Non-Violent Solutions to World Conflcit
1. https://www.brandeis.edu/peace-conflict/pdfs/198-methods-non-violent-action.pdf Gene Sharp 198 non-violent methods of non-violent action
a. https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/nv_tactics_book This monograph updates Gene Sharp’s 1973 seminal work Methods of Nonviolent Action, reworking Sharp’s classifications to include 148 additional tactics. Brief yet comprehensive, this overview of nonviolence explains the mechanisms by which nonviolent actions succeed. added 10/3/22
2. http://nonviolence.rutgers.edu/ Digital Library of non-violent resistance
3. George Lakey
a. https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/browse
4. https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/navco added 9/30/22
5. https://v-dem.net/ added 9/30/22
a. https://v-dem.net/media/publications/dr_2022.pdf
6. Deep Canvassing https://deepcanvass.org/
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w Erica Chenoweth Ted Talk
a. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14754835.2022.2077085 Chenoweth can non-violent resisters survive covid? NYT 9/30/22
b. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/world/middleeast/iran-protests-haiti-russia-china.html?
8. https://www.athensdemocracyforum.com/ Conference 9/27-9/30/22
a. https://www.athensdemocracyforum.com/fileadmin/uploads/adf/Documents/final_agenda_11.pdf
9. https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/world-review-democracy Athens Democracy Forum September 30, 2022
10. https://protectdemocracy.org/the-authoritarian-playbook/
11. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22056042/the-authoritarian-playbook-how-reporters-can-contextualize-and-cover-authoritarian-threats-as-distinct-from-politics-as-usual.pdf
12. https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Peter-Ackerman-%E2%80%93-The-Checklist-to-End-Tyranny.pdf Ackerman who wrote A force more powerful
13. https://bookriot.com/nonviolence-reading-list/ :
a. This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century Paperback – October 3, 2017 by Mark Engler (Author), Paul Engler (Author), Bill McKibben (Foreword)
b. BLUEPRINT FOR REVOLUTION: HOW TO USE RICE PUDDING, LEGO MEN, AND OTHER NONVIOLENT TECHNIQUES TO GALVANIZE COMMUNITIES, OVERTHROW DICTATORS, OR SIMPLY CHANGE THE WORLD BY SRDJA POPOVIC AND MATTHEW MILLER
c. NON-VIOLENCE IN AN AGGRESSIVE WORLD BY A.J. MUSTE
d. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY: MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH BY MAHATMA GHANDI
e. VISIONS OF A BETTER TOMORROW: HOWARD THURMAN’S PILGRIMAGE TO INDIA AND THE ORIGINS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN NONVIOLENCE BY QUINTON DIXIE AND PETER EISENSTADT
f. WHY CIVIL RESISTANCE WORKS BY ERICA CHENOWETH AND MARIA J. STEPHAN
g. NONVIOLENCE: THE HISTORY OF A DANGEROUS IDEA BY MARK KURLANSKY
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Non-Violent Solutions to World Conflict
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March for Our Lives’ Day of National Action
Indivisible Columbia County NY will join March for Our Lives’ Day of national action, in reaction to the latest wave of gun violence. They will be holding a vigil at the gazebo in Chatham on June 11, 2022 at NY 11:00 – Noon.
March for Our Lives (MFOL) was founded in the wake of the Parkland shooting. They call for the reexamination of the dangerous District of Columbia v. Heller interpretation of the Second Amendment in which the US Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms, unconnected with service in a militia, for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. MFOL also calls for the initiation of both FEC and IRS investigations into the NRA, and the full repeal of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) which is a United States law that protects firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable when crimes have been committed with their products.
MFOL advocates the passing of legislation to raise the national standards for gun ownership. This includes a national licensing and registry system which promotes responsible gun ownership; a ban on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and other weapons of war; policies to disarm gun owners who pose a harm risk; and a national gun buy-back program to reduce the estimated 265–393 million firearms in circulation by at least 30%.
This vigil is cosponsored by Upper Hudson Peace Action.
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Larry Wittner updates
Wednesday June 8, 7:00 PM Eastern Time, via Zoom
Speaking on “How the Peace Movement Can Work More Effectively to End the War in Ukraine”, our speaker, Larry Wittner, is Professor of History Emeritus at SUNY/Albany and an award-winning author of numerous books on peace movements and foreign policy. His hundreds of articles on international issues have appeared in journals, magazines, and newspapers around the world.
