Diversions: Resister’s Toolkit
Resistance is on the minds of many these days. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and global shutdown that…
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Migrants, Abandoned
By guest contributor Chiara Ruffa The scenes are by now familiar: the Greek Coast Guard firing on a…
Our Greatest Hits (So Far)
Political Violence At A Glance was created in 2008, to answers questions on the most pressing problems related…
Why Ethnic Cleavages Create Barriers to Civil Resistance
Guest post by Ches Thurber. The Quit India Movement against British imperialism. The Anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa.…
Fighting the Kremlin’s Populace-Centric Warfare with Civil Resistance Strategies
Guest post by Maciej Bartkowski. On September 6th, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg testified…
Five Major Puzzles in Political Violence Today
By Barbara F. Walter. The Friday Puzzler is back! Between 2012 and 2015 I ran a Friday feature…
States are Far Less Likely to Engage in Mass Violence Against Nonviolent Uprisings than Violent Uprisings
By Erica Chenoweth and Evan Perkoski for Denver Dialogues. What drives governments to crack down on and kill…
Five Nonviolent Resistance Movements to Watch in 2018
by Jonathan Pinckney Where are we likely to see major nonviolent resistance movements in 2018? The question is…
Can Civilian Nonviolent Action Deter Massacres?
By Oliver Kaplan for Denver Dialogues Nonviolent action can be a useful tool for voicing citizen concerns and…
Mao, Gandhi, and the Choice Between Violent and Nonviolent Action
Guest Post by Ches Thurber Last week, Cullen Hendrix wrote a thoughtful and thought-provoking piece on this blog…