy Merriman's contributions to the People Power… | International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Proud of our president Hardy Merriman's contributions to the People Power Conference here in Copenhagen.

Proud of our president @hardymerriman.bsky.social framing the @ms.dk People Power Conference, making the case for--and making space for--nonviolent movements for rights, justice and freedom. 💪✊💯

www.linkedin.com/posts/intern...

11.04.2025 12:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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