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New Book: Self-determination struggles

This excellent book is being reviewed in a longer texts in the up and coming first issue of the Journal of Resistance Studies (out in June).

This is a great book that I am reading just now. Highly recommended for all interested in civil resistance by indigenous…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Thursday, February 25, 2016

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Activist campaign Strategy

Veterans + Refugees = Antiwar alliance

So true, veterans (and refugees) have a unique insight in the realities of war.

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Thursday, February 25, 2016

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Strategy

How movements turn into parties (and fail)

We see it again and again. Movements turn into political parties, achieve some change, more or less radical, and then,…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Saturday, February 6, 2016

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Effective Nonviolent action Strategy

Direct action – not the same as protest

This is a good example of the real tradition of direct action activism, today often blurred by activists that calls…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Thursday, January 14, 2016

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Activist event Effective Strategy

Reflections on the “civil disobedience” action that disappeared

I took part in the "Red lines" civil disobedience action in Paris this last Saturday, the #D12, together with some 10…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Thursday, December 17, 2015

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Nonviolent action Strategy

Resistance against non-state terror

There are several suggestions of unarmed resistance strategies against non-state terrorism developed by activists and…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Thursday, November 19, 2015