# REDIRECT Direct action # Nonviolent direct action

In April 1960, Nash helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ), and quit school to lead its direct action wing.

Anarcho-pacifists can even accept " the principle of resistance and even revolutionary action ( Nonviolent revolution ), provided it does not incur violence, which they see as a form of power and therefore nonanarchist in

These include organizations such as the Southern Student Organizing Committee, Students for a Democratic Society and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, whose role in sit-ins, protests, and other activities of the Civil Rights movement were crucial to its success.

SCLC and Dr. King were also sometimes criticized for lack of militancy by younger activists in groups such as Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ) and the Congress of Racial Equality ( CORE ) who were participating in sit-ins and Freedom Rides.

King ’ s policy of non-violence had already been challenged by other African-American leaders such as John Lewis and Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ).

In the United States, the COINTELPRO program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had FBI agents pose as political radicals to disrupt the activities of political groups in the U. S., such as the Black Panthers, Ku Klux Klan, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

:* Peace activists have used Nonviolent Communication in such war-torn and / or economically disadvantaged countries as Israel, Palestine, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Brazil, Russia, Rwanda, Burundi, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Serbia, and Croatia.

Its non-violent methods have been adopted by other movements such as the World Peace Brigade, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Swaraj Peeth and the Rainbow Family of Living Light.

* John Lewis ( born February 21, 1940 ): Became a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement as president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ) and as a participant with other leaders — such as Diane Nash, James Bevel, and Bernard Lafayette — in the Nashville Student Movement ( 1959 – 62 ).

Prior to his days as a leading member of the Yippie movement, Hoffman was involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ), and organized " Liberty House ", which sold items to support the Civil Rights Movement in the southern United States.

His activism in the civil rights movement included involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ), of which he was named chairman in 1967.

Alongside histories of the Civil Rights and Black power movements which concentrate their attention on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ) and the Black Panther Party, the book by Georgakas and Marvin Surkin focus on the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as a significant expression of black radical thought and activism amongst auto-workers in the 1960s.

In response to the accusations against the institution, professor Stephen Zunes initiated a petition titled " Open Letter in Support of Gene Sharp and Strategic Nonviolent Action " which expresses support for Dr Sharp and the Albert Einstein Institution.

Also notable was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which fought against racism and for integration of public schools across the US.

While CNVC offers some trainings, most Nonviolent Communication trainings are offered by trainers either acting independently or sponsored by NVC organizations which are allied with but with no formal relationship to CNVC.

Three of SCLC's main organizers Director of Direct Action and Nonviolent Education James Bevel, Diane Nash, and James Orange had been working on Bevel's Alabama Voting Rights Project since late 1963, a project which King and the executive board of SCLC had not joined.

colleagues, now CANVAS members-Slobodan Đinović and Andrej Milivojević-authored a book called Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Crucial Points, a how-to guide to nonviolent struggle, which can be downloaded for free in six languages from their website.

Many members came from the Committee for Nonviolent Revolution, which had been formed two years before.

Her efforts included the first successful civil rights campaign to de-segregate lunch counters ( Nashville ); the Freedom riders, who de-segregated interstate travel ; founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ); and the Selma Voting Rights Movement campaign, which resulted in African Americans getting the vote and political power throughout the South.

Nonviolent revolutions in the 20th century became more successful and more common, especially in the 1980s as Cold War political alliances which supported status quo governance waned.

” The mission of Nonviolent Peaceforce is to promote, develop and implement unarmed civilian peacekeeping as a tool for reducing violence and protecting civilians in situations of violent conflict ..” Its Vision is “ a world in which large-scale unarmed civilian peacekeeping using proven nonviolent strategies is recognized as a viable alternative in preventing, addressing, and mitigating violent conflicts worldwide.

While Rosenberg is most well known for his work with conflict resolution through his system of " life-serving " Nonviolent Communication ( NVC ), he has also made education reform a major component of his work.

:* Nonviolent Communication training has been available in Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Malaysia, India, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Finland, Australia, France, and Canada, as well as in the United States.

Rosenberg has used Nonviolent Communication in peace programs in conflict zones including Rwanda, Burundi, Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Serbia, Croatia, Ireland, and the Middle East including the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

The Center for Nonviolent Communication ( CNVC ), founded by Marshall Rosenberg, has trademarked the terms NVC, Nonviolent Communication and Compassionate Communication, among other terms, for clarity and branding purposes.

From his days in the U. S. Civil Rights Movement as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, through demonstrating in the streets of Budapest as ambassador, to marching with the students in Belgrade against Slobodan Milosevic in 1996, he has witnessed and practiced the power of organized nonviolent force in achieving freedom and justice.

One Non-Governmental Organization ( NGO ) widely considered to have great expertise in general peacemaking by non-governmental volunteers or activists is the Nonviolent Peaceforce.

Nonviolent resistance is no less noble than carrying out a suicide operation.

Marshall Rosenberg ( born October 6, 1934 ) is an American psychologist and the creator of Nonviolent Communication, a communication process that helps people to exchange the information necessary to resolve conflicts and differences peacefully.

He is the founder and former Director of Educational Services for the Center for Nonviolent Communication, an international non-profit organization.

He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the Center for Nonviolent Communication's office is located.

Nonviolent Communication ( NVC ) ( also called Compassionate Communication or Collaborative Communication ) is a communication process developed by Marshall Rosenberg beginning in the 1960s.

The aim of Nonviolent Communication is then to steer the conversation back towards the needs, feelings, and perceptions, until the discovery of strategies that allow everyone's needs to be met.

" I think it is important that people see that spirituality is at the base of Nonviolent Communication, and that they learn the mechanics of the process with that in mind.

Bowling Green State University Professor Ellen Gorsevski, in assessing Rosenberg's book, " Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion " ( 1999 ), in the context of geopolitical rhetoric states that " the relative strength of the individual is vastly overestimated while the key issue of structural violence is almost completely ignored.

Also covered is the involvement of the Communist Party in the movement, the Congress of Racial Equality, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Freedom Riders, COINTELPRO, and the Black Panther Party.

Among others, Dee is a member of Congress of Racial Equality ( CORE ), the NAACP, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Delta Sigma Theta sorority and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

He is member of the European Parliament and President of the Nonviolent Radical Party.

Nonviolent Peaceforce ( NP ) is a nonpartisan unarmed peacekeeping organization with the goal to protect civilians and reduce violence in areas affected by armed conflict.

Nonviolent Peaceforce is registered in the US as a 501 ( c )( 3 ) organization and in Belgium as an AISBL and was given a Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Nonviolent Peaceforce is an international network formed by some 60 member organizations from all continents.