Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement

Author(s): Johannes Chan

In: The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Vol 103, No 6, 2014, pp. 571-580

This article was written before the occupation of areas of Hong Kong had been ended by the authorities, so it is an initial response to the protests. It examines the causes of the movement and speculates about its wider implications for politics in Hong Kong and relations with China.

Gewaltfrei Widerstandsbewegungen und ihre Erfolgsbedingungen - Eine Uebersich der neueren englischsprachigen Forschungsliteratur

Author(s): Sandra Destradi, and Johannes Vuellers

In: Zeitschrift fuer Friedens und Konfliktforschung, Vol 4, No 1, 2015, pp. 116-146

This article is a literature review examining the latest English literature on nonviolent resistance.  It discusses different types of  protest and delineates the characteristics of nonviolent resistance movements, and then focuses on explanations for the success of such movements.  Last but not least, the authors discuss possible new avenues for research.

The Conception of Concerned African Women Theologians: Is it African or Western?

Author(s): Rachel Nyagondwe Fiedler, and Johannes Wynand Hofmeyr

In: Acta Theologica, Vol 31, No 1, 2011, pp. 39-57

Discusses origins in 1988 of an Africa-wide group that promotes theological debates between Christians, Muslims, Jews and adherents of African religions, gives African women a voice through numerous publications and has focused on social issues such as the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS. For background and current information: http://thecirclecawt.com/index.html.

Available online at:

http://apps.ufs.ac.za/kovsiejournals/default.aspx?article=1078

A first look at a 21st century disarmament movement

Author(s): John Baker

In: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2016

Critically assesses the qualities that a nuclear disarmament movement needs to develop in the current era. By comparing Black Lives Matter, ICAN and the Nuclear Freeze movement of the 1980s, Baker explains why a new anti-nuclear weapons movement should be intersectional, digital and confrontational.

Available online at:

https://thebulletin.org/2016/12/a-first-look-at-a-21st-century-disarmament-movement/

Chile's Protesters Have Won a Path to a New Constitution

Author(s): John Bartlett

2019

Bartlett briefly traces the evolution of the movement. from high school students protesting about metro fare increases to major demonstrations in Santiago and across the country voicing numerous demands. The article analyzes both the socio-economic problems creating anger, and the neo-liberal nature of the Pinochet constitution, designed to maximize the role of private businesses and minimize the social and economic role of the state. It also notes the role of civil society groups in promoting public debate and crystalizing demands for a new constitution.

Available online at:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/15/chile-protests-constitution-politics-latin-america/

Gathering Visions, Gathering Strength

Editor(s): John Bierley

GVGS Publishing Group and Peace News, Bradford and London, 1998, pp. 39

Report of conference of that title bringing together nonviolent activists from different campaigns and different generations.

Finally Making the Grade

Author(s): John Bohanna

In: Red Pepper, No Dec/Jan, 2011, pp. 54-55

Recalls that the 1968 Ford Dagenham strike for equal pay, although it achieved a substantial pay rise and eventual parity with men on the same grade, did not recognise the skilled nature of the sewing-machinists work by upgrading them. Provides brief account of later 1984 strike by women machinists demanding upgrading, which led to an independent inquiry, which recognised their claim. A film Making the Grade by the Open Eye Film, Video and Animation Workshop documents this second struggle.

Available online at:

http://www.redpepper.org.uk/finally-making-the-grade/

Obstacles to understanding the emergence and significance of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Author(s): John Borrie, Michael Spies, and Wilfred Wan

In: Global Change, Peace & Security, Vol 30, No 2, 2017, pp. 95-119

The article examines accidentally the emergence of the TPNW, including how, and to what degree, efforts to alter states’ framing of nuclear weapons have influenced the treaty’s emergence and negotiation. It also examines the humanitarian perspective on the consequences of nuclear weapons, the activities of ICAN and the role played by transnational institutions like the UN and the Red Cross Movement to highlight lessons and limits on transnational advocacy network models of norm emergence.

The World Turned: Essays on Gay History and Politics and Culture

Author(s): John D'Emilio

Duke University Press, Durham NC, 2002, pp. 264

A collection of diverse essays, not a comprehensive survey of LGBT history in the US, but explores the movement’s growth and activities from the 1970s to 1990s, the impact of AIDS in increasing resources and organization in the LGBT community, and the role of several organizations, including the influential National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) founded in 1973 to promote grass roots power and its role in resisting hostile referenda and promoting positive legislation. NB. NGLTF records from 1973-2008 are based in the Cornell University library: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07301.html

Vietnam and the Antiwar Movement: An International Perspective

Editor(s): John Dumbrell

Avebury, Aldershot, 1989, pp. 182

Chapters include: ‘Kent State: How the War in Vietnam became a War at Home’; ‘Congress and the Anti-War Movement’; ‘US Presidential Campaigns in the Vietnamese Era’; ‘Opposing the War in Vietnam – the Australian Experience’; ‘Vietnam War Resisters in Quebec’; ‘Anger and After – Britain’s CND and the Vietnam War’.

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