Nonviolent Resistance

Peacebuilders in Type 2 study, teach and practice nonviolent action and civil resistance. The type includes those who research nonviolent resistance movements past and present, particularly the tactics and strategies that make them work, and those who train peace activists to use them. Some are directly involved in peace activism; others support it by producing resources on nonviolence, or through training and education.

Peacebuilding approaches used by this type include:

  • Research and documentation of nonviolence in historic and current global social movements, and publishing nonviolent resistance strategies and tactics
  • Training peace activists in nonviolent action tactics and strategies, and building capacity for nonviolent movements
  • Direct involvement in nonviolent resistance, coordinating civil disobedience and applying creative resistance techniques on the ground
  • Organizing nonviolent movements to challenge dictatorships, build civil resistance against state repression, and support activists living under authoritarian regimes
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