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There’s No Place for Burnout in a Burning World
Climate activists can start to build a stronger culture of care by taking burnout seriously and understanding its root causes. This article was originally published in 2022 on Waging Nonviolence....
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We Need a Climate Movement that Addresses the Trauma of Fighting for a...
To build an impactful climate justice movement able to face the challenges ahead, we must first build cultures that care for the people doing the work. This article was originally published on Waging...
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From the Berlin Wall to Today — Lessons for Harnessing the Moment of the...
Mark Engler and Paul Engler explore the concept of the ‘moment of the whirlwind’ in this article and their book This is an Uprising. This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence....
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3 Key Insights for Building a Powerful and Loving Movement against Oppression...
Rae Abileah and Nadine Bloch from Beautiful Trouble shared these key insights during Israel’s bombing of Gaza in October 2023. This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. Introduction...
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For Educators Grappling with Student Protests, Here’s how to Play a...
Introduction From mentoring to monitoring to joining in, there is much faculty can do to foster constructive outcomes and help young people confront the injustices of the world they are inheriting....
View ArticleOvercoming Despair and Apathy to Win Democracy
Introduction Lessons on movement building from one of the founders of the Serbian student movement that brought down dictator Slobodan Milosevic. Waging Nonviolence is once again teaming up with Choose...
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Inside the Student Movement that Forced Ireland’s Trinity College to Divest...
Introduction An inside account of the student movement (protest and camp) that forced Ireland’s Trinity College to divest from Israel. As news of crackdowns on U.S. campus protests spread, students in...
View Article10 Things You Need to Know to Stop a Coup
Introduction This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. While keeping people focused on a strong, robust election process is a must, we also need to prepare for a coup. We have a...
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Why Protests Work, Even When Not Everybody Likes Them
Introduction This article is the first in a two-part series about how movements can understand and harness the polarizing effects of protest. The first part looks at why disruptive protest is...
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How to Make Sure Your Disruptive Protest Helps Your Cause
Introduction Five key factors determine whether controversial protests are more likely to spark backlash or create positive outcomes. This article is the second in a two-part series about how movements...
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