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 has been an editor at South End Press, the founding...... 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
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
What Can We Learn from Agent Provocateurs?
Steve Chase presented an ICNC webinar entitled, “How Agent Provocateurs Harm Our Movements—And What Can Be Done About It”, on...... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Activists and Organizers
How Agent Provocateurs Harm Our Movements
By Steve Chase Date of Publication: November 2021 Free Download Purchase a Print Copy Purchase an e-book (Nook | Kindle)...... Continue Reading
Online Learning
Webinar: How Agent Provocateurs Harm Our Movements—And What Can Be Done About It
With Dr. Steve Chase January 18, 2022 Webinar Content Introduction of Speaker: 0:00 – 4:42 Presentation: 4:43 – 55:38 Questions...... 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
Understanding Violence in Protests
Ongoing mass demonstrations in the United States and worldwide protesting racism and police brutality compel us to better understand the...... 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
How Agent Provocateurs Harm Our Movements
History shows us that peoples’ movements are more likely to succeed when they have unity among supporters, widespread participation, strategic... 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
Como los agitadores dañan nuestros movimientos
La historia nos muestra que los pueblos Es más probable que los movimientos triunfan cuando tienen unidad entre los simpatizantes,... 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
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
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
2020 ICNC Moderated Online Course Assessment
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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
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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
For the Policy Community
Civil resistance movements have a proven role in advancing human rights, promoting democratic governance, and curtailing corruption. They are a... Continue Reading
2019 ICNC-Rutgers Online Course Assessment
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ICNC 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
Regional Institutes
ICNC organizes Regional Institutes on the Study and Practice of Strategic Nonviolent Action in partnership with local organizations in different... 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
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
ICNC Press and Publications
New from ICNC Press: 'Preventing Mass Atrocities: From a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) to a Right to Assist (RtoA) Campaigns... 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
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
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
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ICNC High School Curriculum Fellowship 2018/2019
ICNC is launching its third round of a grant program for high school educators from around the world to support...... 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