People Power and Unarmed Resistance (New book)
Stellan Vinthagen November 15th, 2009
“People Power - Unarmed Reistance and Global Solidarity”: A book by activists and researchers edited by Howard Clark
Transnational solidarity can be crucial for movements of nonviolent struggle – in helping them emerge, in accessing contacts and resources, and in applying leverage on a regime or corporation. However, some “transnational advocacy networks” have been criticised for “taking over” from local organisers and ultimately having a disempowering impact. The starting point of this book is that the prime role for transnational solidarity is to strengthen the counter-power of those resisting domination and oppression.
- Analyses from Serbia, Burma, Zimbabwe, Colombia, India and Palestine
- Experiences from the work of Peace Brigades International, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Balkan Peace Team, International Solidarity Movement, International Women’s Peace Service, Ecumenical Accompaniers for Peace in Palestine and Israel, Voices in the Wilderness
- Accounts of solidarity networks such as Women in Black, with Turkish war resisters, diaspora groups, Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transexual groups in Africa, and the World Social Forum
- Debate on the criticisms of external funding and training in the “colour revolutions”
Published by Pluto Press (London) - US distribution by Palgrave Macmillan.
On sale online at the War Resisters’ International web shop
- Civil Disobedience , Literature , Nonviolent Action , Resistance Studies
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