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People Power: Unarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity |
 Howard Clark (editor)(New York: Pluto Press, 2009) Language: English ISBN: 978-0-7453-2901-7 (paperback) ISBN10: 0-7453-2901-2 (paperback) ISBN: 978-0-7453-2902-4 (hardcover) ISBN10: 0-7453-2902-0 (hardcover) 237 pages DESCRIPTION: Across the world, nonviolent movements are at the forefront of resistance against repression, imperial aggression and corporate abuse. However, it is often difficult for activists in other countries to know how best to assist such movements. The contributors to People Power place nonviolent struggles in an international context where solidarity can play a crucial role. Yet they also warn that good intentions are not enough, solidarity has to listen to local movements. Examining movements from Zimbabwe to Burma and Palestine, the contributors assess various forms of solidarity, arguing that a central role of solidarity is to strengthen the counter-power of those resisting domination and oppression. -- Taken from the publisher's website REVIEWS: "I heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in advancing human solidarity and non-violent resistance ... These cases are excellent analyses on how to generate non violent global transformation by working and acting locally. ... The editor, authors and the activists written about in this book are to be commended for their creative responses to some appalling problems." --Professor Kevin P Clements, Director National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies The University of Otago, Dunedin New Zealand "As the potential of nonviolent civil resistance is attracting much more attention, this book is both timely and stimulating. As well as bringing together numerous examples of nonviolent action, it explores the more general possibilities of the approach." --Professor Paul Rogers, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University "One of the world's most knowledgeable practitioners of the technique of nonviolent civil resistance is the British activist-intellectual, Howard Clark. Based on his own broad experience from several decades of assisting local or national unarmed movements, he has gathered into one bracing volume a well-organized series of essays by seasoned observers or participants from across the globe." --Professor Mary E. King, UN-affiliated University for Peace "Without shying from the difficult debates, this book gives great insight into unarmed resistance movements. Highlighting their empowerment, diversity, and creativity, it shows how these movements provide solidarity and hope for all." --Carmen Magallón, Vice-president, Spanish Association for Peace Research TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction by Howard Clark Section 1: Resisting Repression, Civil War and Exploitation, 2000-2008: Analyses of Unarmed Struggle Editorial Introduction 1. Serbia – Nonviolent struggle for democracy: The role of Otpor by Dinijela Nenadic and Nenad Belcevic 1a. Serbia eight years after by Ivana Franovic 2. Burma – Dialogue with the Generals: The sound of one hand clapping by Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan 3. Zimbabwe – Unarmed resistance, civil society and limits of international solidarity by Janet Cherry 4. Colombia – Nonviolent movement for peace and international solidarity by Mauricio Garcia-Duran 5. India – Macro violence and micro resistance: Development violence and unarmed grassroots resistance by Moses (Anand) Mazgaonkar Section II: Nonviolent Citizens’ Intervention across Borders Editorial Introduction 6. Making accompaniment effective by Brian Martin 7. Developing strategy for accompaniment by Luis Enrique Eguren 7a. With Peace Brigades International in Colombia by Louise Winstanley 8. Civilian peacekeeping: Providing protection without sticks and carrots? by Christine Schweitzer 8a. Making peace practical: with Nonviolent Peaceforce in Sri Lanka y Rita Webb 9. Cross-border nonviolent advocacy during the second Palestinian intifada: The International Solidarity Movement by Veronique Dudouet 9a. The work of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) by Ann Wright 9b. International Women’s Peace Service in Palestine by Angie Zelter 10. Voices in the wilderness: Campaigning against sanctions on Iraq, 1995-2005 by Kathy Kelly and Milan Rai Section III: Bases of Solidarity: Shared Identities, Interests and Beliefs Editorial Introduction 11. Women in Black: The stony path to ‘solidarity’ by Cynthia Cockburn 12. Transnational solidarity and war resistance: The case of Turkey by Andreas Speck 13. Solidarity based on sexual orientation: Regional organizing in Africa by Chesterfield Samba 14. Diasporas: Potential partners in struggle by Andrew Rigby 15. Global movements and local struggles: The case of World Social Forum by Stellan Vinthagen 16. Worker solidarity and civil society cooperation: Blocking the Chinese arms shipment to Zimbabwe, April 2008 by April Carter and Janet Cherry Section IV: Controversies in Transnational Action Editorial Introduction 17. External financing of opposition movements by Jorgen Johansen 18. Nonviolence training and charges of Western imperialism: A guide for worried activists by George Lakey Afterword: The chain of nonviolence by Howard Clark Works cited Notes on contributors Index |
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