During her training as a political scientist, Erica Chenoweth was taught to assume that the most effective tool for achieving political goals is violence. After all, no evil dictator is going to give ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis invited grandparents and the elderly on Tuesday to join a “spiritual and non-violent revolution.” In his message for the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, ...

The dominant ideology defines numerous methods of action employed by the democratic workers movement as “violent” that are actually legitimate, such as strike picketing, occupations of workplaces…. We ...

The twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall's dismantling triggered reflection on its lessons for Europe and the left. Now the twentieth anniversary of Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution is prompting ...

This week, April 4 marked the 55th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. It also marks a speech given by Dr. King, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” at Riverside Church in ...

This piece first appeared in Reuters Magazine, opens new tab. Is it possible that rebel leaders are overrated? In the wake of the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and other populist ...

Michael Moore is feeling optimistic about the midterm elections despite what many pundits are saying. The Real Time with Bill Maher guest predicts that a massive voter turnout in the Fall will help ...

Andreas Malm’s now famous book How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Verso, 2021) had its origins in the activist-author’s frustration with mainstream distortions concerning the history of working class ...

In one of the most remarkable non-violent revolutions in history, the people of Estonia used music as their greatest weapon. For decades under Soviet rule, Estonians gathered to sing folk songs that ...