Nonviolent Civil Resistance: Research Breakthroughs & Practical Impact
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2015-03-19

Nonviolent civil resistance has motored social and political change, even in the most difficult conditions, for centuries. From the Indian independence movement, to the U.S. civil rights movement, to successful challenges to dictatorship in the Philippines and Chile, to the “dignity” movements in the Middle East and North Africa, and recent popular uprisings in Brazil and Venezuela, mobilized citizens have used nonviolent direct action courageously, creatively and effectively. Policy-relevant research on civil resistance is expanding alongside the explosion of people power around the world. The U.S. Institute of Peace invites you to an interactive, arts-and-culture infused discussion featuring cutting-edge civil resistance research by three USIP grantees.

Learn more: http://www.usip.org/events/nonviolent-civil-resistance-research-breakthroughs-practical-impact