These six global struggles show the power of nonviolence in action From India and Palestine to Canada, these ongoing campaigns demonstrate how ordinary people are mobilizing for worker s rights and an end to war.
In today’s media world especially if you live inside the U.S. media bubble if you hear news about foreign countries, it tends to be about business, political leaders, wars or disasters. Overall, it presents a dismal view of our fellow citizens not to mention a disempowering one. But here are six of the many stories of ongoing nonviolent campaigns for change in countries across the world. They show the agency and power of ordinary people working for justice, rights, peace and dignity. They show that people don’t have to hold wealth, weapons or traditional power to be powerful. Instead, they need community, connection and some tools of nonviolent action.