International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
@civilresistance.bsky.social
We support research, develop educational resources, & share knowledge about how nonviolent civil resistance movements win rights, freedom, & justice.
NEW BLOG!
This week on the REACT Activist Writing Series, exiled Ugandan Afro-feminist, activist, and writer Kemitooma K. Nyina’Nkyenzibo shares a powerful piece on Radical Rudeness: The Women Who Deployed Nudity against Corruption in Uganda.
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This week on the REACT Activist Writing Series, exiled Ugandan Afro-feminist, activist, and writer Kemitooma K. Nyina’Nkyenzibo shares a powerful piece on Radical Rudeness: The Women Who Deployed Nudity against Corruption in Uganda.
Read More: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ra...
Radical Rudeness: The Women who Deployed Nudity against Corruption in Uganda
The Ugandan state branded it a ‘common nuisance,’ but this nude protest, echoing the 1929 Nigerian Women’s War, wielded cultural defiance to expose forty years of authoritarianism under Yoweri Museven...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NEW BLOG!
This week on the REACT Activist Writing Series, exiled Ugandan Afro-feminist, activist, and writer Kemitooma K. Nyina’Nkyenzibo shares a powerful piece on Radical Rudeness: The Women Who Deployed Nudity against Corruption in Uganda.
Read More: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ra...
This week on the REACT Activist Writing Series, exiled Ugandan Afro-feminist, activist, and writer Kemitooma K. Nyina’Nkyenzibo shares a powerful piece on Radical Rudeness: The Women Who Deployed Nudity against Corruption in Uganda.
Read More: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ra...
Learn how people build power and win change through nonviolent action.
Applications for our Online course, Movements and Power: Civil Resistance in the 21st Century, are still open.
Running: Nov 3–30, 2025
Apply by Oct 29
Apply Now: nonviolentconflict.submittable.com/submit/33815...
Applications for our Online course, Movements and Power: Civil Resistance in the 21st Century, are still open.
Running: Nov 3–30, 2025
Apply by Oct 29
Apply Now: nonviolentconflict.submittable.com/submit/33815...
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict - Movements and Power: Civil Resistance in the 21st Century (ICNC Online Course, Fall 2025)
Welcome to the official online application form for the ICNC online course Movements and Power: Civil Resistance in the 21st Century (Fall 2025).
ICNC's online course will now take place from Novemb...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Learn how people build power and win change through nonviolent action.
Applications for our Online course, Movements and Power: Civil Resistance in the 21st Century, are still open.
Running: Nov 3–30, 2025
Apply by Oct 29
Apply Now: nonviolentconflict.submittable.com/submit/33815...
Applications for our Online course, Movements and Power: Civil Resistance in the 21st Century, are still open.
Running: Nov 3–30, 2025
Apply by Oct 29
Apply Now: nonviolentconflict.submittable.com/submit/33815...
Explore the latest stories in our newsletter. Young people are demanding accountability & democracy in Uganda, communities in Kenya are fighting femicide & protecting women and much more mailchi.mp/nonviolent-c...
Activists find "engaged" sanctuary in Senegal + women build systems to resist femicide in Kenya & more from Minds of the Movement blog
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October 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Explore the latest stories in our newsletter. Young people are demanding accountability & democracy in Uganda, communities in Kenya are fighting femicide & protecting women and much more mailchi.mp/nonviolent-c...
In Feb 2024, Agora used social media to expose gross corruption in Uganda's national assembly. On July 23 2024, protests happened across Kampala. At least 150 youthful protesters were arrested. But their arrest was not in vain… www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/th...
The March to Parliament and Gen-Z Activism in Uganda | ICNC
With a median age of just 16.9 years, Uganda’s population is only second to Niger as the youngest in the world. Despite this enormous demographic advantage, Uganda’s youths have mostly been absent fro...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
In Feb 2024, Agora used social media to expose gross corruption in Uganda's national assembly. On July 23 2024, protests happened across Kampala. At least 150 youthful protesters were arrested. But their arrest was not in vain… www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/th...
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Looking for some new actions to energize your social justice campaign?
This book/database suggests more than 346 nonviolent tactics.
Free book - www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/civ...
Database - www.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net
@nvintl.bsky.social @civilresistance.bsky.social
This book/database suggests more than 346 nonviolent tactics.
Free book - www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/civ...
Database - www.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net
@nvintl.bsky.social @civilresistance.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Looking for some new actions to energize your social justice campaign?