It is still possible to register and receive the link to tonight’s program by emailing moonjn@gmail.com
If you have already registered, check for a message from Janine giving you the link for the Zoom
March 11, 2022
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Recent Activity by Upper Hudson Peace Action
Jan 12, 2022 we zoomed with a speaker from South Korea, Hyun Lee, with a masters from Columbia, who described a peaceful path out of the current tensions with North Korea and gave us a good overview of how the United States has made South Korea subservient militarily to it as well touching on our relationship with China. The recording is here:
We endorsed Grannies for Peace & World BEYOND War this Valentine’s Day for their webinar on starvation in Afghanistan at which Kathy Kelly and Phyllis Bennis presented. If you missed it or want to share it with a friend, here is the link to the recording:
We helped advertise Friend’s Committee on National Legislation’s February 17, 2022 presentation on starvation in Yemen and the United State’s Complicity therein. If you were not able to join us, you can watch the discussion here, and you can watch the film “Hunger Wards” here.
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Hyun Lee to speak on “Understanding Peace Prospects with Korea: A Korean Peace Treaty Is Key to a Nuclear Free Northeast Asia”
Upper Hudson Peace Action presents Hyun Lee speaking on “Understanding Peace Prospects with Korea: A Korean Peace Treaty Is Key to a Nuclear Free Northeast Asia” on January 12, 2022, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM (EST) on Zoom. The event is co-sponsored by Women Against War.
Join us for an informative hour about the history of the conflict and the status of peace possibilities with North and South Korea. The hour will include a question-and-answer session.
Hyun Lee is the U.S. National Organizer for Women Cross DMZ and Korea Peace Now–a global women-led campaign to end the Korean War. Previously, she was a writer for ZoominKorea, an associate of the Korea Policy Institute, and a co-producer of the radio show, Asia Pacific Forum. She has a Bachelor’s and Master’s from Columbia.
If you would like to register for this free talk and question and answer session, please email moonjn@gmail.com
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Welcome to UHPA
UPPER HUDSON PEACE ACTION works to end wars and prevent new wars through education and public witness. We seek to abolish nuclear weapons. We support human rights, economic justice and international cooperation. Located in New York’s Capital District, we sponsor speakers, organize demonstrations, screen films, pass out leaflets, circulate petitions and address elected officials.
- Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace
- Chatham Neighbors for Peace
- Pine Hills Neighbors for Peace
- Saratoga Peace Alliance
- Schenectady Neighbors for Peace
- Southern Rensselaer Neighbors for Peace
- Palestinian Rights Committee
- UAlbany Peace Action
Watch DemocracyNow! https://www.democracynow.org
The best media/news show for social activism, with Amy Goodman’s factual reporting, without the editorializing and hype seen on broadcast channels. It can be seen at their DemocracyNow! website, at http://FreeSpeech.org on Roku and similar internet TV streaming devices at 8AM, and listened to on WRPI 91.5 FM weekdays at 9AM.
See UHPA’s Larry Wittner’s articles and biography https://peaceact.net/larry-wittner-bio/
- The Peace Movement and electoral politics https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-peace-movement-and-electoral-politics_us_5a25b29ae4b05072e8b56b90
- Working for Peace and Justice http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167234
- Should Limiting North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Be the Responsibility of the U.S. Government? http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167069
- A Negotiated Curbing of North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities is Good, But Not Good Enough http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/166975
- Playing Nuclear `Chicken’ With Our Lives http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/166649
- How Much is a Boss worth? http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/166324
- Should We Pay the Staggering Economic and Human Costs of Nuclear Weapons? http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167564
- Why the “Merchants of Death” Survive and Prosper http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167756
- Sign up to be on the Upper Hudson Peace Action email list to get newsletter announcements of events: https://peaceact.net/contact-us/
- Join a weekly vigil near you (see the calendar and the local chapters listings above), or start your own—typically an hour of becoming friends with like-minded folks with signs on a busy street corner. Due to uncertain times, these vigils may or not be happening.
- Look into other organizations as well as us, such as:
- Women Against War, http://www.womenagainstwar.org
Women Against War brings together Capital District women to work for peace. We advocate for changed US foreign policies through lobbying, leafleting, vigils, media outreach & educational events. - AFSC https://www.afsc.org/
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice. working with people of many backgrounds. Key activities: Ending discrimination, building peace, defending immigrant rights, ending mass incarceration, building economic justice.
