Nonviolence Links

The UN's Seville Statement on Violence

Nonviolent Peaceforce

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

United States Institute of Peace

Peace and Conflict Studies Journal

Journal of Peace Research

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

International Journal of Peace Studies

Text of H.R. 808: Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act

"The Moral Equivalent of War" by William James

"A Force More Powerful" film series

Powerful Peace

Christian Peacemaker Teams

International Peace Institute

Albert Einstein Institute

Metta Center

Concepcion Picciotto's 24 hour vigil

Resource Kits for Peacebuilders

Nonviolence Newsroll

Stephen Zunes defends, in detail, Gene Sharp from his detractors.
go! · [12/29/08]

Nonviolence theorist Gene Sharp has recently been the subject of attacks coming from the governments of Iran and Venezuela.
go! · [12/29/08]

Artist Paul Fryer has made a room inside the atom bomb Fat Man.
go! · [12/21/08]

Martti Ahtisaari's 2008 Nobel Peace Prize lecture calls for patience and collective effort in peacemaking.
go! · [12/13/08]

Christian Peacemaker Teams has announced the publication of it its first official history, In Harm’s Way: A History of Christian Peacemaker Team by Kathleen Kern.
go! · [12/8/08]

Does the effort to end war once and only lead to more wars?
Source: David A. Bell, "The Peace Paradox," The New York Times Magazine (February 4, 2008).
go! · [2/15/08]

There is now a video game where players can orchestrate nonviolent resistance movements called "A Force More Powerful."
go! · [9/4/07]

Using an evolutionary psychology framework, a recent article argues that war involves a biological switch caused by population pressure.
Source: H. Keith Henson, "Evolutionary Psychology, Memes and the Origin of War," Kuro5hin.com (April 20, 2006).
go! · [8/27/07]

"Fight less, win more," says the new counterinsurgency manual adopted by the U.S. Army and Marines. The document was developed in cooperation with Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.
Source: Nathaniel Fick, "Fight Less, Win More," The Washington Post (August 12, 2007).
go! · [8/16/07]

In an important study of the Industrial Revolution, a historian argues that the rise of unprecedented affluence only became possible because of "the strange new behaviors required to make a modern economy work. The middle-class values of nonviolence, literacy, long working hours and a willingness to save emerged only recently in human history."
Source: Nicholas Wade, "In Dusty Archives, a Theory of Affluence," New York Times (August 7, 2007).
go! · [8/16/07]

A study using computer simulation from 2005 models connections among food shortage, revenge violence, and group cohesion.
Source: Stephen Younger, "Violence and Revenge in Egalitarian Societies," ournal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 8, no. 4 (October 2005).
go! · [8/16/07]

According to this report, anti-gang programs that emphasize root causes over suppression work better.
Source: Andrew Glazer, "Report: Gang Suppression Doesn't Work," The Washington Post (July 18, 2007).
go! · [8/16/07]

In 2007, a hooded man slipped into a backyard party in Washington, D.C., put a gun to the head of a 14 year old girl, and demanded everybody's money. Instead of panicking, one of the guests announced, "We were just finishing dinner. Why don't you have a glass of wine with us?" The intruder took a sip of wine offered him, enjoyed it, put the gun down, and said, "I think I may have come to the wrong house." He then asked for a hug, received several, and left without stealing anything or harming anybody.
Source: Allison Klein, "A Gate-Crasher's Change of Heart," The Washington Post (July 13, 2007).
go! · [8/16/07]

According to what one economist has found, lead paint levels are one of the leading indicators of urban crime, almost totally undermining the claims of Mayor Giuliani's enforcement policies in New York.
Source: Shankar Vedantam, "Research Links Lead Exposure, Criminal Activity," The Washington Post (July 8, 2007).
go! · [8/16/07]

In an important study of the Industrial Revolution, a historian argues that the rise of unprecedented affluence only became possible because of "the strange new behaviors required to make a modern economy work. The middle-class values of nonviolence, literacy, long working hours and a willingness to save emerged only recently in human history."
Source: Nicholas Wade, "In Dusty Archives, a Theory of Affluence," New York Times (August 7, 2007).
go! · [8/16/07]

A study using computer simulation from 2005 models connections among food shortage, revenge violence, and group cohesion.
Source: Stephen Younger, "Violence and Revenge in Egalitarian Societies," ournal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 8, no. 4 (October 2005).
go! · [8/16/07]

According to this report, anti-gang programs that emphasize root causes over suppression work better.
Source: Andrew Glazer, "Report: Gang Suppression Doesn't Work," The Washington Post (July 18, 2007).
go! · [8/16/07]

In 2007, a hooded man slipped into a backyard party in Washington, D.C., put a gun to the head of a 14 year old girl, and demanded everybody's money. Instead of panicking, one of the guests announced, "We were just finishing dinner. Why don't you have a glass of wine with us?" The intruder took a sip of wine offered him, enjoyed it, put the gun down, and said, "I think I may have come to the wrong house." He then asked for a hug, received several, and left without stealing anything or harming anybody.
Source: Allison Klein, "A Gate-Crasher's Change of Heart," The Washington Post (July 13, 2007).
go! · [8/16/07]

According to what one economist has found, lead paint levels are one of the leading indicators of urban crime, almost totally undermining the claims of Mayor Giuliani's enforcement policies in New York.
Source: Shankar Vedantam, "Research Links Lead Exposure, Criminal Activity," The Washington Post (July 8, 2007).
go! · [8/16/07]