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WRI Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns
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Contents Introduction
- About this Handbook and How to Use It; What is Nonviolence and Why Use it; How Does Nonviolence Work?;
- Nonviolence Training: Role of Trainers; Potential Topics for Nonviolence Training;
- You and Your Group: Strengthening a Group; Exploring Differences; What Do You Want?;
- Historical Uses of Nonviolence: What Works Where; The Role of Pacifists; Organising;
- Case Study: Nonviolence Training in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement; Case Study: Otpor: People’s Power in Serbia
– Gender and Nonviolence
- Introduction to the gender section; What is gender; An example of linking peace and gender issues: New Profile in Israel
– Tasks and Tools for Organising and Facilitating Trainings
- Introduction to the section; Working Together; Check-List for Organising a Training; Check-List for Facilitating a Training
– Nonviolent Campaigns
- What Makes a Campaign Nonviolent; Planning Nonviolent Campaigns; Constructive Programme; The Movement Action Plan; Forms of Nonviolent Action
- Stages of Escalation; Role of media; Campaign case study guide
– Organising for Effective Nonviolent Actions
- Sending the protest message; Coping with the stress and strain of taking a stand; Humour and nonviolent actions;
- Working in Groups: affinity groups, group process, decision making; Techniques for consensus decision making in large groups: the spokespersons council method;
- Check list for planning an action; Roles in, before, and after an action; Legal support; Jail support; Evaluation
– Stories and Strategies
- Introduction; International solidarity campaign with South Africa; Seabrook – Wyhl – Marckolsheim – transnational links in a chain of campaigns;
- International Antimilitarist marches; Chile: Gandhi’s Insights Gave People Courage to Defy Chile’s Dictatorship; Israel – New Profile learns from the experience of others;
- Turkey- Building a nonviolent culture; The applications of Augusto Boal’s “Theatre of Oppressed” in Turkey; South Korea – Challenges and successes of working in nonviolence;
- Peace Community of San José de Apartadó,Colombia : A lesson of resistance, dignity and courage; Bombspotting – towards an European Campaign;
- 15th of May – International Day of Conscientious Objection
– Exercises for Working in Nonviolence
- Introduction; Hassle – Parallel line; Conflict line; Brainstorming; Speak out; A gender dialogue for peacebuilders; Why do what teacher says? ;
- Who Has Power in a School?; 10/10 strategies; The tree; Pillars of power; Spectrum of allies; Consequences of fear; Tree and wind; Decision making;
- Cross spectrum; Role playing; Forum Theatre; Tools for Grounding, Protecting, and Blockading; Spectrum or Barometer
– Do it Yourself
– Handbook glossary of terms
– Resources