Direct Action
The Nonviolence Handbook: A Guide for Practical Action
This book offers guidance for nonviolent resistance and advice for building constructive movements capable of restructuring the very bedrock of society.
- 2014
- Book
Albert Einstein Institution
The Albert Einstein Institution was founded by Dr. Gene Sharp in 1983 to advance the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world.
- 1983
- Nonprofit
The Politics of Nonviolent Action
A three-volume political science book by Gene Sharp. Volume 1 addresses the theory of power that underlies nonviolent action; Volume 2 offers a detailed analysis of the methods of nonviolent action; and Volume 3 analyzes the dynamics of nonviolent action.
- 1973
- Book
War Resisters League
The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity. They are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and to strive nonviolently for the removal of all causes of war, including racism, sexism and all forms of exploitation.
- 1923
- Organization
War Resisters' International
A global network of grassroots antimilitarist and pacifist groups, working together for a world without war.
- 1921
- Organization
Women's Action for New Directions
Women's Action for New Directions empowers women to be agents of change to reduce violence and militarism, support nuclear disarmament, and redirect excessive Pentagon spending to unmet human and environmental needs.
- 1982
- Nonprofit
Global Zero
Global Zero is the international movement for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
- 2008
- Organization
Women's Internations League for Peace and Freedom
WILPF works to create an environment of political, economic, social and psychological freedom for all members of the human community, so that true peace can be enjoyed by all.
- 1915
- Nonprofit
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
A coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty.
- 2007
- Nonprofit