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Non-Aggressive Defence in Sweden? An Assessment of ‘Total Defence’
Alfie Hoar, a Blumenfeld Junior Fellow at Science for Peace, is completing his Masters in Physics and Philosophy at Oxford University....
Alfie Hoar
Sep 28, 20226 min read
10 Essential Things to Know about Nonviolent Resistance
Richard Sandbrook is professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and President of Science for Peace Contributed...
Richard Sandbrook
Aug 2, 20225 min read
The Dynamics of Nonviolent Knowledge
Brian Martin MOBILIZATION 21(4), 2015 Nonviolent action, despite its widespread use and successes, has received relatively little...
Brian Martin
Jul 4, 20221 min read
Dilemmas in Promoting Nonviolence
Brian Martin BRIAN MARTIN is professor of social sciences at the University of Wollongong, Australia and author of numerous publications...
Science for Peace
Jun 16, 202229 min read
Choosing Activism
Richard Sandbrook is professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and President of Science for Peace Contributed...
Richard Sandbrook
Jun 4, 20224 min read
Biden shares the American Sickness
David L. Parnas is Professor Emeritus of Computer and Software at McMaster University and is a former President of Science for Peace. In...
David Parnas
May 28, 20221 min read
How Nonviolent is Nonviolent Action?
Richard Sandbrook is professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and President of Science for Peace Contributed...
Richard Sandbrook
Apr 23, 20223 min read
The Viability of Nonviolent Defence Today
Richard Sandbrook is professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and President of Science for Peace Contributed...
Richard Sandbrook
Apr 14, 202212 min read
The Viability of Nonviolent Defence Today
Richard Sandbrook is professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and President of Science for Peace Contributed...
Richard Sandbrook
Apr 10, 202212 min read
Demilitarization: Is It Time for Civilian-Based Defense?
Richard Sandbrook is professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and President of Science for Peace Contributed...
Richard Sandbrook
Apr 4, 202210 min read
Unattractive Options in the Ukraine Crisis: What is to be done?
Arnd Jurgensen teaches international relations a the University of Toronto and is a director on the Science for Peace board. © sprokop It...
Arnd Jurgensen
Mar 10, 20224 min read
Demilitarization: Is It Time for Civilian-Based Defense?
By Richard Sandbrook is professor emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and President of Science for Peace. © Warren...
Richard Sandbrook
Feb 22, 202210 min read
The Pandemic Within
Strangely, reading Albert Camus’ The Plague (1947) during the pandemic did not depress me (further). Instead, I felt exhilarated. Yes,...
Science for Peace
Jan 5, 20213 min read
Racism, Class Solidarity and Systemic Change
(Image: Brisbane Anti-Racism Protest – 6 June 2020 – Andrew Mercer) To usher in systemic change, the left faces the challenge of not only...
Science for Peace
Jul 9, 20207 min read
COVID-19: Dismantling Structural Racism and Disarming, Demilitarising, and Defunding Police..
June 4, 2020, by Ray Acheson © Tony Hisgett As protests erupted across the United States in response to the murder of George Floyd by...
Science for Peace
Jun 4, 20201 min read
Violence and Policing in Minneapolis
Minneapolis organizer Tony Williams speaks about the ongoing uprisings and how groups can work towards the strategic dismantling of the...
Science for Peace
Jun 4, 20201 min read
Democracy and Dictatorship Playlist: science4peace
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Science for Peace
Mar 26, 20201 min read
Non-Violence and Civil Society: YouTube Playlist at science4peace
#socialmovements #activism #nonviolence #protests #democracy #massmovements
Science for Peace
Mar 26, 20201 min read
Gene Sharp has died and the world has lost a global educator
by Jørgen Johansen Just a week after his 90th birthday Gene Sharp passed away. The journal New Statesman once described Gene Sharp as the...
Science for Peace
Jan 30, 20185 min read
The Challenges To Democracy In Myanmar
by Patrick Stafrace on Dec 6, 2015 Mil.ru, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons On November 8th...
Science for Peace
Mar 9, 20162 min read
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