Gandhi’s strategy for success — use more than one strategy
WEBMar 17, 2017 · Gandhi’s strategy for success — use more than one strategy. How creating a healthy “ecology of change,” as Gandhi did in India, can help propel social movements. At the end of 1930, India was experiencing disruption on a scale not seen in nearly three quarters of a century — and it was witnessing a level of social movement ...
Lessons from what Cesar Chavez did right — and wrong
WEBApr 7, 2014 · Cesar Chavez on strike. (Flickr/Jay Galvin) The recent release of Cesar Chavez: An American Hero, and the premiere of the documentary Cesar’s Last Fast at the Sundace Film Festival, give us new opportunities to reflect on the lessons of Chavez’s life of activism. While his charismatic leadership turned him into a powerful force for justice, an unyielding grip on his position of authority ...
The successes and failures of South Africa’s student movement
WEBJun 29, 2017 · The "Fees Must Fall" movement that rocked South Africa last year is not over, as students demand a complete transformation of the education system. South Africans were not surprised by the emergence of the “Zuma Must Fall!” call which manifested in huge protests in April and May 2017. We are accustomed to protest at many levels, from the ...
How South Africa forced Gandhi to reckon with racism and …
WEBOct 1, 2019 · Although having arrived in South Africa to settle a legal dispute, Gandhi became a novice community organizer at the age of 34. His early efforts there on behalf of the Indian community generally involved incremental entreaties through letters, formal appeals and special delegations.
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Women lead charge to break silence against uranium mine
WEBOct 5, 2015 · Lakota women and ranchers lead charge to break silence against uranium mine. In a region of Nebraska ripe with stories from the brutal Indian wars, allies from all sides of history are joining forces in the effort to protect their water. Suree Towfighnia October 5, 2015. Thousands of active uranium wells at the Crow Butte Resources mine in ...
Rape, rape culture and the problem of patriarchy
WEBApr 29, 2014 · Rape, rape culture and the problem of patriarchy. To confront the reality of rape and rape culture is to realize that vigorous prosecution of the small number of men who rape doesn’t solve the larger problem. By the end of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, two key questions were on the table for those who not only are aware of rape but would ...
7 ways to support people in prison - Waging Nonviolence
WEBFeb 5, 2015 · Or set up a blog specifically to highlight their voices and experiences. 3. Send books. For many people behind bars, particularly those in solitary confinement, books are a sanity-saver. Books allow people to occupy their minds and temporarily escape their prison cells. You can either donate books to one of the many volunteer groups that send ...
Can Frances Fox Piven's theory of disruptive power create the next ...
WEBMay 7, 2014 · This is right on target, of course. A really nice example of a somewhat more balanced approach to the tradeoffs between structure based organizing and movement-building comes in an article Piven and Cloward wrote called “disruptive dissensus” in Reflections on Community Organizing, 1999.
The Power of Wangari Maathai - Waging Nonviolence
WEBSep 29, 2011 · The first thing Wangari Maathai did after being notified that she had won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize was to plant a tree in her backyard. She said she did this whenever she celebrated something. Maathai died of ovarian cancer this past Sunday in Nairobi. This is a moment for mourning but also for celebration of a life lived full on: challenging poverty, empowering women, resisting exploitation ...