This book/database suggests more than 346 nonviolent tactics.
Free book - www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/civ...
Database - www.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net
@nvintl.bsky.social @civilresistance.bsky.social
This book/database suggests more than 346 nonviolent tactics.
Free book - www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/civ...
Database - www.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net
@nvintl.bsky.social @civilresistance.bsky.social
Você estuda, pesquisa, atua diretamente com movimentos de resistência civil? Gostaríamos de convidá-lx a se inscrever no programa online “O Poder do Povo, a dinâmica estratégica da resistência não violenta”. As solicitações devem ser apresentadas até 16jul
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July 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Você estuda, pesquisa, atua diretamente com movimentos de resistência civil? Gostaríamos de convidá-lx a se inscrever no programa online “O Poder do Povo, a dinâmica estratégica da resistência não violenta”. As solicitações devem ser apresentadas até 16jul
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Afrikki est plus qu'un espace de solidarité, action, formation. J'y retrouve bcp de mes identités. Je suis à la fois une mère &une activiste dans ce réseau. Je ne peux plus NE PAS être 1 mère. Je ne peux plus NE PAS être une activiste. Ils comprennent..." www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/af...
Afrikki : une action militante transnationale pour revitaliser le panafricanisme
Read this article in English here. Soixante ans après les indépendances, les sociétés africaines sont toujours marquées par les pesanteurs de la colonisation et des dictatures qui ont suivi. La vague ...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Afrikki est plus qu'un espace de solidarité, action, formation. J'y retrouve bcp de mes identités. Je suis à la fois une mère &une activiste dans ce réseau. Je ne peux plus NE PAS être 1 mère. Je ne peux plus NE PAS être une activiste. Ils comprennent..." www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/af...
Afrikki is much more than a space for solidarity, action & training. I find a lot of my identities grouped together there. I am both a mom & an activist in this network. I can no longer NOT be a mom. I can no longer NOT be an activist. They understand..." www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/af...
Afrikki: Transnational Activism to Revitalize Pan-Africanism
Lisez cet article en français ici. Sixty years after independence, African societies are still marked by the burdens of colonization and the dictatorships that followed. The wave of independence in Af...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Afrikki is much more than a space for solidarity, action & training. I find a lot of my identities grouped together there. I am both a mom & an activist in this network. I can no longer NOT be a mom. I can no longer NOT be an activist. They understand..." www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/af...
READ: How judges mobilize to push back against democratic backsliding, via the Minds of the Movement blog
By Marcin Mrowicki
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By Marcin Mrowicki
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How Polish Judges Mobilized to Push Back Against Democratic Backsliding
During a three-year judicial training in Poland, I was taught how to deal with different cases as a judge. I had to pass a very difficult judicial exam knowing all Supreme Court case law in criminal a...
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June 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
READ: How judges mobilize to push back against democratic backsliding, via the Minds of the Movement blog
By Marcin Mrowicki
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ho...
By Marcin Mrowicki
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ho...
Discover the lesser-known yet powerful nonviolent movement for Balochi rights, via our latest post on the Minds of the Movement blog, by scholar-activist Ahmadullah Archiwal: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/am...
Amid Violence in Pakistan, the Women-led Baloch Solidarity Committee Emerges
In ongoing tension, Balochistan province in Pakistan witnessed the deadliest attacks in the first quarter of 2025. The hijacking of the Jaffar Express train by the Balochistan Liberation Army caught e...
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June 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Discover the lesser-known yet powerful nonviolent movement for Balochi rights, via our latest post on the Minds of the Movement blog, by scholar-activist Ahmadullah Archiwal: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/am...
**DEADLINE EXTENDED** to June 23, and new course dates: June 30 to July 27, 2025. Apply today and please share with activists, scholars, professionals journalists & others working on or in nonviolent movements for human rights, democracy & justice www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...
June 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
**DEADLINE EXTENDED** to June 23, and new course dates: June 30 to July 27, 2025. Apply today and please share with activists, scholars, professionals journalists & others working on or in nonviolent movements for human rights, democracy & justice www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...
Two more days to apply - online course for activists, scholars & professionals whose work centers on nonviolent movements, human rights, peace & conflict and more. Join our international community of ambassadors of nonviolent struggle 💯 www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...
