The Significance of Defections in Syria
After Tunisia’s nonviolent revolution, on March 15, 2011, citizens of the small southern Syrian city of Duraa organized to…
The Indypendent
Mary Elizabeth King
How to Learn Nonviolent Resistance as King Did
How does one learn nonviolent resistance? The same way that Martin Luther King Jr. did—by study, reading and interrogating…
Václav Havel: A Life in Truth
Václav Havel, who died on December 18, epitomized the power of the pen. A playwright and actor, he was…
One Year On, The Roots of Success for Tunisia’s Revolution
The news has been filled with contention over Egypt’s November elections, but far less attention is being paid to…
As the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) phenomenon grows, it has been expressing many truths, even while struggling to find…