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How Russians, Indigenous people and Belarusians are uniting to resist the war in Ukraine
How Russians, Indigenous people and Belarusians are uniting to resist the war in Ukraine
admin-nidNovember 13, 2023
3 key insights for building a powerful and loving movement against oppression in Palestine-Israel
If you’re reading this, perhaps your eyes are bloodshot from doom-scrolling or tears for the many victims in the current nightmare. We...
admin-nidNovember 13, 2023
The Nonviolent Principles of Nature
he dominant human culture is currently organized around a “realist” worldview. This paradigm describes the universe as a collection of disconnected entities...
admin-nidOctober 31, 2023
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Public Support for Civil Protest: 61 Women Political Prisoners Protest Against Executions
Following the execution of two more protesters, nationwide protests erupted in Iran as 61 women political and ideological prisoners detained in Evin Prison...
admin-nidJanuary 27, 2024
WHY ARTISTIC ACTIVISM: NINE REASONS
Acknowledging that the political landscape is also a cultural landscape opens up new terrain to work upon. Whereas art tends to be limited...
admin-nidJanuary 22, 2024
Not Just a Punchline: Humor and Nonviolent Action, How Comedy Can Provide Relief and Promote Resistance in Authoritarian Environments
Humor has often been given short shrift in studies on and guides for nonviolence. Considered the “godfather” of nonviolent resistance, Gene Sharp only...
admin-nidJanuary 20, 2024
Nonviolence training
Nonviolence training can help participants form a common understanding of the use of nonviolence in campaigns and actions. It is a participatory educational...
admin-nidJanuary 7, 2024
Nonviolent Initiative for Democracy (NID) imagines an Iran and Afghanistan where the people are free to speak and to contribute without being harassed. These engaged people are successful change agents in their communities and their nations, embracing a future that is peaceful and safe. Their nation-building qualities are honored and welcomed, no matter their gender, race, religion or identity. People work together to return balance to our forests and waters and gender equity to our people. International human rights agreements are respected.
NID promotes participatory democracy, nonviolence, gender equity and pluralism.
Saadi Shirazi, 13th century Persian poet
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The Paradox of Repression, Backfire Effects, andProtest Dialectics
The common assumption is that repression stops a movement, but historical evidence from over 1,200 cases of civil resistance in the Global Nonviolent...
admin-nidOctober 14, 2023
Six principles of nonviolence?
Here are six guidelines that can help you carry out nonviolent action more safely and effectively, while drawing upon nonviolent practices from your...
admin-nidSeptember 28, 2023
Women as Pioneers in the History of Nonviolent Struggles (The first part)
For example, currently, 60% of Iran's student population is female, and more than 35% of young Iranian women (aged 25 to 34) have...
admin-nidSeptember 19, 2023
How to deal with the violence of oppressors?
On the eve of the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Zhina Amini in the custody of the Guidance Patrol, government security agencies...
admin-nidSeptember 14, 2023
1: Psychology Associations’ Solidarity Amid Informational Interference by IRGC in Iran
On Friday, August 19th, the fifth round of elections for the Organization of Psychology and Counseling System was held in Iran. Despite opposition...
admin-nidAugust 22, 2023
33rd Week of Protests in Israel: ‘Israel is Not Iran’ Slogan Amid Women’s Concerns
In the 33rd week of civil protests against judicial reforms in Israel, women took to the streets in concern over their rights being...
admin-nidAugust 22, 2023
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Nonviolent struggle in Kosovo
At a meeting of the Nonviolent Action Research Project on Thursday 13 March, 1997, Howard Clark talked about the campaign for self-determination in...
admin-nidOctober 16, 2023
