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@wagingnonviolence.orgOct 9, 2026, 7:30 PM

Across rural Southeast Africa, a small but loud grassroots movement has emerged to resist destructive Chinese mining companies — and they are winning.

@wagingnonviolence.orgOct 9, 2026, 5:12 PM

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay is a victory for all people interested in restoring an international legal and human rights framework to a world in crisis.

@wagingnonviolence.orgOct 8, 2026, 8:23 PM

Danny Miller and Steve Silverman, organizers of Justice in Motion, discuss what they learned from taking judges on the road to connect with the communities they serve.

@wagingnonviolence.orgOct 6, 2026, 9:10 PM

From police killings to genocide in Gaza, collective grieving practices have built lasting movement infrastructure and helped overcome alienation and burnout.

@wagingnonviolence.orgOct 2, 2026, 8:23 PM

After the brutal January 2026 crackdown, teachers unions in Iran are not backing down on their demands for fair wages, free education and free expression.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 29, 2026, 7:28 PM

After the collapse of state infrastructure and services amid war in Sudan, mutual aid networks stepped up to fill the gaps in health care, food and emergency services.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 28, 2026, 8:49 PM

Amir Bergen and Kanstanstin Tsiarokhin, co-founders of the Svet Peace Project, discuss how education and dialogue can bring people together across divides.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 23, 2026, 8:04 PM

The climate movement needs the kind of leverage that comes from shutting down the economy — and it can only get there through deep organizing with workers. #ClimateWeekNYC

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 21, 2026, 4:45 PM

As we approach a midterm election shadowed by threats of violence, there are freely available trainings for people who want to protect the vote.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 17, 2026, 5:05 PM

Gal Beckerman’s new book "How to Be a Dissident" finds that dissidence isn't a personality type. It's a human capacity that can be cultivated.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 16, 2026, 9:12 PM

Roz Lee from Nonviolent Peaceforce discusses how they are partnering with communities in the U.S. responding to hate, violence and and ICE activity.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 15, 2026, 6:40 PM

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@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 15, 2026, 5:59 PM

As ICE pursues resettled refugees who have no country to return to, Bhutanese communities are turning the threat of deportation into collective action.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 11, 2026, 7:04 PM

Through crackdowns and killings by Pakistan, a three-year-old movement that began over flour prices has stood strong — and just organized a general strike.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 9, 2026, 5:02 PM

As Trump wages an unpopular war with Iran, historian Jeremy Varon discusses what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 8, 2026, 5:42 PM

When we can't pressure from the top, we can rebuild from the bottom. Andy Bichlbaum of @theyesmen on how Arizona community is reusing an invasive weed to construct low-income housing.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 3, 2026, 5:07 PM

As the genocide in Gaza nears its fourth year, communities across the U.S. are pressuring their local governments to break the supply chain of weapons to Israel.

@wagingnonviolence.orgSep 1, 2026, 5:05 PM

Alice Echols’ new history of the Panthers and SNCC, “Black Power, White Heat,” emphasizes the possibility — and power — of solidarity across real differences.

@wagingnonviolence.orgAug 28, 2026, 8:37 PM

The #StandAsMyWitness campaign proves that ordinary people can free political prisoners through the simple act of public witness. But the work is far from finished.

@wagingnonviolence.orgAug 27, 2026, 6:41 PM

In a case with sweeping implications for the freedom to protest, supporters are fighting hard on behalf of the 15 Minneapolis organizers singled out for resisting ICE.

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