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Nonviolence Programme

War Resisters' International nonviolence programme

01 Jun 2004 — warresisters

Introduction

At the War Resisters' International Council meeting in Ohrid, Macedonia, in June 2004, it was decided to merge the WRI programmes "Nonviolence and Social Empowerment"[1] and "Globalisation and Militarism"[2] to a new programme called "Nonviolence Programme".

The Nonviolence and Social Empowerment Programme goes back to the mid-1990s, and had focused on the Nonviolence and Social Empowerment Study Conference[3], which took p

Recent War Profiteers posts

Editorial
25 Aug 2010
English

Welcome to the August issue of our newsletter. Which is a bit late because of festivities interruptions.

I would like to congratulate the EDO Decommissioners for their court victory. They show how at times taking bigger risks with our actions can bring important victories to our struggles. This risk though must be well planned if not it can backfire. I would like to thank Smash EDO for contributing to this issue.

The Decommissioners - we won!
25 Aug 2010
English

That Dark and Stormy Night

On January 17th 2009 six people broke into EDO MBM/ITT in Brighton and caused £189,000 worth of damage to computers, servers, lathes and other equipment. The activists, calling themselves the ‘decommissioners’, took their action in response to the Israeli assault on Gaza which had claimed 1,400 lives by the 17th. EDO MBM/ITT manufactures the arming unit for the Israeli F16 bombrack.

Court in the Act

Can arms trade be controlled by a Treaty? - The UN ATT negotiations and the real world
25 Aug 2010
English

Wendela de Vries

After years of lobbying by NGO's, the United Nations decided to start negotiations for a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The objective of this treaty is to create a legal mechanism to prevent 'unethical' arms trade. Arms should not be exported when there is a serious risk that they might be used in human rights violations, in war crimes, organised crime or terrorism. They should also not be sold to unstable regions, poor countries or corrupt regimes. Reading this, one cannot conclude anything else than that that this treaty is meant to end all arms trade. However, as is well known, international treaties should not be taken too seriously, especially not when they aim at soft goals like respect for peace and human rights. In the first place, clever diplomatic phrasing will leave lots of useful loopholes for a treaty not to be effective. In the second place, if a state does not is not live up to the treaty, there will be no consequenses. Unless, of course, it is a paria state already.

Campaign of the Month: Exclamation of Outrage
24 Aug 2010
English

This is a new campaign planned to start in autumn (north hemisphere) 2010. Organised by several German peace and human rights organisations, among them: the Armaments Information Office and the German Peace Society (DFG-VK) who is a member of WRI.

The German foreign and economic policy must be an authentic and credible policy of peace based on humanitarian values. This can only be achieved by respecting the dignity and life of all human beings – even or just the one of innocent and

War Profiteer of the Month: BAE Systems
24 Aug 2010
English

Formerly known as British Aerospace, BAE Systems has grown into one of the world’s largest aviation and weapons companies, with major operations not only in the United Kingdom but also in Australia, South Africa, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and the United States, where it is now one of the Pentagon’s largest contractors. BAE is one of the top producers of armored combat vehicles such as the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (widely used by the U.S.

Recent Nonviolence Programme related publications

Técnicas para tomar decisiones por consenso en grupos grandes: el método del consejo de portavoces
27 Aug 2010
Spanish
Los procesos y técnicas que podéis encontrar a continuación prueban que también en grupos numerosos de hasta cientos y miles de personas es posible funcionar y tomar decisiones de forma democrática, horizontal y participativa, sin delegaciones, jerarquías ni votaciones. Estas técnicas están avaladas por la experiencia de diferentes movimientos sociales de base en los últimos 30 años, principalmente en la organización de acciones de desobediencia civil masiva.

Brazil - becoming an arms producer power
24 Aug 2010
English

Compared with countries in the Middle East, Europe and especially the United States, Latin American nations don't spend vast amounts in defence. Border disputes have been mostly settled; the potential for conflicts between states is minimal. But lately this seems to be changing with a number of countries increasing their arms purchase, and Brazil is leading this new arms trade wave in the region.

