Author(s): Roger Burbach
In: Global Alternatives, Center for the Study of the Americas, Berkeley CA, 2007
http://globalalternatives.org/rebellion_against_the_partidocracia
Author(s): Roger C. Peace
University of Manchester Press, Manchester, 2012, pp. 328
History of the 8 year anti-Contra campaign, its links in Nicaragua and its impact on deterring the US President from sending troops to oust the left-wing Sandanista government. See also on border monitoring: Ed Griffin-Nolan, Witness for Peace: A Story of Resistance (A. 5. Nonviolent Intervention and Accompaniment) and shorter version in Thomas Weber, Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, Nonviolent Intervention Across Borders: A Recurrent Vision (A. 5. Nonviolent Intervention and Accompaniment) , pp. 279-304.
Author(s): Roger C. Peace
The Noble Press, Chicago IL, 1991, pp. 345
Peace, a writer/activist, documents the growth of the peace and justice movement in the US, with particular focus on the 1980s. Areas covered include anti-nuclear campaigning and campaigns for justice in Latin America. Discusses also debates and controversies within the movement.
Author(s): Roger Hallam
Roger Hallam2019, pp. 80
Hallam is a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion (XR) and claims its April 2019 protest launch in London was based largely on the strategic ideas he had already sketched out. The book examines the case for fearing imminent planetary disaster, outlines 'the civil resistance model' underlying X R strategy. and criticizes 'climate justice' movements' for their approach.
His views do not represent all those taking part in the XR movement or who support in principle taking nonviolent direct action to combat climate change.
For a critical review of both the use of science and the basis of the strategy see: Gabriel Carlyle, Peace News, 2636-2637 (Dec. 2019-Jan. 2020), p. 21
'Has Extinction Rebellion Got the Right Tactics?' - debate in New Internationalist, Jan-Feb. 2020, pp. 46-47
Two supporters of climate activism disagree about the likely efficacy of XR's approach and its ability to maintain momentum over time.
Author(s): Roger Moody
Zed Books, London, 2007, pp. 213
Detailed analysis by committed campaigner. Chapter 8 ‘No Means No’ discusses strategy against mining, calling for more emphasis on nonviolent direct action and greater scepticism about certification.
Editor(s): Roger Moody
International Books, Utrecht, 2005, pp. 342
Part 1 investigates the shadowy world of international mining finances, while Part 2 has case study chapters on mining projects and local resistance in West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Guyana, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania and Peru.
Author(s): Roger Rawlinson
Quaker Peace and Service, London, 1983, pp. 43
Author(s): Roger Rawlinson
William Sessions, York, 1996, pp. 202
Story of the successful ten-year struggle of French farmers in Larzac to protect their land from military encroachment. The Gandhian pacifists at the Community of the Arch, and industrial and professional unions played a role in the struggle. An earlier account is: Roger Rawlinson, Larzac: A Victory for Nonviolence, London, Quaker Peace and Service, 1983 , pp. 43 . See also: Roger Rawlinson, The battle of Larzac, In A. Paul Hare, Herbert H. Blumberg, Liberation without Violence: A Third Party Approach (A. 5. Nonviolent Intervention and Accompaniment) London, Rex Collings, 1977 , pp. 58-72
Author(s): Rojo Mesones
In: Caracas Chronicles, 2019
Describes the feminist revolt in Caracas, Venezuela, seeking to bring attention to gender-based violence, and highlight the lack of statistics on femicides (which have not been updated since 2013) and the current obstacles to Venezuelan feminism.
https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2019/12/09/its-so-hard-to-be-a-feminist-in-venezuela/
Author(s): Roland Bleiker
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 289
Theorizes transnational (‘transversal’) dissent, looking back to de La Boetie’s Renaissance theory of power and tracing evolution of modern collective action. Draws on Foucault to explore a ‘discursive’ concept of power. Critiques Sharp’s theory of power, illustrated by analysis of East German political and cultural dissent culminating in the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Author(s): Roland Bleiker
Albert Einstein Institution, Cambridge MA, 1993, pp. 53
Author(s): Roman Laba
Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1992, pp. 264
Between arriving in Poland in 1980 and being expelled in 1982, the author engaged in firsthand research and gathered relevant documents to question the emphasis on the role of intellectuals, and develop his thesis on the central role of working class activism and their talent for democratic organization.
Author(s): Ron Bailey
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1973, pp. 206
Covers the London Squatters Campaign 1968-71, but notes background of the mass movement by homeless people in Britain at the end of the Second World War to occupy military bases, and later luxury flats, in 1945-46.
Author(s): Ronald A. Wells
Eerdmans Pub, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1999, pp. 126
Focuses on the contribution to the peace process in the lead-up to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement of three ecumenical Christian peace centres in Northern Ireland – the Corrymeela Community, the Christian Renewal Centre, and the Columbanus Community. The author, in contrast to the majority of commentators, identifies religious differences as the main cause of the conflict, though he argues that religion can be ‘both cause of and cure for social conflict’.
Author(s): Ronald B. Taylor
Beacon Press, Boston, 1975, pp. 342
Includes assessment of impact of grape pickers’ strike on immigrant labour in other industries.
Author(s): Ronald Bayer
Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1987, pp. 244
Account of 1973 decision by American Psychiatric Association to stop listing homosexuality as a mental disorder and attempts by some psychiatrists to overturn this decision.
Author(s): Ronald D. Schwartz
Hurst, London, 1994, pp. 263
Author(s): Ronald Lawson
In: Journal of Urban History, Vol 10, No 3 (May), 1984, pp. 235-258
Author(s): Tania Penovic, and Ronli Sifris
In: Cambridge International Law Journal, Vol 7, No 2, 2018, pp. 241-267
International law has expanded significantly to encompass abuse of women’s rights, as a result of pressure from international civil society. There is now strong support for recognising violence against women as a human right issue. But attempts by women’s groups to promote consensus on reproductive rights, especially the right to safe access to abortion, have met with strong opposition or conservative religious bodies at both an international and local level. This article includes a case study of local direct action in Australia against access to abortion, and also a wider evaluation of the impact of anti-abortion protest groups on women’s rights. It also examines how far legislation to limit anti-abortion activism in designated areas is effective, and how far such legislation is consistent with international norms and feminised international laws.