Originally published in Independent World report 2011/4. Supporting Revolutions The nonviolent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt dominated international news in early 2011. Given their adherence to the principles of nonviolence and massive public participation, these revolutionary movements are unique and…
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Waves of Nonviolence and the New Revolutionary Movements
Source: Johansen, Jørgen. 2009. “Waves of Nonviolence and the New Revolutionary Movements.” In Seeds of New Hope, Pan-African Peace Studies for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Matt Meyer and Elavie D. Ouédraogo, 69-124. Asmara: African World Press. In recent years, we…
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Posted in In English, Nonviolence, Peace Research, Social Movements
Posted in In English, Nonviolence, Peace Research, Social Movements
Israeli Peace Movement
Source: Johansen, J. (2007). Israeli Peace Movement. Encyclopedia of activism and social justice. G. L. Anderson and K. Herr. Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage Publications: 762-765. Israeli Peace Movement The peace movement in Israel has roots back to the creation of the state in 1948.…
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Posted in In English, Peace Research, Social Movements
Hitler and the challenge of non-violence
Originally published at opendemocracy.net, 26 March 2010. Read it there. Hitler and the challenge of non-violence What was done to counter the ’rise and rise’ of Adolf Hitler, fascist German leader, in the 1930’s? What could have been done? …
Tagged with: Adolf Hitler, Civil Resistance, German fascism, Germany, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, Open Democracy
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Posted in In English, Nonviolence
Anti-militarism in the 19th Century
Source: Johansen, Jørgen. 2009. “Antimilitarism in the Nineteenth Century.” In The Oxford international encyclopedia of peace, edited by Nigel Young, 65-67. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Anti-militarism in the 19th Century The nineteenth century was the first time that political associations, organized…
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Posted in In English, Peace Research, Social Movements
Posted in In English, Peace Research, Social Movements
Analysing External Support to Nonviolent Revolutions
Source: Johansen, Jørgen. 2010. “Analysing External Support to Nonviolent Revolutions.” In Experiments with Peace, Celebrating Peace on Johan Galtung’s 80th Birthday, edited by Jørgen Johansen and John Y Jones, 103-114. Oxfords: Pambazuka Press. Analysing External Support to Nonviolent Revolutions In…
Egypt and Tunis, but not Burma and Belarus?
Originally published in xxx Egypt and Tunis, but not Burma and Belarus? The nonviolent revolutions in Tunis and Egypt dominated international news in early 2011. It is now time to reflect on these types of societal processes, and the…
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Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis
Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis
Benin – Revolutionary Constructive Resistance
Benin – Revolutionary Constructive Resistance Conférence Nationale des Forces Vives By Jørgen Johansen and Stellan Vinthagen Six waves of peaceful revolutions During the last thirty-five years political revolutions have taken place on four continents and they have been without…
What is peace work?
Source: Johansen, Jørgen. 2012. “What is Peace Work?” In Medical Peace Work, 2nd Edition, Curse 1-7, edited by J. Salvage, M. Rowson and K. Melf. London: Medact. Lesson 1.2.4: What is peace work? Learning objectives By the end of this lesson…
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Labelling opposition “terrorists” – Delegitimising dissent against Israeli policies
This article will present the Israeli governments efforts to delegitimise opponents by making ordinary political actions illegal and labelling them ”terrorism”. Three recent events have escalated this process. The elections in Palestine 2006, the growth of boycotts and sanctions, and…
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