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Since October, Waging Nonviolence has taken readers inside the worldwide nonviolent struggle to end the atrocities in Gaza, while also elevating tangible paths to long-lasting peace and justice for Palestinians and Israelis. We have published stories on a wide range of campaigns and alternatives to war that are ignored or undercovered by other media. This page is a collection of those stories organized into sections on: Palestinian and Israeli voices, the student movement, other antiwar efforts, fighting right-wing extremism and antisemitism, and more from WNV’s archives.
We are not going to build a better future for all people in this land by killing or dominating each other. We need a proactive nonviolent movement with vision and strategy.
Nineteen-year-old Israeli army refuser Ariel Davidov discusses the importance — and dangers — of taking an open stance against war, occupation and apartheid.
The path to peace requires nonviolent action not just from Israelis and Palestinians, but also Americans, the media, aid organizations and others.
Ordinary people can fix the broken postwar international system and deliver global justice to Palestinians and oppressed people worldwide.
To support Israelis and Palestinians is to insist on their right to equally live in peace and freedom — not help structures of state violence and cultures of militarization.
A Palestinian human rights lawyer with Addameer on the hardships and necessity of providing free legal aid and documenting human rights abuses.
WNV community members also published many incredible voices, including Palestinian refugee and humanitarian Zeiad Shamrouch, antiwar Israeli Knesset member Ofer Cassif, Palestinian peace activist Amira Musallam, Palestinian artist Liz Bajjalieh and Israeli activist Tom Mehager.
Five key factors determine whether controversial protests are more likely to spark backlash or create positive outcomes.
If university boards were controlled by the communities they impact, we could redirect billions of dollars away from war and corporations that harm people and the planet.
As news of crackdowns on U.S. campus protests spread, students in Ireland drew inspiration and planned a strategic path to victory.
Students at Kent State won disclosure of the university’s investment portfolio, but the fight to divest from the war industry is just beginning.
While media and universities try to delegitimize student encampments, there’s still a way they can shift public opinion to support an end to the genocide in Gaza.
An organizer of the 1968 Columbia University protests on why the message against war, then and now, is the same.
A UMass Dissenters organizer discusses the growing youth-led antiwar movement and how they are organizing against weapons manufacturers and the war in Gaza.
WNV community members published articles on the historical connections to the 1964 Free Speech Movement, lessons learned so far and the supporting role educators can play.
A South African WhatsApp group working with BDS has sparked a movement to block a ship carrying military explosives bound for Israel.
New research is helping anti-genocide activists identify and target the corporations enabling and profiting from the war in Gaza.
To convince more people of the necessity of a ceasefire, pro-Palestine activists should disseminate graphic images of the war more widely.
Hundreds of unarmed civilian protectors could be quickly deployed to support Palestinians in securing a more sustainable peace than armed forces ever could.
Before his self-immolation, Aaron Bushnell supported his friend’s conscientous objection and deeply regretted joining the military.
Organizers with Listen to Michigan explain the Vote Uncommitted campaign’s rapid growth and the power of grassroots electoral organizing on Gaza.
The leading ‘day after’ plans are doomed. A Land for All offers an imaginative, reality-based vision Palestinians and Israelis support.
Some countries are cutting financial support to the very local organizations that are best positioned to respond to Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
The assumption that war is the only way to create safety is wrong. There’s a range of nonviolent techniques that can still be used right now.
In a destabilizing moment like this, we need time-tested strategies and tactics that can help guide effective action.
A new book brings much-needed clarity to the debate on antisemitism, and how the fight against it is tied to our collective liberation.
Antisemitic conspiracy theories on the fringe of the movement for a ceasefire in Gaza make it harder to effectively diagnose the problem and challenge power.
White nationalists are attempting to hijack Israel’s escalating war to draw new recruits and push their antisemitic and Islamophobic narratives.
With support for Palestinian freedom hitting a new level, intentional strategies are needed to stop white nationalists looking to hijack the movement.
As a rabbi committed to the practice of Jewish nonviolence, I know a long road of reparative action stretches before us. But it’s the only way.
The voices against mass murder aren’t loud enough. We need a widespread Jewish community living out the belief that Palestinian liberation is fully tied to our own.
Age bias and discrimination are hurting intergenerational collaboration. An IfNotNow workshop offers lessons for bridging the divide.
One year after Israel gave the green light to demolish Khan al-Amar, the small Bedouin village survives thanks to a bold and creative women-led campaign.
A powerful new film chronicles the awakening of Israeli soldiers and Palestinian political prisoners to nonviolent resistance and follows their struggle to end the occupation.
A conversation with three young conscientious objectors on the dangers of refusing Israel’s mandatory military service, right-wing backlash and their hopes for peace.
Palestinians have been resisting Israeli oppression for decades, yet progress has been limited. A new book offers hope in the form of perspective.
After three years of continuously inhabiting the church in their otherwise destroyed village, Iqrit’s young descendants may soon fulfill their right to return.
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