APPLY BY JUNE 17: New educational opportunity with strong international networking component. Apply to join our latest cohort of the free, moderated ICNC online course on nonviolent civil resistance: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...
ICNC Free Online Course Begins June 2025 | ICNC
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June 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Two more days to apply - online course for activists, scholars & professionals whose work centers on nonviolent movements, human rights, peace & conflict and more. Join our international community of ambassadors of nonviolent struggle 💯 www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...
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👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.
June 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
👋 Hello, we're the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)! We are very happy to join @bsky.app, and thrilled to announce that our website, www.usip.org, is back online! We look forward connecting here and bringing you useful content, resources and opportunities for peacebuilders around the world.
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This 4-week online course provides an interactive, in-depth, and evidenced-based perspective on nonviolent civil resistance movements and campaigns. @civilresistance.bsky.social www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...
ICNC Free Online Course Begins June 2025 | ICNC
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June 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This 4-week online course provides an interactive, in-depth, and evidenced-based perspective on nonviolent civil resistance movements and campaigns. @civilresistance.bsky.social www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...
Programa avanzado "El poder de la gente: la dinámica estratégica de la resistencia noviolenta": julio 2025
Las solicitudes deben presentarse antes del 26.6.25
Programa organizado conjuntamente por la FLACSO, PUCE y CEMPROC, con el apoyo del ICNC y Humanity United. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Las solicitudes deben presentarse antes del 26.6.25
Programa organizado conjuntamente por la FLACSO, PUCE y CEMPROC, con el apoyo del ICNC y Humanity United. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Programa avanzado "El poder de la gente: la dinámica estratégica de la resistencia noviolenta": julio 2025
Las solicitudes deben presentarse antes del 26.6.25
Programa organizado conjuntamente por la FLACSO, PUCE y CEMPROC, con el apoyo del ICNC y Humanity United. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Las solicitudes deben presentarse antes del 26.6.25
Programa organizado conjuntamente por la FLACSO, PUCE y CEMPROC, con el apoyo del ICNC y Humanity United. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
APPLY BY JUNE 17: New educational opportunity with strong international networking component. Apply to join our latest cohort of the free, moderated ICNC online course on nonviolent civil resistance: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...
ICNC Free Online Course Begins June 2025 | ICNC
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June 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
APPLY BY JUNE 17: New educational opportunity with strong international networking component. Apply to join our latest cohort of the free, moderated ICNC online course on nonviolent civil resistance: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...
NEW on ICNC's blog: A rare account of Taiwanese civil defense, a growing trend in defense & security. This primer provides political context of this little-studied policy/action against invasion/occupation. www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ci... @brianhioe.bsky.social by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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June 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
NEW on ICNC's blog: A rare account of Taiwanese civil defense, a growing trend in defense & security. This primer provides political context of this little-studied policy/action against invasion/occupation. www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ci... @brianhioe.bsky.social by @brianhioe.bsky.social
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Civil resistance can have a major impact on unjust regimes.
Need a pep talk about why it’s worth engaging in? Check out this summary from @civilresistance.bsky.social of the history and the importance of large-scale nonviolent protest:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/about/civil-...
Need a pep talk about why it’s worth engaging in? Check out this summary from @civilresistance.bsky.social of the history and the importance of large-scale nonviolent protest:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/about/civil-...
What is Civil Resistance? | ICNC
Civil resistance is a powerful way for people to fight for their rights, freedom, and justice—without the use of violence. When a movement...
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June 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Civil resistance can have a major impact on unjust regimes.
Need a pep talk about why it’s worth engaging in? Check out this summary from @civilresistance.bsky.social of the history and the importance of large-scale nonviolent protest:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/about/civil-...
Need a pep talk about why it’s worth engaging in? Check out this summary from @civilresistance.bsky.social of the history and the importance of large-scale nonviolent protest:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/about/civil-...
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If you really want to change something, don't do a random protest. Plan a CAMPAIGN!
There are plenty of resources to help you do it, & this is a great one from @civilresistance.bsky.social:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/pat...
There are plenty of resources to help you do it, & this is a great one from @civilresistance.bsky.social:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/pat...
The Path of Most Resistance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns | ICNC
You may also be interested in: CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent StruggleThe content of the curriculum is divided into three parts: I. Theory and its applications: The goal of th...
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June 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you really want to change something, don't do a random protest. Plan a CAMPAIGN!
There are plenty of resources to help you do it, & this is a great one from @civilresistance.bsky.social:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/pat...
