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On the Web
- Nonviolent Struggle - Articles on nonviolent struggle in English and Spanish.
- New England Nonviolence Trainers Network - Network of nonviolence trainers throughout New England. Provides opportunities for nonviolence trainers to share skills and resources, and learn new methods of training.
- Resources Advancing Initiatives for Nonviolence - Non-profit organization dedicated to developing resources that explore the creativity and spirituality of active nonviolence. Stories of the power of nonviolence, RAIN initiatives, resources, and mailing list sign-up.
- International Center on Nonviolent Conflict - Advocates and promotes the use of nonviolent means to wage social and political conflict.
- Mark Shepard's Nonviolence Page - Writings and resources on Mahatma Gandhi, nonviolence, and alternative economics. Features three books by this author, that can be read or ordered online.
- Nonviolence Web - Features news, essays, and analysis from a nonviolent viewpoint. Includes discussion boards and links to peace and nonviolence sites.
- Nonviolence Web - A directory of many of the United States' most dynamic peace and nonviolence organizations. Contains articles, links, and commentary on issues.
- Nonviolent Peaceforce Canada - Founded in 2000 to teach the techniques of nonviolence and peaceful conflict resolution to Canadians and to help create an international nonviolent peace force to send to conflict areas worldwide. Events, newsletter, and resources.
- Season for Nonviolence - Creates an awareness of nonviolent principles and practice through education and community action. Includes an overview and history, calendar of events, links to other communities with chapters, and Peace Walk information, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence - Los Angeles based non-profit group working to build a culture of nonviolence and peace through education, research, advocacy, and institutional transformation. Calendar of events, discussion groups, action alerts, suggested reading, and volunteer opportunities.
Wikipedia Articles
- Nonviolence - Nonviolence (or non-violence), whether held as a moral philosophy or only employed as an action strategy, rejects the use of physical violence in efforts to attain social, economic or political change. As an alternative to both passive acceptance of oppression and armed struggle against it, nonviolence (also known as nonviolent resistance) offers a number of tactics for popular struggle ranging from education, to persuasion, to civil disobedience, to nonviolent direct action, to noncooperation with political, economic or social authorities.
- Project Nonviolence - Project Nonviolence ("Projeto não-violência" in Portuguese) is a non-governmental organisation in Brasil that aims to raise awareness of the many political and social problems facing Brasil. Project Nonviolence grew out of a grassroots effort by students and other volunteers.
- Season for Nonviolence - Season for Nonviolence was established by Arun Gandhi as a yearly event celebrating the philosophies and lives of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. The "season" begins with the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and ends with the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination.
- The World Movement for Nonviolence - The World Movement for Nonviolence was founded in 1998 by Bawa Jain, son of Acharya Sushil Kumarji Maharaj, began presenting the Gandhi-King Award in 1999. The organization has forged partnerships and alliances in over 60 countries and also hosts special programs at the UN.
- Educators for Nonviolence - Educators for Nonviolence is a joint project of the Metta Center and The Dalai Lama Foundation [http://www.dalailamafoundation.