International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

Nicaragua : les mouvements étudiants émergent en tant qu’acteurs de la lutte contre la corruption | ICNC En avril 2018, un groupe de manifestants, y compris des personnes âgées, ont été agressés par des forces de choc adeptes du gouvernement nicaraguayen. Il s’agissait de civils armés avec la liberté de ...

Les manifestations d’avril 2018 au Nicaragua ont été violemment réprimées, déclenchant un soulèvement plus large contre la corruption et l’abus de pouvoir. Elthon Rivera Cruz met en lumière la place centrale des étudiant·e·s dans la résistance non violente
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ECONOMIC NON-COOPERATION IN THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN NICARAGUA The revolutionaries said that violence had the role of midwife in historical development, that the traumas of social upheaval were like birth pains. In Nicaragua, as in other latitudes, revolutions, w...

In April 2018, Nicaraguans rose in self-organized, nationwide protests for democracy. Despite lethal repression, many held to nonviolent discipline and turned to economic non-cooperation, refusing to fund their own oppression. Read full blog: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/blog_post/ec...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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 : 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 ...

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: 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...

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...

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...

READ: How judges mobilize to push back against democratic backsliding, via the Minds of the Movement blog
By Marcin Mrowicki

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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...

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...

Please note that we have extended the deadline to June 23 and pushed back the course start date to June 30. Same link to find out more and apply!

Thanks for sharing! By the way we have extended the deadline to June 23.

ICNC Free Online Course Begins June 2025 | ICNC

Deadline extended! Check our profile for the new announcement and see here: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/online-cours...

**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...

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ICNC Free Online Course Begins June 2025 | ICNC

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...

ICNC Free Online Course Begins June 2025 | ICNC

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

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...

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:

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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...

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:

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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...

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.”

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ICNC Films | ICNC Watch ICNC's five critically acclaimed documentary films on civil resistance -- free to stream -- in English and over 20 other languages.

Great #Resistance films from @civilresistance.bsky.social
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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...

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:

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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...

"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:
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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...

"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.

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