The Global Spread of Active Nonviolence

This article from 1996 reviews the influence and impact that nonviolence philosophy and practice had in the 20th century. Many people are aware of Gandhi's efforts in India's struggle for independence, and Martin Luther King Jr's dynamic social religious philosophy driving the US civil rights movement. But few recognise the connection between these movements and the 'people power' used to overthrow dictators, as in the Philippines and Chile; Chinese democracy protesters' and the Burmese National League for Democracy's commitment to nonviolence; and how nonviolence was at the heart of South Africa's resistance to apartheid. The Global Spread of Active Nonviolence also looks at the role of nonviolence and social change in Haiti, Israel/Palestine, and the former Soviet bloc. Read more here.