Activists and Organizers

How Agent Provocateurs Harm Our Movements

By Steve Chase Date of Publication: November 2021 Free Download: English | Spanish | Turkish Purchase a Print Copy Purchase...... 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

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

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

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

COMO OS AGITADORES PREJUDICAM NOSSOS MOVIMENTOS Alguns exemplos históricos e ideias para reduzir os riscos Steve Chase A história nos... Continue Reading

Who We Are

ICNC is currently going through an organizational transition, and during this time staffing capacity is reduced. Ivan Marovic - Executive...... 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

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 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

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

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