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Resisting NHS reforms – join the ‘health resistance’
A few weeks ago I was talking to activist and organiser friends about the National Health Service “reforms”. We talked about what civil disobedience might look like for healthcare professionals and others working for the NHS. Given that even then … Continue reading
Strategic direct action – new guide
Tools for Change have uploaded a new Ruckus Society guide to strategic direct action. An initial glance says it looks promising - accessible, well formatted and coherent with case studies to boot.
Posted in Activism, Resources, Strategy
Tagged nonviolent direct action, Ruckus Society, Strategy, Tools for Change
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Take the flour back….
The campaign against a resurgence of GM crop trials in the UK is gathering pace. If you missed out on the action the first time around, now’s your chance. So dust off your gardening gloves and take a look at … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Matthew
Tagged GM crop trials, nonviolent direct action, Stop GM, Take the flour back
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The 99% Spring
100,000 Americans trained in nonviolent direct action? It’s not a fantasy. It’s planned for 9-15th April. Thinking that we need the same thing here in the UK? You’re not alone, and the conversation is in a fairly advanced stage. What … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Matthew, Nonviolence
Tagged Casper ter Kuile, nonviolent direct action, The 99% Spring, training
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Nonviolent direct action and action consensus – training materials
Earlier this year we worked on some example training materials for Stop New Nuclear to use in preparation for their Fukushima anniversary blockade of Hinkley power station. There are trainings planned for Oxford, Leicester and Birmingham, and hopefully more in … Continue reading
No more Fukushimas – Stop New Nuclear
Stop New Nuclear are building towards a Fukushima anniversary action in March. Rhizome folk will be there to help support the process of the action. See you there? Can you download and distribute the flier?
Posted in Activism, Events
Tagged Fukushima, nonviolent direct action, Stop New Nuclear
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Learning to be more flexible and creative
Last Sunday I ran a short 4 hour NVDA training session for People and Planet at Leeds University, an interesting experience as, because it was the same weekend as Shared Planet , only 3 people attended which meant I had … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Facilitation, Jo
Tagged coal, nonviolence, nonviolent direct action, nuclear, planet, protesters
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So many tactics. So little time….
The Academy of Change (credited with a significant role in preparing the ground for the Egyptian uprising) have posted Political activists reveal 65 ways to start a Syrian revolution, which gives some examples of the range of tactics open to … Continue reading
Are we overly occupied with occupation?
The Occupy movement is spreading. The Occupy LSX camp outside St Paul’s in London continues to make it into the news bulletins (even if a lot of the coverage isn’t about the real issues). And yet I feel dissatisfied. I … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Strategy
Tagged Martin Luther King Jnr, nonviolence, nonviolent direct action, Occupy LSX, Occupy Movement, Starhawk, Tahrir Square
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History of nonviolent action
Thanks to Plan to Win for bringing together three essential tools for anyone involved or interested in nonviolent action in one place. They include the very recent Global Nonviolent Action Database which pulls together case studies of nonviolent action from … Continue reading