U.S. Congressional Wartime Commission Targets Armed Contractors
24 Aug 2010
English

Pratap Chatterjee

On June 21 Jerry Torres, whose company provides translators and armed security guards in Iraq, was invited to testify before the Commission on Wartime Contracting (CWC). The bi-partisan body was created by the U.S. Congress in early 2008 to investigate waste, fraud and abuse in military contracting services in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Campaign against Vedanta- stepping up the pressure
24 Aug 2010
English

On the 28th of July a large group of activists campaigning against mining corporation Vedanta, gather outside their AGM to protest against the wrong doing of Vedanta, especially to demand the withdraw of Vedanta from the Nyamgiri mountain in Orissa, India. Mountain that is sacred for the Dongria Kondh tribe.

Farnborough: an arms fair operating alongside a civil aerospace exhibition, obscured by an airshow
24 Aug 2010
English

Ian Prichard, CAAT’s Research Co-ordinator, describes his day at Farnborough 2010: an arms fair operating alongside a civil aerospace exhibition, all obscured by an airshow in the UK.

Materiales en papel
12 Aug 2010
Spanish

Volver al indice

  • A.F.R.I.K.A. Gruppe, Manual de Guerrilla de la Comunicación, Virus editorial, 2000
  • AGIRRE, Xabier, AJANGIZ, Rafael; IBARRA, Pedro, SÁINZ DE ROZAS, Rafel: La insumisión: un singular ciclo de desobediencia civil, Tecnos, Madrid, 1998.
  • ARENDT, Hannah: Desobediencia civil, en Crisis de la República, Taurus, Madrid, 1973, págs. 67-108.
  • ARIAS, Gonzalo: Proyecto político de la Noviolencia. Nueva Utopía, Madrid, 1995.
  • ARIAS, Gonzalo: El Ejército incruento del Mañana, Nueva Utopía, Madrid, 1995.

Nuclear weapons and nuclear power in Britain
28 Jul 2010
English

This is a clickable map of past, present, and planned nuclear power stations in Britain, plus important sites of Britain's nuclear weapons programme.

This map is based on OpenStreetMap, and uses OpenLayers for placing of the icons. You can click on an icon to see more information. You can also zoom in and out (see zoombar on the left), or move around on the map.

Manual para Campañas Noviolentas
27 Jul 2010
Spanish

El cambio social no sucede solo, este es el resultado del trabajo de gente comprometida luchando por un mundo de justicia y paz. Este trabajo se gesta en grupos o celulas de activistas, en discusiones, en sesiones de entrenamientos, en la reflexion de experiencias previas, en la planificación, en la experiencia y aprendizaje con otros. El prepararnos para nuestro trabajo por la justicia social es vital para su éxito.

Este manual compartelo que gente ya ha desarrollado a partir de contextos diferentes.

Recent other posts related to the Nonviolence Programme

Arundhati Roy: Biodiversity of Resistance
19 Aug 2010
English

Opening speech by Arundhati Roy at the WRI conference on the 22 of January 2010 in Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, India

Materiales en internet
12 Aug 2010
Spanish

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Ofog demands an end to war preparations
04 Aug 2010
English

2010-07-28 Luleå

United States and Swedish Air Force are right now preparing for a large war exercise in Norrbotten. War preparations can never go undisturbed says Ofog, who on Thursday at 12:00 will be at Norrbotten Air Wing F21.

The purpose is to break the silence about the fact that Sweden is at war and USA as an ally is allowed to practise bomb war on Swedish soil. War starts here and we can stop it from here, says Ofog who wants to show a better way to use common resources.

Serving time for peace in Sweden
04 Aug 2010
English

Martin Smedjeback

17 June 2010

I am led into the central office of the Skenäs prison outside Norrköping. Two guards help me to carry my stuff. “It looks like you’re moving in here!” says one guard. “That’s exactly what I am doing, temporarily anyway”, I say. “Do you have your sentence papers with you?” asks another guard. “Yes,” I answer and hand them the papers which say that I was convicted to four months in prison.
 
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