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'a powerful instrument for making known the extent and power of nonviolent action in recent history' - Diana Francis
Click here for Diana Francis' full review in CCTS Review

'a valuable resource that provides brief but succinct assessments of ideas and experiences, and presents abundant evidence of the effectiveness of non-violent strategies' - Paul Rogers
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People Power and Protest since 1945: a bibliography on nonviolent action
- compiled by April Carter, Howard Clark and Michael Randle and published in 2006 by Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX. To buy the printed book, go to www.housmans.com or click here

To browse as html, click on the following table of contents:

Foreword by Paul Rogers, Acknowledgements, About the Compilers

General Introduction

A. Introduction to Nonviolent Action
Includes theory and methods of nonviolent action, key works on Gandhi, nonviolent resistance as a defence policy and nonviolent intervention and accompaniment

B. Elements of Nonviolent Resistance to Colonialism After 1945
Focus on British colonies in Africa, especially Zambia and Ghana

C. Campaigns for Rights and Democracy in Communist Regimes
Eastern Europe to 1989; USSR to 1991; China and Tibet to today

D. Resisting Rigged Elections, Oppression, Dictatorship, or Military Rule
Covers struggles with significant nonviolent components in Africa - especially anti-apartheid campaigns in S. Africa, Asia (against dictators and military rule),W. Europe (against dictatorship and military rule) and Eastern Europe and former Soviet bloc (since 1991) against rigged elections, Latin America (against 1980s dictators especially) and the Middle East - opposition to Shah in Iran and First Palestinian Intifada

E. Campaigns for Cultural, Civil and Political Rights
Includes Welsh Nationalist campaigns and Civil Rights Movements in USA and N. Ireland

F. Campaigns for Social and Economic Justice
Focus on movements for land reform, factory occupations, a few key strikes, and tax and rent refusal

G. Nonviolent Action in Social Movements
Includes comparative studies and New Left, resistance to Vietnam War, feminist and green campaigns and the Global Justice Movement. Various types of peace campaign are covered in depth

H. Bibliographies, Websites and Library Resources

I. Preparation and Training for Nonviolent Action

Author and subject index to bibliography - omitted from html version but included in pdf

Supplement, March 2007
The material in this printed supplement has now been incorporated into the ongoing update (below).

PLUS ongoing online updates to the bibliography with more than 250 added entries.

Comments, included suggested additions, are welcome and can be made at the end of each section or please send suggested additions to the online update to howard [at] civilresistance.info

To download the printed bibliography as a pdf file, click here
To download a pdf of the Supplement to bibliography (March 2007) - including material for Section D about Azerbaijan, Belarus, Mexico, Nepal and Thailand, plus additional references on Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrygyzstan - click here

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unarmed resistance and transnational solidarity

A book by activists and researchers edited by Howard Clark

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.

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