Archive for February, 2012


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Peace Caravan, something a lot of you may have heard about or even discussed with us in the last month. And the first step, a seminar concentrating on working on the peace caravan and preparing volunteers for it is finally only about a month away – from 17th ot 24th of March .

If you have not yet filled in an application form and sent it to your branch, there are still some places left. Do that this weekend if possible, especially if you require a visa for coming to Great Britain as it will take place in Scotland, near Loch Lomond.
The following nineteen SCI partners and branches are eligible to send volunteers! If you are from one the branches & partners below, then you can directly send your application form (see at the end of the post) to them, so they can approve your application and forward it to IVS Great Britain. View full article »

Interview with Erica Chenoweth Maria J. Stephan about power and superior efficiency of nonviolence: http://t.co/22HvAoc5

Interview with Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan on their current research on the power and superior efficiency of nonviolent protest: http://t.co/22HvAoc5

Some short snippets from the interview:

“nonviolent resistance campaigns were twice as likely to achieve success compared to their violent counterparts”

“particularly against dictatorships, that nonviolent resistance is overwhelmingly more effective than armed struggle”

“the effectiveness of nonviolent resistance is actually increasing over time (…) people are learning, not only that it works but how it works”