How Congolese students are taking on Big Oil
A new campaign is mobilizing communities across the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop the fossil fuel industry’s expansion with creative nonviolent action.
Founded in 1964 to advance research on the conditions of peace and the causes of war and violence — with five regional associations covering every corner of the planet — the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) is the world’s most established multi-disciplinary professional organization in the field of peace, human rights and conflict studies.
Waging Nonviolence partners with other organizations and publishes their work.
David Harris and the politics of draft resistance
The life and words of David Harris offer key lessons on the importance of making our own history and the deeper aims of draft resistance.
The long-term crisis in Peru
Peru’s current crisis of governance is not the result of a single political action, but rather a long process of democratic weakening.
What the historic women’s uprising in Iran teaches us about resisting authoritarianism
Iran’s courageous women are showing the power of symbols, decentralized protest and legitimate grievances in challenging authoritarian regimes.