Richard Sandbrook Nonviolent defence, also known as civilian-based defense, civilian defence, and social defence, has a long history as an idea and a practice. As for practice, improvised instances have occurred throughout recorded history, including the American anti-colonial rebellion (1765-1775). As an idea or strategy, nonviolent defence (NVD) has had notable advocates for more than a century. Bertrand Russell contended, in 1915, that a country could resist invasion through a...

Richard Sandbrook Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Canada must reject participation in Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile-defence project, and soon, to minimize the fall-out from the US president. This latest version of “Star Wars” will prove ineffective, at enormous cost, against a modern missile offensive, while militarizing space. This is the conclusion of numerous experts. To adopt such a defensive shield would upset the nuclear deterrence principle of mutually assured destruction. This...

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