Waging Nonviolence

08/28/2026

Six year of the campaign proves that ordinary people can free political prisoners through the simple act of standing witness. But the work is far from finished. https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/solidarity-vital-to-freeing-imprisoned-human-rights-defenders/
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

08/27/2026

In a case with sweeping implications for the freedom to protest, supporters are fighting hard to defend the 15 Minneapolis organizers singled out for resisting ICE.
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/defend-the-minneapolis-15-ice-surveillance/

08/26/2026

Educator Safoora Arbab challenges familiar accounts of the remarkable nonviolent movement that emerged among the Pashtun people in the Northwest Frontier of British India. https://wagingnonviolence.org/metta/podcast/recovering-story-khudai-khidmatgar-abdul-ghaffar-khan/

08/25/2026

Fifty years after a mass movement for peace helped end the Vietnam War, US bombs are still exploding in Laos, and there’s a renewed push for reparations. https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/movement-to-cleanup-unexploded-vietnam-war-bombs-in-laos/

08/20/2026

By creating “Sanctuary Zones” that refuse to cooperate with ICE or police, a coalition in Atlanta is building the infrastructure to practice real community safety. https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/atlanta-sanctuary-zones-ice-police-solidarity/

08/18/2026

A recent bus tour of US judges proves the power of meeting people in their communities to talk about why the rule of law matters in their everyday lives. https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/judges-bus-tour-free-courts-democracy/

08/13/2026

Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep skipping. https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/movements-rethink-social-media-activism-organizing/

08/12/2026

Reflecting on decades of organizing — from Occupy to Mamdani’s campaign — Yotam Marom’s book “For Louder Days” offers a powerful guide to making hard choices.

Read Hannah Jane Sassaman's review: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/yotam-marom-for-louder-days-book-review/

08/10/2026

Nuclear abolitionist and Representative to the UN Anna Ikeda discusses Buddhism, grassroots movements, interfaith peacebuilding and why humanity — not technology — will determine our future.

Nuclear abolitionist Anna Ikeda discusses interfaith peacebuilding and why humanity — not technology — will determine our future.

08/07/2026

Why a 20-year movement for a rent freeze pivoted — and built a coalition to elect Mayor Zohran Mamdani. https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/tenant-coalition-mamdani-nyc-rent-freeze/