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New book: People Power - Unarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity
People Power: Unarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity - edited by PCDN member Howard Clark and with chapters by several other PCDN members - has now been published by Pluto Press, London (US distributor is Palgrave Macmillan).
Transnational solidarity can be crucial for movements of nonviolent struggle – in helping them emerge, in accessing contacts and resources, and in applying leverage on a regime or corporation. However, some “transnational advocacy networks” have been criticised for “taking over” from local organisers and ultimately having a disempowering impact. The starting point of this book is that the prime role for transnational solidarity is to strengthen the counter-power of those resisting domination and oppression.
Published by Pluto Press (London) - US distribution by Palgrave Macmillan.
On sale online at the War Resisters' International web shop
Transnational solidarity can be crucial for movements of nonviolent struggle – in helping them emerge, in accessing contacts and resources, and in applying leverage on a regime or corporation. However, some “transnational advocacy networks” have been criticised for “taking over” from local organisers and ultimately having a disempowering impact. The starting point of this book is that the prime role for transnational solidarity is to strengthen the counter-power of those resisting domination and oppression.
- Analyses from Serbia, Burma, Zimbabwe, Colombia, India and Palestine
- Experiences from the work of Peace Brigades International, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Balkan Peace Team, International Solidarity Movement, International Women's Peace Service, Ecumenical Accompaniers for Peace in Palestine and Israel, Voices in the Wilderness
- Accounts of solidarity networks such as Women in Black, with Turkish war resisters, diaspora groups, Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transexual groups in Africa, and the World Social Forum
- Debate on the criticisms of external funding and training in the “colour revolutions”
Published by Pluto Press (London) - US distribution by Palgrave Macmillan.
On sale online at the War Resisters' International web shop
Tags: burma, civil, colombia, colour revolutions, globalisation, india:, iraq, nonviolence, nonviolent intervention, palestine
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Permalink Reply by Howard Clark on -
Here is the full Table of Contents for the book. The authors who I know are members of PCDN are marked in bold and marked with an asterisk *.
Foreword
Introduction, by Howard Clark *
Section I: Resisting Repression, Civil War and Exploitation 2000-2008:
Analyses of Unarmed Struggle
1. Serbia - Nonviolent struggle for democracy: The role of Otpor
by Danijela Nenadic and Nenad Belcevic
1a. Serbia Eight Years After
by Ivan Franovic
2. Burma - Dialogue with the Generals: The sound of one hand clapping
by Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan
3. Zimbabwe - Unarmed resistance, civil society and the limits of international solidarity
by Janet Cherry*
4. Nonviolent Movement for Peace in Colombia and International Solidarity
by Mauricio García Duran
5. India - MacroViolence and MicroResistance: Development Violence and Unarmed Grassroots Resistance
by Anand Mazgaonkar
Section II: Nonviolent Citizens' Intervention Across Borders
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
by Rita Webb
9. Cross-border Nonviolent Advocacy during the second Palestinian intifada: the International Solidarity Movement
by Véronique 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 Raid
Section III: Bases of Solidarity: Shared Identities, Interests and Beliefs
11. Feminist solidarity: Women in Black against War
by Cynthia Cockburn
12. Transnational solidarity and war resistance: The case of Turkey
by Andreas Speck
13. Solidarity based on Sexual Orientation: Regional Organising 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
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
Howard Clark *
Works Cited
Index
If I have failed to mark some others who are members of PCDN - sorry, and please tell me!
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Permalink Reply by William TARPAI on
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People Power is CRITICAL for making the world a better place. Having worked in several countries either 'in conflict', or post-conflict, linking diaspora, internally displaced persons and refugees to concerned citizens around the globe could be a tremendous aid to the international community efforts to stabilize and help a country to rebuild.
I'm looking forward to reading this book.
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