WRI Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns

Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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- Introduction

• About this Handbook and How to Use It
• What is Nonviolence and Why Use it
• How Does Nonviolence Work?
• Nonviolence Training: Role of Trainers; Potential Topics for Nonviolence Training
• You and Your Group: Strengthening a Group; Exploring Differences; What Do You Want?
• Historical Uses of Nonviolence: What Works Where; The Role of Pacifists; Organising
• Case Study: Nonviolence Training in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
• Case Study: Otpor: People's Power in Serbia

- Gender and Nonviolence

• Introduction to the gender section
• What is gender
• An example of linking peace and gender issues: New Profile in Israel

- Tasks and Tools for Organising and Facilitating Meetings

• Introduction to the section
• Working Together
• Check-List for Organising a Training
• Check-List for Facilitating a Training

- Nonviolent Campaigns

• What Makes a Campaign Nonviolent
• Planning Nonviolent Campaigns
• Constructive Programme
• The Movement Action Plan
• Forms of Nonviolent Action
• Stages of Escalation
• Role of media
• Campaign case study guide

- Organising for Effective Nonviolent Actions

• Sending the protest message
• Coping with the stress and strain of taking a stand
• Humour and nonviolent actions
• Working in Groups: affinity groups, group process, decision making
• Check list for planning an action
• Role/in/before/after an action
• Legal support
• Jail support
• Evaluation

- Stories and Strategies

• Introduction
• International solidarity campaign with South Africa
• Seabrook - Wyhl - Marckolsheim - transnational links in a chain of campaigns
• International Antimilitarist marches
• Chile: Gandhi's Insights Gave People Courage to Defy Chile's Dictatorship
• Israel - New Profile learns from the experience of others
• Turkey- Building a nonviolent culture
• The applications of Augusto Boal's “Theatre of Oppressed” in Turkey
• South Korea - Challenges and successes of working in nonviolence
• Peace Community of San José de Apartadó,Colombia : A lesson of resistance, dignity and courage
• Bombspotting - towards an European Campaign
• 15th of May - International Day of Conscientious Objection

- Exercises for Working in Nonviolence

• Introduction
• Hassle line
• Conflict line
• Brainstorming
• Speak out
• A gender dialogue for peacebuilders
• 10/10 strategies
• The tree
• Pillars of power
• Spectrum of allies
• Consequences of fear
• Tree and wind
• Decision making
• Cross spectrum
• Role playing
• Forum Theatre

- Do it Yourself

- Handbook glossary of terms

- Resources

• List of related resources
• Resources for the printed version

- Links to WRI network