People Power: Unarmed Resistance And Global Solidarity

People Power: Unarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity

Across the world, nonviolent movements are at the forefront of resistance against repression, imperial aggression and corporate abuse. However, it is often difficult for activists in other countries to know how best to assist such movements.The contributors to People Power place nonviolent struggles in an international context where solidarity can play a crucial role. Yet they also warn that good intentions are not enough, solidarity has to listen to local movements.Examining movements from Zimbabwe to Burma and Palestine, the contributors assess various forms of solidarity, arguing that a central role of solidarity is to strengthen the counter-power of those resisting domination and oppression.Review'These cases are excellent analyses on how to generate non violent global transformation by working and acting locally''Timely and stimulating''One of the world's most knowledgeable practitioners of the technique of non-violent civil resistance is the British activist-intellectual, Howard Clark. Based on his own broad experience from several decades of assisting local or national unarmed movements, he has gathered into one bracing volume a well-organised series of essays by seasoned observers or participants from across the globe''Without shying from the difficult debates, this book gives great insight into unarmed resistance movements. Highlighting their empowerment, diversity, and creativity, it shows how these movements provide solidarity and hope for all.About the AuthorAs coordinator of War Resisters