Steve Chase, Manager of Academic Initiatives

Steve Chase, a long-time activist, educator, and writer, is ICNC’s Manager of Academic Initiatives and a Regular Contributor to ICNC’s...... Continue Reading

Steve Chase

Steve Chase is a long-time activist, educator, and writer. He was an editor at South End Press for many years, the...... Continue Reading

Civil Resistance for Environmental Justice

From international summits on the climate emergency to rural-based direct action to end deforestation, environmental justice is capturing growing attention... Continue Reading

Ideas & Trends

Let’s Get Real! Facing Up to the Agent Provocateur Problem

In my June 20 post, “Let’s Get Strategic,” I critique the argument for mixing violent and nonviolent tactics in our...... Continue Reading

Interviews & People

Martin Luther King’s Little-Known Journey to Civil Resistance

Before December 1, 1955, Martin Luther King did not know Rosa Parks. He was 26 years old and still new...... Continue Reading

Ideas & Trends

Another Inconvenient Truth: Normal Channels Are Not Enough

A few weeks back, I sat in a movie theater watching Al Gore’s new movie about his efforts to avert...... Continue Reading

Ideas & Trends

Marketing Violence: A Closer Look at the “Diversity of Tactics” Slogan

After my July 18 article on agents provocateurs was posted, I heard from a young activist who wrote, “Loved your...... Continue Reading

Interviews & People

Criminalizing Boycotts: Reflections on the BDS Movement (Video Interview)

Since 2013, advocating boycotts on behalf of Palestinian rights has been illegal under Israeli law. Supporters and lobbyists for the...... Continue Reading

Ideas & Trends

Let’s Get Ethical! Nonviolent Resistance and Morality

In my June 2017 “Let’s Get Strategic” post, I explained my disagreement with the conclusion of Ben Case’s “Beyond Violence...... Continue Reading

Ideas & Trends

Let's Get Strategic! Why Moving "Beyond Violence and Nonviolence" Is Flawed

I recently read Ben Case’s article “Beyond Violence and Nonviolence,” published in ROAR Magazine on June 5, 2017. In it, Case...... Continue Reading

Ideas & Trends

How “Movement Halfway Houses” Can Increase Activist Learning

January 21 is a national holiday in the United States that honors Martin Luther King, Jr. As I’ve written elsewhere,...... Continue Reading

The problem with saying movements must be ‘totally nonviolent’ to succeed

Steve Chase of ICNC critiques a claim within Bill Moyers’ classic 2001 book ‘Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing... Continue Reading

Activists and Organizers

How We Win: Reflections on Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning

Webinar Content Introduction of Speaker: 00:00 – 7:17 Presentation: 7:18 – 36:30 Questions and Answers: 36:31 – 1:01:44 Webinar Summary...... Continue Reading

Activist Learning, Training, and Education

A major limiting factor to the success of civil resistance movements is the worldwide lack of “infrastructure, processes, and information...... Continue Reading

For Scholars and Students

The discipline of civil resistance has developed enormously in recent years. Driven by new quantitative and qualitative research—as well as... Continue Reading

Activists and Organizers

'Planning Nonviolent Campaigns' - Book Launch and Q&A with Leading Practitioner Ivan Marovic

Webinar Content Introduction of Speaker: 00:00 – 4:18 Presentation: 4:19 – 30:55 Questions and Answers: 30:56 – 59:49 Webinar Summary...... Continue Reading

Webinar 2018

How Civil Resistance Movements Can Foster More Democratic Outcomes

Webinar Content Introduction of Speaker: 00:00 – 4:24 Presentation: 4:25 – 37:46 Questions and Answers: 37:47 – 59:34 Webinar Summary...... Continue Reading

Webinar 2018

How Can Resistance Movements Limit Mass Killings By Repressive Governments?

Webinar Content Introduction of Speaker: 00:00 – 1:41 Presentation: 1:42 – 28:43 Questions and Answers: 28:44 – 1:00:55 Webinar Summary...... Continue Reading

2018 ICNC Rutgers Online Course Assessment

ICNC offered a moderated online course: “People Power – The Study of Strategic Nonviolent Resistance” in partnership with the International... Continue Reading

Regional Institutes

ICNC organizes Regional Institutes on the Study and Practice of Strategic Nonviolent Action in partnership with local organizations in different... Continue Reading

Academic Support Initiatives

Solidarity with the Poor: Civil Disobedience Against Housing Evictions in Hungary

Presented by Balint Misetics on March 27, 2018, at 12 pm Eastern Time Webinar Content 1. Introduction of the Speaker:...... Continue Reading

Academic calls

Apply for a Participant-Led Online Course on Civil Resistance

Image credit: Flickr user M.o.B 68, via Creative Commons, Black Lives Matter protest. ICNC is pleased to announce a call...... Continue Reading

2017 ICNC Rutgers Online Course Assessment

ICNC offered a moderated online course: “People Power – The Study of Strategic Nonviolent Resistance” in partnership with the International... Continue Reading

ICNC-Rutgers Moderated Online “People Power” Course

The ICNC-Rutgers course provides an interactive, in-depth and multidisciplinary perspective on civilian-based movements and campaigns that defend and obtain basic... Continue Reading

Activists and Organizers

Can Integrating Civil Resistance and Peacebuilding Strategies Improve Movement Effectiveness?

This live webinar by Veronique Dudouet was recorded on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at 12 p.m. EST Watch the webinar...... Continue Reading

Activists and Organizers

How Can Civil Resistance Work Against Violent Coups?

Watch the webinar below: This live webinar was recorded on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 at 12 p.m. (Eastern Time-US) Download...... Continue Reading

2019 ICNC-Rutgers Online Course Assessment

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Ideas and Trends

Youth, Civil Resistance, and Elections in Eastern Europe

Presented by Dr. Olena Nikolayenko on February 28, 2018   Webinar Summary: At the turn of the twenty-first century, a...... Continue Reading

Ideas & Trends

20 Key Civil Resistance Stories to Refocus for "20-20" Vision in New Decade

Moving into 2020 calls for reflection on events and insights gained in recent years. Here are 20 key stories from Minds...... Continue Reading