Nonviolence Handbook

WRI Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns

You can order a printed copy of the Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns in our webshop at http://wri-irg.org/node/8410. Copies of the second edition of the handbook are available at http://wri-irg.org/node/23245.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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- Introduction

• About this Handbook and How to Use It

• What is Nonviolence and Why Use it

• How Does Nonviolence Work?

• Nonviolence Training: Role of Trainers; Potential Topics for Nonviolence Training

• You and Your Group: Strengthening a Group; Exploring Differences; What Do You Want?

• Historical Uses of Nonviolence: What Works Where; The Role of Pacifists; Organising

• Case Study: Nonviolence Training in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement

• Case Study: Otpor: People's Power in Serbia

- Gender and Nonviolence

• Introduction to the gender section

• What is gender

• An example of linking peace and gender issues: New Profile in Israel

- Tasks and Tools for Organising and Facilitating Trainings

• Introduction to the section

• Working Together

• Check-List for Organising a Training

• Check-List for Facilitating a Training

- Nonviolent Campaigns

• What Makes a Campaign Nonviolent

• Planning Nonviolent Campaigns

• Constructive Programme

• The Movement Action Plan (updated)

• Forms of Nonviolent Action

• Stages of Escalation

• Role of media

• Campaign case study guide

- Organising for Effective Nonviolent Actions

• Sending the protest message

• Coping with the stress and strain of taking a stand

• Humour and nonviolent actions

• Working in Groups: affinity groups, group process, decision making

• Techniques for consensus decision making in large groups: the spokespersons council method (New)

• Check list for planning an action

• Roles in, before, and after an action

• Legal support

• Jail support

• Evaluation

- Stories and Strategies

• Introduction

• International solidarity campaign with South Africa

• Seabrook - Wyhl - Marckolsheim - transnational links in a chain of campaigns

• International Antimilitarist marches

• Chile: Gandhi's Insights Gave People Courage to Defy Chile's Dictatorship

• Israel - New Profile learns from the experience of others

• Turkey- Building a nonviolent culture

• The applications of Augusto Boal's “Theatre of Oppressed” in Turkey

• South Korea - Challenges and successes of working in nonviolence

• Peace Community of San José de Apartadó,Colombia : A lesson of resistance, dignity and courage

• Bombspotting - towards an European Campaign

• 15th of May - International Day of Conscientious Objection

- Exercises for Working in Nonviolence

• Introduction

• Hassle - Parallel line

• Conflict line

• Brainstorming

• Speak out

• A gender dialogue for peacebuilders

• Why do what teacher says? (new)

• Who Has Power in a School? (new)

• 10/10 strategies

• The tree

• Pillars of power

• Spectrum of allies

• Consequences of fear

• Tree and wind

• Decision making

• Cross spectrum

• Role playing

• Forum Theatre

• Tools for Grounding, Protecting, and Blockading

• Spectrum or Barometer

- Do it Yourself

- Handbook glossary of terms

- Resources

• Resources for the printed version

- A.J. Muste Memorial Institute International Nonviolence Training Fund

- Links to WRI network

If you want to order printed copies of the handbook you can go to http://wri-irg.org/node/8410.