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    Learning from the Nashville Campaign Workshop

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    Dorie Bunting: Peacemaker in the Desert

    By Craig SimpsonDorelen (Dorie) Feise Bunting passed away August 24, 2023, at 101 years old. From her teenage years until well into her 90s, Dorie was present and active in the peace and justice movement. She touched the lives of many people in New Mexico and around the world. She was my mentor and friend and…
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    #RefugeesWelcome Chant & Song Sheet

    On December 10th 2015, WRL organized a protest with 50 community organizations in NYC, called Human Rights Trump Oppression, where we stood against growing facisism and in solidarity with Iraqi and Syrian refugees! The Peace Poets led us in songs so our voices would transcend borders. Please use these chant and song sheets to raise…
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    NVDA Training Agenda

    Nonviolence Training: Nonviolent Direct Action Preparation Agenda An annotated agenda for trainers to prepare people who are considering engaging in nonviolent direct action and for people who want to participate in nonviolent actions but not risk arrest. Includes links to handouts and resources. The agenda includes: Exploring what is meant by nonviolent direct action (NVDA)…
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    Matrix Exercise: Handout

    Need help matching specific tacticswith your objectives to meet your campaign goals? Check out this worksheet, giving a quick & dirty on how to do that when a group hasn’t fully decided action plans!
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    Left on Purpose: A Movie on Life & Death, Movements and Mayer

    Somber tonight, coming home from the truly unusual and important new film Left on Purpose, directed by Justin Schein, which premiered at NYC DOC – the world’s largest festival of documentary cinema. The movie chronicles the life of an acquaintance, Mayer Vishner, whose behind-the-scenes work in the US peace movement was essential to groups such…
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    Non Violent Direct Action Preparation Agenda

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    Shipment: Halted! Congrats to Bahrain

    Victory! After hundreds of calls and over 390,000 emails sent by people in Bahrain and around the world about the dangers of tear gas and the ongoing brutal policing of pro-democracy protesters, the government of South Korea has decided to deny export licenses for a shipment of 3 million tear gas canisters to Bahrain. This…
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    United States of Emergency: from Ferguson to Jalalabad

    For over 100 days, Black community members in Ferguson, Missouri, have led a movement for justice–coming out every single night in response to the murder of Michael Brown. Today, 400 National Guard troop members stand ready—under the “state of emergency” banner— as a militarized force ready to repress and intimidate a nonviolent resistance movement. This “state…
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    From US Occupy Wall Street: “Defending Against Tear Gas”

    From US Occupy Wall Street: “Defending Against Tear Gas”    
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