Direct Action to Stop the War — (DASW) was an organization that coordinated nonviolent direct action based opposition activities to the 2003 invasion of Iraq in the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization was founded in October 2002 following an overnight sit in and morning… … Wikipedia
Direct action — For other uses, see Direct action (disambiguation). Direct action is activity undertaken by individuals, groups, or governments to achieve political, economic, or social goals outside of normal social/political channels. This can include… … Wikipedia
direct action — noun a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands • Hypernyms: ↑protest, ↑objection, ↑dissent • Hyponyms: ↑civil disobedience, ↑job action, ↑passive resistance, ↑nonviolent resistance … Useful english dictionary
Environmental direct action in the United Kingdom — The environmental direct action movement in the United Kingdom started in 1990Fact|date=August 2008 with the forming of the first UK Earth First! group. The movement rapidly grew to include road protest camps, airport camps, anti GMO actions,… … Wikipedia
Nonviolent resistance — See also: Nonviolent revolution Nonviolent resistance (or nonviolent action) is the practice of achieving goals through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, and other methods, without using violence. It is… … Wikipedia
nonviolent resistance — noun peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate • Syn: ↑passive resistance, ↑nonviolence • Derivationally related forms: ↑nonviolent (for: ↑nonviolence) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Nonviolent Communication — (NVC) (also called Compassionate Communication or Collaborative Communication[1] [2]) is a communication process developed by Marshall Rosenberg beginning in the 1960s.[3] NVC often functions as a conflict resolution process. It focuses on three… … Wikipedia
National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance — Founded in 2002, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) is a nationwide network of individuals and organizations committed to ending the war in Iraq, utilizing the nonviolent practices and disciplines of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin… … Wikipedia
Committee for Non-Violent Action — The Committee for Non Violent Action (CNVA), formed in 1957 to resist the US government s program of nuclear weapons testing, was one of the first organizations to employ nonviolent direct action to protest against the nuclear arms race. The CNVA … Wikipedia
A Quaker Action Group — was founded in Philadelphia during the summer of 1966 to apply nonviolent direct action as a witness against the war in Vietnam .Founding member Lawrence Scott was a Quaker and radical pacifist who had worked for the American Friends Service… … Wikipedia
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