Britain: Section 28
Author(s): A. Komhiya
In: James Thomas Sears, Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia, Volume I, A-J, Westport CT, Greenwood Press, 2005
Liberation without Violence: A Third Party Approach
Editor(s): A. Paul Hare
Author(s): Herbert H. Blumberg
Rex Collings, London, 1977, pp. 368
Covers both ‘partisan’ nonviolent action, e.g. against extension of a military camp on Larzac plateau in France, and ‘nonpartisan’ nonviolent intervention to try to prevent violent conflict, e.g. the role of the Gandhian peace brigade (Shanti Sena) in the Ahmedabad riots of 1969. Parts 3 and 4 analyse examples of partisan and nonpartisan intervention by international teams operating a transnational level. Several chapters are listed later in the bibliography. Part 5 analyses processes of change through the third party approach. With extensive bibliographical guide, pp. 288-341.
Nonviolent Direct Action: American Cases: Social-Psychological Analyses
Editor(s): A. Paul Hare, and Herbert H. Blumberg
Corpus Books, Washington DC, 1968, pp. 575
Discusses earlier and contemporary theoretical analyses of nonviolence from a social psychological standpoint, and combines this with examples of nonviolent action and peace campaigns in the USA.
The Making of Modern Tibet
Revised editionAuthor(s): A. Tom Grunfeld
M.E. Sharpe, Armonk NY, 1996, pp. 352Discusses the role of the Tibetan diaspora, and intrigues by the Indian government, the Chiang Kai-shek government of Taiwan and the CIA, as well as internal developments from the 1950s to 1995.
Stop the DSEI Arms Fair Report
Author(s): A. Tsihsekedi
rs212019
A member of Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants gives an account of the varied protests, including nonviolent direct action, and cultural events, that challenged the Arms Fair which exhibits the most recent range of weapons to thousands of potential buyers every two years in east London. A wide range of groups took part in the week-long resistance to the arms fair - Day 7 focused on borders and migration, noting how the weapons on display helped to displace many people.
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https://www.rs21.org.uk/2019/09/19/report-stop-the-dsei-arms-fair/
Of holy disobedience
Author(s): A.J. Muste
In: Nat Hentoff, The Essays of A.J. Muste (D.2.a. Pacifist and Nonviolent Thought), pp. 355-377
The young women leading Nigeria’s #MeToo revolution
Author(s): Aanu Adeoye
In: Vice, 2019
Describes the ‘Stand To End Rape Initiative’ and the #ArewaMeToo campaign in Nigeria (‘Arewa’ means ‘northern’) to combat the widespread sexual harassment of young women in the country. Provides background on the difficulty of achieving accountability, due to the very conservative culture.
Available online at:
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/xwnj77/nigeria-me-too-movement-biodun-fatoyinbo
'Blockupy - Ziviler Ungehorsam als Solidaritaet
Author(s): Aaron Bruckmiller, and Franziska Scholl
In: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegung, Vol 29, No 1, 2016, pp. 76-82
Numerous protests took place round the world contemporaneously with the global economic crisis, but the left in Europe as a whole failed to organize. This gap should be filled by Blockupy, a European network of activists composed of trade unionists, political parties and different social movements. The article traces the history of this organization and assesses how far Blockupy has the power to create a new left movement in Germany.
#MeToo was a culture shock. But changing laws will take more than a year
Author(s): Cara Kelly, and Aaron Hegarty
In: USA Today, 2018
A comprehensive article exploring the legislative advances and what is yet to be accomplished in the US one year after the emergence of the #MeToo movement and #TimeIsUp campaigns.
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#MeToo in India: Crucial lessons from the US experience
Author(s): Nityanjali Thummalachetty, and Abby Di Carlo
In: The Telegraph Online, 2018
Comparing the US experience with India, this article promotes a broader discussion on the elements and causes of sexual harassment as well as mentioning some of the obstacles that need to be overcome in order to build a more respectful and equal society, namely toxic masculinity and the complicity behind it. The article envisages #MeToo India as a movement that can broaden the scope of #MeToo as an international social movement.