- Women Against War, http://www.womenagainstwar.org
- Support anti-nuclear activities:
- Peace Action National’s’s fact sheet on first use of nuclear weapons: https://www.peaceaction.org/cms/assets/uploads/2017/05/fact-sheet-restricting-first-use.pdf
- Peace Action NYS info on nuclear weapons: http://www.panys.org/campaign/abolishing-nuclear-weapons/
- Living on the Nuclear Brink: see William J Perry’s detailed talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXLuYWaoAg
- Join Jun San’s Buddhist prayers, walks, and attention to antinuclear as well as environmental causes. Grafton, NY. Open to all. http://www.graftonpeacepagoda.org/
- Support ICAN http://www.icanw.org/
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a coalition of non-government organizations in one hundred countries advocating for a strong and effective nuclear weapon ban treaty.
- Support the refugees in our area:
- Help out USCRI Albany http://refugees.org/field-office/albany/
- Get involved politically:
- Citizen Action – Albany (health care, racial justice, campaign finance, progressive taxation): http://citizenactionny.org/
- Move-On.org http://Moveon.org/
MoveOn elevates the voices and power of real people in the political process. - Bernie Sanders Network: http://berniesandersnetwork.com/UpcomingEvents
- OurRevolution: https://ourrevolution.com/issues/
- Consider supporting the Green Party http://www.gpny.org/ or the Working Family Party http://workingfamilies.org/
- Support environmental action:
- See Bill McKibben’s 350.org
350.org is building the global grassroots climate movement that can hold our leaders accountable to science and justice. - PAUSE, People of Albany United for Safe Energy http://www.pausenergy.org/
PAUSE promotes safe, sustainable energy and fights for environmental justice.
- See Bill McKibben’s 350.org
We are part of the national organization, Peace Action – today’s Peace Movement – the largest membership peace group in the United States. Peace Action works for smarter American approaches to global problems. Click on the link for more information on our overall organization. http://www.peace-action.org/
We are also one of the 18 chapters of Peace Action New York State (PANYS)
–From Buffalo to NYC, PANYS is a vibrant peace organization,
with varied activities to model after and to take part in.For information on issues — click on these links:
- Syria
- Carbon-free Energy
- Drones
- Gender-based Violence
- Indian Point
- No War with Iran
- Nuclear Weapons
- Move the Money
- Vote Peace
Dan Wilcox protests in the Capital Region Schenectady Neighbors for Peace Vigil Bertha Kriegler protests the war Peace on the Mohawk River Stop the Pipelines; Stop Fracking John Amidon – Non-Proliferation Treaty talk at UN Linda LeTendre- Solidarity with Jun-san’s Buddhist peace walks Effective civil disobedience Wendy Dwyer promoting Renewable Energy Nuclear Weapons protest Michael Rice protests war Trudy Quaif of Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, with Mabel Leon (UHPA, Women against War, Grannies for Peace) Sue Clarke reads John Hersey’s Hiroshima Mari Matsuo at annual reading of
Hersey’s HiroshimaDavid Easter at Non Proliferation Treaty
March NYCChatham peace vigil Peace Action members joined the April 9 National Anti-war March in New York City Obama Visit Demonstration 1-2011 Part of the “I Miss America” demonstration Troy Peace Vigil Labor rights and political action Drone protest arrest at Hancock AFB Nuclear non-proliferation march in NYC Jackie Donegan with Peace Cranes banner Close Guantanamo! Action against Iran war Pete Looker: No to fossil fools/fuels! Steve and Barbara Wickham – protesting and tech support Annual dinner / award for Paul Rehm from David Easter Mabel Leon receives award for her work Labor Justice via the IWW Protesting John Bolton at Union College Jill Stein (on guitar) on peace Mohawk River-cruise Protest signs collection at Siena College Award presentation to Barbara Dworkin at Palestinian Rights Dinner Marching in solidarity with the Japanese at the NPT in NYC Engaging our politicians (Congressman Tonko/ Elaine Klein) Greg Giorgio makes a joyful (?) sound while leading Hiroshima remembrance at Schenectady Central Park’s Peace Pole Terri Roben leading in song during Hiroshima remembrance Temple Gates of Heaven peace pole Jeremy Clowe, Elaine Klein near St. Helen’s peace pole Syracuse anti-drone large protest Larry Wittner receives award Anti-KKK march in Albany