Although it’s tempting to call for the people to “take to the streets,” sometimes it’s safer, more powerful and just as effective for them to stay home. by Rivera Sun, Editor of Nonviolence News This article was created for our collaboration with the Metta Center for Nonviolence and was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. In…
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Sparking Change: How Movements Pass On Inspiration
Change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Resistance is a continuum. Nonviolent movements arise amidst the efforts of many other struggles. The knowledge of how to organize for change is a global legacy passed between movements and generations of activists through lineages of inspiration that stretch through hundreds of years. (The first recorded strike happened in…