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A “non-permission slip” is the first step by @ReclaimOurSchls, a new nationwide campaign training thousands of local organizers to defend public education. #FreetheFuture wagingnonviolence.org/2026/03/fight-…

Author, activist and strategist Rivera Sun discusses how communities protect one another through nonviolent intervention, accompaniment, and public refusal. wagingnonviolence.org/cnv/podcast/th…

To address the present crisis, we need to go beyond politics and transform our modern culture that degrades us. wagingnonviolence.org/metta/2026/03/…

@U2’s first new record in nearly a decade, “Days of Ash,” is a call to action fueled by anger and rooted in hope. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/03/bono-n…

A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/03/wheres…

Kristi Noem’s firing shows our power, and now we must go after the real architect of Trump's deportation machine and so many other harmful policies: Stephen Miller. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/03/time-t…

Civil rights legend Dr. Bernard LaFayette helped reshape the course of the nation. But what I remember most was his joy and unwavering hopefulness. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/03/rememb…

As fissures among Trump supporters widen, we all have a role to play in creating the conditions for defection and loyalty shifts. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/03/why-lo…

Despair is not an option: Grassroots movements need to use every tool at their disposal to push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/03/trump-…

To strike at scale and over the long-term, we need to build real trust so that we can lean on each other when the paychecks stop. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/03/genera…

Today’s seniors are not sitting at home knitting sweaters for their grandkids — we are engaging in civil resistance with passion and determination in many meaningful ways. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/elders…

Across the country, high school students are organizing walkouts, coalitions and days of action to protest ICE and show solidarity with immigrants. #AbolishICE #iceout wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/high-s…

Anthropologist Doug Fry challenges the assumption that humans are programmed for war, offering an alternative story about human nature. wagingnonviolence.org/metta/podcast/…

The international accompaniment movement teaches us that to sustain an emergency response to state violence, we must build durable, collective and supportive structures now. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/how-to…

Right now we must stop the abduction and killing of our neighbors by ICE, but we must also show up in resistance in a way that seeds love. #AbolishICE #ICEout wagingnonviolence.org/metta/2026/02/…

A fierce critic of U.S. imperialism and nuclear weapons, Jesse Jackson helped build a larger and more diverse peace movement. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/rev-je…

Neuroscientist Dr. Marco Iacoboni discusses both the promise and the limits of empathy, and points toward hope in the brain’s plasticity. wagingnonviolence.org/metta/podcast/…

Benjamin Shepard’s book, “On Activism, Friendships, and Fighting,” documents four decades of wisdom about the importance of friendship in political movements. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/why-ac…

Under pressure from a new wave of local divestment campaigns, US states and municipalities that underwrote the genocide in Gaza are selling off Israeli bonds. #breakthebonds #DivestFromIsrael wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/local-…

Survivors of abuse at a shuttered federal prison known as “the rape club” are teaming up with local activists to keep ICE out of Northern California. #iceout wagingnonviolence.org/2026/02/fight-…