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How to Counter the Growing Threat of Agent Provocateurs
How to Counter the Growing Threat of Agent Provocateurs
Those who want movements to fail will try to lure them into violence. A new handbook shows how to reduce that risk.
George Lakey · 335 views
Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes
Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes
The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns.
George Lakey · 2,200 views
Understanding Trump's Game Plan in Portland Could Be the Key to Preventing a Coup in November
Understanding Trump's Game Plan in Portland Could Be the Key to Preventing a Coup in November
Defeating Trump’s “law and order” strategy will mean creating a plan to win based on our strengths and his weaknesses.
George Lakey · 9,934 views
As Coronavirus Opens the Door to Big Changes, the Left's Most Attractive Vision Faces Pushback
As Coronavirus Opens the Door to Big Changes, the Left's Most Attractive Vision Faces Pushback
For many Americans, it’s time for a system change along the lines of the Nordic model. This has the political establishment deeply worried.
George Lakey · 1,434 views
The World's Happiest People Already Have a Green New Deal, and They Love It
The World's Happiest People Already Have a Green New Deal, and They Love It
Green New Deal advocates in the United States should look to the Nordic countries for inspiration on how to overcome the 1 percent and address climate change.
George Lakey · 3,846 views
How to Fight Fascism From a Position of Strength
How to Fight Fascism From a Position of Strength
The growth of white supremacy and fascism has been noticeable in a number of countries lately, prompting the question: What can we learn from each other? Each country might find “best...
George Lakey · 1,932 views
How to Take on Fascism Without Getting Played
How to Take on Fascism Without Getting Played
The smartest thing the Swedish and Norwegian left did was to avoid getting baited by their Nazi antagonists into street-fighting and mounting chaos. Instead, they modeled self-discipline...
George Lakey · 9,407 views
It's Time to Go on the Offensive Against Racism
It's Time to Go on the Offensive Against Racism
When I read this in the morning paper, my heart stopped: Just 40 minutes away from me, the white mother of black children in New Jersey was repeatedly harassed via Facebook by a...
George Lakey · 5,506 views
How to Build a Progressive Movement in a Polarized Country
How to Build a Progressive Movement in a Polarized Country
Whether it’s assault rifles, racial justice, immigration or fossil fuels, the country is rocked by conflicting narratives and rising passions. In a recent national poll, 70 percent of...
George Lakey · 16,484 views
Is Property Destruction an Effective Tactic? The Suffragette Movement Reveals Important Lessons for Today
Is Property Destruction an Effective Tactic? The Suffragette Movement Reveals Important Lessons for Today
“Suffragette” tells a gripping story drawn from the direct action wing of Britain’s woman suffrage movement. Because it spotlights one tactic – property destruction – the film raises the...
George Lakey · 2,707 views
A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action
A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action
Movement manuals can be useful. Marty Oppenheimer and I found that out in 1964 when civil rights leaders were too busy to write a manual but wanted one. We wrote “A Manual for Direct...
George Lakey · 9,176 views
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’
While many of us work to create a better world, it’s worthwhile to consider other countries where masses of people succeeded in nonviolently bringing about a high degree of democracy and...
George Lakey · 547,910 views
How Norway Avoided Becoming a Fascist State
How Norway Avoided Becoming a Fascist State
Instead of falling to the Nazi party, Norway broke through to a social democracy. Their history shows us polarization is nothing to despair over.
George Lakey · 77,328 views
The Hopeful Thing About Our Ugly, Painful Polarization
The Hopeful Thing About Our Ugly, Painful Polarization
Look to Norway and Sweden, where cooperative, socially democratic countries emerged after a frightening period of extreme polarization and social fracturing.
George Lakey · 32,867 views
8 Ways to Defend Against Terror Nonviolently
8 Ways to Defend Against Terror Nonviolently
One of my most popular courses at Swarthmore College focused on the challenge of how to defend against terrorism, nonviolently. Events now unfolding in France make our course more...
George Lakey · 5,030 views
What Makes Effective White Allies? Training, Not shaming
What Makes Effective White Allies? Training, Not shaming
It’s not a new idea to access training as a way to strengthen white people’s ability to be allies of people of color. In the 1970’s some of us brought to the world of direct action...
George Lakey · 1,549 views
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