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
Activists and Organizers
How Agent Provocateurs Harm Our Movements
By Steve Chase Date of Publication: November 2021 Free Download: English | Spanish Purchase a Print Copy Purchase an e-book...... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Who We Are
ICNC is currently going through an organizational transition, and during this time staffing capacity is reduced. Ivan Marovic - Executive...... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Resource Library
Our Resource Library contains educational resources in nearly 70 languages... 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
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