Resources on Nonviolent Action: Articles, Books, and Videos

Articles

Martin Luther King, Jr.s Principles of Nonviolence
http://paceebene.org/pace/principles-of-creative-nonviolence/martin-luth...

Nancy Schreck, “The Faithful Nonviolence of Jesus,” From Violence To Wholeness (Pace e Bene Press, 1996), pp. 54-58.

Shelley Douglass, “The Power of Noncooperation,” From Violence To Wholeness (Pace e Bene Press, 1996), pp. 84-87.

“Blessed Are The Meek: The Roots of Christian Nonviolence”
By Thomas Merton (This classic was published in Fellowship, May 1967, pp. 18-22)
http://paceebene.org/pace/nvns/essays-on-nonviolence/blessed-are-the-mee...

“The Peace Warrior”
By Don Terry (This excellent profile of peace activist Kathy Kelly was published in the Chicago Tribune, October 17, 2004)
http://paceebene.org/pace/nvns/essays-on-nonviolence/the-peace-warrior

“Creative Nonviolence: Principles of Nonviolent Change”
by Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
http://paceebene.org/pace/principles-of-creative-nonviolence

“The Spiritual Journey of Christian Nonviolent Resistance”
by Ken Butigan
http://paceebene.org/pace/nvns/essays-on-nonviolence/the-spiritual-journ...

Books on Nonviolence

Kurlansky, Mark. Nonviolence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library: September 2006).

Ackerman, Peter, and Jack DuVall. A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000).

Gandhi, Mohandas K. My Experiments with Truth [Gandhi: An Autobiography] (Boston: Beacon
Press, 1957).

King, Jr., Martin Luther. Stride Toward Freedom (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958).

McAllister, Pam, ed. You Can’t Kill the Spirit: Stories of Women and Nonviolent Action (Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1988).

Moyer, Bill. Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements (Gabriola Island, British Columbia: New Society Publishers, 2001).

Powers, Roger S., and William B. Vogele, eds. Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women’s Suffrage (New York: Garland Publishing, 1997).

Wink, Walter. Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992).

Thurman, Howard. Jesus and the Disinherited (Boston: Beacon Press, 1976 [1949]).

Egan, Eileen. Peace Be With You: Justified Warfare or the Way of Nonviolence (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999).

Dear, John. The God of Peace: Toward a Theology of Nonviolence (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1994).

Butigan, Ken. From Violence To Wholeness (Pace e Bene Press, 1996).

Extensive Nonviolence Bibliography:

http://paceebene.org/pace/nonviolence-bibliography

Videos

A Force More Powerful is an excellent video series features six half-hour segments on successful nonviolent struggles around the world. It was broadcast on the Public Broadcasting System in 2000. Created by the same producers, Bringing Down a Dictator (2002) is a video about the nonviolent campaign that ended Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic’s tyrannical regime in 2000 is also a powerful depiction of a successful nonviolent movement for change step-by-step. For both see: www.aforcemorepowerful.org.

Richard Attenborough’s full-length motion picture Gandhi is also a must see.

For an extensive list of nonviolence videos, click here:
http://paceebene.org/pace/workshops/engage-book-club