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1983
La oposición al franquismo: de 1939 a 1952, Heine, Hartmut , p.502, (1983)
Larzac: A Victory for Nonviolence, Rawlinson, Roger , London, p.43, (1983)
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi, Fischer, Louis , London, p.593, (1983)
Lively sympathetic biography used as basis for Richard Attenborough’s 1982 film.
My Soul is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered, Raines, Howell , New York, p.496, (1983)
A range of recollections from 1955 to MLK’s assassination in 1968.
The New Hungarian Peace Movement, Thompson, Edward P., and Koszegi Ferenc , London, p.53, (1983)
Poland, Genesis of a Revolution, Brumberg, Abraham , New York, p.336, (1983)
The Polish Revolution: Solidarity 1980-82, Garton Ash, Timothy , London, p.386, (1983)
Highly regarded first hand analysis by scholar of Central Europe and commentator on other civil resistance struggles.
The Resisters: A History of the Anti-Conscription Movement 1964-1972, Hammell-Greene, Michael E. , Sydney, (1983)
Solidarity: The Analysis of a Social Movement; Poland 1980-1981, Touraine, Alain, Dubet François, Wieviorka Michel, and Strzelecki Jan , Cambridge, p.203, (1983)
Leading theorist of social movements explores research into opinions of ordinary members of Solidarity, and examines strategic decisions.
Squatters in Amsterdam: Urban Social Movements, Urban Managers or Something Else?, Priemus, Hugo , Volume 7, Issue 3, p.11, (1983)
Squatting: The Real Story, Wates, Nick, and Wolmar Christian , London, p.240, (1983)
Written and produced by squatters, focusing primarily on history in Britain, but some reference to squatting round the world.
The Sword and the Ploughshare: Autonomous Peace Initiatives in East Germany, Sandford, John , London, p.111, (1983)
The Welensky Papers: A History of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Wood, J.R.T. , Durban, p.1329, (1983)
Account based on Welensky’s perspective, stressing top level negotiations and relations with successive British colonial secretaries.
What Is to be Done about Violence Against Women?, Wilson, Elizabeth , Harmondsworth, p.256, (1983)
Chapter 6, ‘Feminists fight back’ (pp.169-224) covers the protests in Britain against male violence, and also constructive organizational responses and the campaign for legal change and challenges to prevailing attitudes.
1982
The Antinuclear Movement, Price, Jerome , Boston MA, p.207, (1982)
General analysis of evolution of movement in the US and the groups and organizations involved. Chapter 4 examines direct action groups and their protests.
The Atom Besieged: Antinuclear Movements in France and Germany, Netkin, Dorothy, and Pollak Michael , Cambridge MA, p.235, (1982)
Examines the political contexts, nature of the movements against nuclear power and their tactics, and government responses.
The Church and the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons and Christian Conscience. The Report of the Working Party under the Chairmanship of the Bishop of Salisbury, , London, p.190, (1982)
Influential report which concluded that Just War principles forbid the use of nuclear weapons, and recommended that the UK should renounce its independent nuclear deterrent, followed by a phased withdrawal from other forms of reliance on nuclear weapons including, ultimately, the presence of US air and submarine bases.
Comiso, Thompson, Ben , London, p.17, (1982)
Account of transnational direct action against nuclear missile base in Sicily.
Cry of the People: The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America: The Catholic Church in conflict with US Policy, Lernoux, Penny , Harmondsworth, p.535, (1982)
Includes material on Archbishop Romero.
END Special Report: Moscow Independent Peace Group, Stead, Jean, and Grunberg Gabrielle , London, p.44, (1982)
Feminism and Feminist Movements in the Middle East: a Preliminary Exploration, Ahmed, Leila , Volume 5, p.16, (1982)
Global Fission: The Battle over Nuclear Power, Falk, Jim , Melbourne VIC, p.410, (1982)
Analyses anti-nuclear struggles globally, with particular attention to how each movement relates to the state promoting nuclear power.
Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula: A Biography of the Old Lion of Zambia, Mwangilwa, Goodwin B. , Lusaka, p.157, (1982)
Nkumbula was the first major exponent from the 1940s of African resistance to white dominance and federation, and led the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress. But in the late 1950s he moved towards gradual reform policies and stood for a seat in the 1959 elections, whilst 
Kapepwe and Kaunda opted for further resistance and founded their own separate party.
How Effective Are Peace Movements?, Overy, Bob , Bradford and London, p.78, (1982)
Includes a sympathetic analysis of the Peace People pp. 30-38. See also: https://civilresistance.info/challenge/effective.
Iran Between Two Revolutions, Abrahamian, Ervand , Princeton NJ, p.561, (1982)
For the protests leading to the overthrow of the Shah, see pp. 496-537. See also [view:biblio_individual_item_for_inline_reference=notlisted=80285].

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