Nonviolence

Yurii Sheliazhenko’s trial hearing postponed

The first hearing in the trial of Ukrainian nonviolent pacifist Yurii Sheliazhenko that was to take place yesterday, 20 September, has been postponed to 3 October, the defence team informed. The Public Prosecutor did not appear at the hearing, forcing…

TAKE ACTION: Support Conscientious Objectors!

Information collected by Peace Action New York State TAKE ACTION: #PROTECTION4OLGAFollowing the denial of political asylum by the Lithuanian authorities for the Belarusian peace builder and human rights defender Olga Karatch (Volha Karach), the international campaign#protection4olga has just been launched…

Violence?

Are we or are we not going through a historical phase of growing dangers for the survival of mankind? Dangers of both an environmental and war nature? It continues today, in disputes between individuals, ethnicities, peoples, nations, and geopolitical and…

October 1st, let’s take Peace in our hands!

October 2nd is the International Day of Nonviolence (declared by the UN General Assembly). The date was chosen because it is the anniversary of the birth of Gandhi, the inspiration for peace, justice and freedom movements all over the world.…

Of Civil Disobedience

This is a citizen’s right. A right of defiance, of distrust towards a State and its institutions when we are convinced that our rights are being violated By Makhtar DIOUF | SENEPLUS.COM Civil disobedience, carried out by an individual or…

Agroecology in Palestine: a story of nonviolent resistance in Burin

“The land is dignity and we fight for our dignity,” says Ghassan, 33 years old, graduated in English Philology, farmer by choice in Burin, 12 kilometers south of Nablus, the largest agricultural area in the region and one of the…

[Poetry] CHILE, 50 YEARS IN CHAINS

Do you remember when tenderness nested in our hearts? Do you remember the times when we marveled at the garden full of fireflies, that flowing river, the warm sand on our feet and the flower of a thousand petals? Do…

Montserrat Prieto, a reference for nonviolence who leaves us her legacy

An exceptional woman, motor and heart of great initiatives. She was an economist, worked at the UIMP and recently at the Spanish Council of State. She was a breaker with the conditions of origin. A native of Pajares de la…

War Abolisher Award Winners Announced

The 2023 War Abolisher Awards have been announced. See the announcements and acceptance videos, and those from past years too, at https://worldbeyondwar.org/war-abolisher-awards The 2023 Individual War Abolisher Award goes to Sultana Khaya. The 2023 Organizational War Abolisher Award goes to…

What they say and what they don’t say about war and violence: the humanist position

Before beginning the exposition of our proposals on the present problematic war situation, we consider it appropriate to make explicit some of our principles and beliefs, which come into play when considering the current situation, especially with regard to war…

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