Nonviolence in Action online conference - 20th-28th November
Join us for Nonviolence in Action: Antimilitarism in the 21st century an online conference bringing together activists from across the international peace movement to learn, strategise and build solidarity.
The War Resisters’ International (WRI) network – and the whole international peace movement - finds itself at an important crossroads. Over the last hundred years we have been resisting war and its causes. In that time the nature of war has itself changed beyond all recognition, and our resistance has also changed, broadened and adapted. WRI works with many groups, organisations and individuals all over the world, supporting, connecting, learning, resisting. Nonviolence in Action will bring us together to reflect, learn and challenge one another to develop more effective strategies for taking nonviolent action against war and its causes.
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The event will run between two weekends. Plenaries will be delivered by a number of speakers sharing their experiences and ideas. Discussion spaces will be participatory discussion spaces (we have timed these to allow people from both hemisphere’s to join at sociable times) to reflect on the issues raised in the plenaries. Workshops will be on more specific themes, issues and causes.
The plenaries are public events open to anyone to attend, and will be held simultaneously in English and Spanish. Some of the other events are restricted to members of War Resisters' International and our member organisations. If you are not a member but would like to attend please email info@wri-irg.org.
Schedule
Please note the times given are in UTC - you will need to check the times according to your own time zone.
Speakers are listed below, you can see their full profiles here.
Saturday 20th November | Sunday 21st November | Monday 22 - Friday 26th Nov | Saturday 27th November | Sunday 28th November | |
2-4pm UTC | Plenary: 100 years resisting war and its causes | Plenary: Resisting militarism today | Workshops (see below for more details) | Plenary: Sustaining our resistance | Discussion space: What's next? A space to reflect on the future of the antimilitarist movement. |
Saturday 20th November - 100 years of resisting war and its causes, 2-4pm UTC
Speakers:
- Wolfgang Hertle
- Joanne Sheehan
- Roberta Bacic
- Igor Seke
Sunday 21st November - Resisting militarism today, 2-4pm UTC
Speakers:
- Ray Acheson
- Dr. Sam Perlo Freeman
- Rosa Moiwend
Monday 22nd – Friday 26th November - Workshops
Date | Time | Workshop name | Zoom registration link |
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Mon 22nd Nov | 14:00 UTC | Building a new world in the shell of the old (1): an introduction to Constructive Programme* | |
Mon 22nd Nov | 18:30 UTC | #CutThePentagon and Divest from the War Machine: learn more about CODEPINK's commitment to building a feminist anti-war movement and tactics from organizing success stories. | |
Tues 23rd Nov | 00:00 UTC (7pm EST on Monday) | Building a new world in the shell of the old (2): an introduction to Constructive Programme* | Click here to register |
Weds 24th Nov | 19:30 UTC | International peace issues in Northern Ireland | For more information, visit: https://innatenonviolence.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bits-Peaces-flyer-21.11-final.pdf |
Weds 24th Nov | 23:00 UTC |
Resisting Arms Fairs: Sharing Strategies (Spanish and English - Interpretation available) | Click here to register |
Thurs 25th Nov | 14:00 UTC | Save Sinjajevina! The Montenegrin movement that stopped a NATO training base | |
Thurs 25th Nov | 21:00 UTC |
Resisting
the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline (TBC): how
the Wet'suwet'en First Nations people are resisting a gas
pipeline. |
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Friday 26th Nov | 9:00 UTC |
Intersectional
Antimilitarism: mobilising everyone for peace
A discussion of the importance of holistic organising in antimilitarist struggles |
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Friday 26th Nov | 13:30 UTC |
Return of Conscription? an online workshop on the debates around the reintroduction of conscription in different countries and and how antimilitarists and peace activists are responding. |
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Friday 26th Nov |
16:00 UTC |
Actions against recruitment in Colombia: A talk to know about what is happening in Colombia with arbitrary detentions for recruitment purposes and forms of resistance to militarism in Colombia (Spanish with interpretation into English) |
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here to register |
* We will run the "building a new shell" workshop twice.
Saturday 27th November - Sustaining our resistance, 2-4pm UTC
Speakers:
- Stellan Vinthagen
- Sarah Reader & Carrie Hou
- Andrea Ixchíu
Sunday 28th November - Discussion space
2-4pm UTC: What's next? A space to reflect on the future of the antimilitarist movement.
Costs
All of the events are free to attend, but organising large international events, even online, does incur costs - Zoom accounts, interpretation, etc. For those able we suggest a £10/$10/€10 donation towards the running costs of this event. If you feel able to donate to support this event, and WRI more generally, please click here.
Registration
Click the button below to register for the public plenaries. If you would like to join a discussion group but are not a member of a WRI affiliate, please email us at info@wri-irg.org. We will share details for workshops soon.
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Interpretation
All of the events will be in English. We'll provide simultaneous Spanish/English interpretation for the plenary events, and some workshops if possible.
We support war resisters all over the world - to keep doing our work, we need your help.
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I am interested in attending…
I am interested in attending the November conference. I am a writer and activist, and member of the AJ Muste Institute board of directors.
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Looking forward to the event.