The Indian media platform ‘Agents of Ishq’ provides a brief guide online to tackle sexual harassment and sexual assault which can be found here: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/the-metoo-faq-for-smart-women/cid/1672410?ref=also-read_story-page
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Nigeria's hashtagEndSARS Movement and its Implications on Online Protests in Africa's Most Populous Country
Author(s): Tamar Dambo, Metin Ersoy, Ahmad Muhammad Auwal, Victor Oluwafemi Olorunsola, Ayodeji Olonode, Abdulgaffar Olawale Arikewuyo, and Ayodele Joseph
In: Journal of Public Affairs, 2020
This article looks at the claims on social media by Nigerian youth of police abuse, which is well documented in the three-year online EndSARS campaign. The authors examine the limitations of the campaign, which lasted three years with little success. They explore the main themes of the campaign and consider4 how Nigeria's political environment can hinder successful movement activism.
The Colour Revolutions in the former Soviet Republics: Successes and Failures
Editor(s): Donnacha O'Beachain, and Abel Polese
Routledge, London, 2010, pp. 254
See also Donnacha O'Beachain, Roses and Tulips: Dynamics of regime change in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan, 2009 , pp. 199-206 . Argues against the thesis that opposition unity is a prerequisite for success in overthrowing presidents, and also rejects claims that Western agents promoted protests to secure western interests.
The Hijacked Hashtag: The Constitutive Features of Abortion Stigma in the #ShoutYourAbortion Twitter Campaign
Author(s): Kami Kosenko, Emily Winderman, and Abigail Pugh
In: International Journal of Communication, Vol 13, 2019, pp. 1-21
Although originally intended to de-stigmatise abortion, the #ShoutYourAbortion Twitter campaign was hijacked by anti-abortionists who linked the hashtag to hundreds of stigmatising anti-abortion messages. Using a Twitter Search API, the authors collected these messages (1,990 tweets) to identify the discursive features of abortion stigma.
Poland, Genesis of a Revolution
Editor(s): Abraham Brumberg
Vintage Books, New York, 1983, pp. 336
Hanoi Diary
Author(s): Abraham L. Feinberg
Longmans, Ontario, 1968, pp. 258
Rabbi Feinberg’s account of his participation in a mission to North Vietnam in 1966-67 to investigate and publicize the effects of the US bombing. The other participants in the mission were the veteran US pacifist and socialist, A.J. Muste, Rev. Martin Niemoller, the Protestant pastor incarcerated in Dachau during part of World War II for opposing Hitler, and Rt Rev Ambrose Reeves, former Bishop of Johannesburg exiled for speaking out against apartheid.
Building a nuclear disarmament movement in India, Pakistan and South Asia: some policy perspectives
Author(s): Achin Vanaik
In: TNI, 2006
The author argues that there are two stages in the process of developing an effective progressive force like the nuclear disarmament movement, whether regionally in South Asia, or globally. In the first phase a movement needs to attack and undermine the popular legitimacy that all governments seek to obtain for their policies. In the second phase, it can practically develop on a very large scale and achieve a critical mass that impacts on actual policy.
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The New Himalayan Republic
Author(s): Achin Vanaik
In: New Left Review, No 49 (Jan/Feb), 2008, pp. 47-72
Analyses the ‘Second Democratic Revolution’ of April 2006, which led to the end of the Nepali Monarchy in December 2007, and the historical background to the revolution, with a particular focus on the role of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
After Fukushima: The rise of resistance to nuclear energy in Indonesia
Author(s): Achmad Fauzan, and Jim Schiller
German Asia Foundation, Essen, Germany, 2011, pp. 35
Evaluates the worldwide impact of the Fukushima disaster in Japan and provides an account of the dynamics of the anti-nuclear power movement in Indonesia.
Accomplishments and Chronology in Brief: 1987-2012
Author(s): ACT UP
Vol 2017, ACT UP New York, New York, 2009
Lists range of nonviolent direct action protests by ACT UP since 1987, involving marches, sit-ins, blockades, political funerals, die-ins, disrupting political occasions and speeches, etc. Main targets have been pharmaceutical companies (for profiteering and failure to produce new drugs or provide adequate access to them in Africa), the medical establishment in the US, health insurance companies, the Catholic Church and President Bush Snr and President Clinton and Vice-President Gore.