There are plenty of resources to help you do it, & this is a great one from @civilresistance.bsky.social:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/pat...
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Read my @civilresistance.bsky.social post about dilemma demos:
“Dilemma actions…put your opponent between a rock and a hard place,” Popovic tells me in an interview. “No matter how your opponent responds, it comes with a price tag.”
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/di...
“Dilemma actions…put your opponent between a rock and a hard place,” Popovic tells me in an interview. “No matter how your opponent responds, it comes with a price tag.”
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/di...
Dilemma Actions to Amplify the Power of Nonviolent Campaigns
In the spring of 2013, Turkish police made a public announcement at a metro station in Ankara warning passengers to “act in accordance with moral rules” after having spotted a couple engaging in a pub...
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June 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Read my @civilresistance.bsky.social post about dilemma demos:
“Dilemma actions…put your opponent between a rock and a hard place,” Popovic tells me in an interview. “No matter how your opponent responds, it comes with a price tag.”
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/di...
“Dilemma actions…put your opponent between a rock and a hard place,” Popovic tells me in an interview. “No matter how your opponent responds, it comes with a price tag.”
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/di...
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Great #Resistance films from @civilresistance.bsky.social
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/icncfilms/
Shared by an @generalstrikeus.bsky.social Resister.
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/icncfilms/
Shared by an @generalstrikeus.bsky.social Resister.
ICNC Films | ICNC
Watch ICNC's five critically acclaimed documentary films on civil resistance -- free to stream -- in English and over 20 other languages.
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May 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Great #Resistance films from @civilresistance.bsky.social
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/icncfilms/
Shared by an @generalstrikeus.bsky.social Resister.
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/icncfilms/
Shared by an @generalstrikeus.bsky.social Resister.
ICNC is pleased to announce its new partnership with the Paris-based @ipp-france.bsky.social! Learn about IPP's important work to promote peace studies in France, as well as more about our partnership—origins, working themes & tangible results so far:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/new-icnc-par...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/new-icnc-par...
New ICNC Partnership with the Institut pour la Paix (France) | ICNC
ICNC is pleased to announce its new partnership with the Institut pour la Paix (Institute for Peace, France)! The Institut Pour la Paix (IPP) is an organization whose aim is the introduction and promo...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
ICNC is pleased to announce its new partnership with the Paris-based @ipp-france.bsky.social! Learn about IPP's important work to promote peace studies in France, as well as more about our partnership—origins, working themes & tangible results so far:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/new-icnc-par...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/new-icnc-par...
"Alors que les récentes tensions avec l'Inde laissaient beaucoup d'entre nous à bout de nerfs, j'ai vu quelque chose de magnifique surgir des fissures : l'humour qui transcende la peur, la créativité qui apporte de la douceur à nos blessures..."
LISEZ:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/lh...
LISEZ:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/lh...
L'humour : une rébellion subtile contre le désespoir
Read this article in English here. Cet article fait partie d’une REACT mini-série REACT intitulée, “La violence en ligne et hors ligne : La nommer, la défier, la dépasser”. Lisez le deuxième article i...
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May 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"Alors que les récentes tensions avec l'Inde laissaient beaucoup d'entre nous à bout de nerfs, j'ai vu quelque chose de magnifique surgir des fissures : l'humour qui transcende la peur, la créativité qui apporte de la douceur à nos blessures..."
LISEZ:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/lh...
LISEZ:
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/lh...
"As recent tensions w/ India left many of us on edge, I saw something beautiful rise from the cracks: humor that cuts thru fear, creativity that brings color to our wounds..."
2nd post of new blog mini-series by Mariam Azeem writing from Islamabad.
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/hu...
2nd post of new blog mini-series by Mariam Azeem writing from Islamabad.
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/hu...
Humor: A Subtle Rebellion against Despair, a Soft Defiance of Hopelessness
Lire cet article en français ici. This article is part of a REACT mini-series entitled, “Violence On and Offline: Naming It, Defying It, Surpassing It”. Read our second post here. As the recent tensio...
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May 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"As recent tensions w/ India left many of us on edge, I saw something beautiful rise from the cracks: humor that cuts thru fear, creativity that brings color to our wounds..."
2nd post of new blog mini-series by Mariam Azeem writing from Islamabad.
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/hu...
2nd post of new blog mini-series by Mariam Azeem writing from Islamabad.
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/hu...