It seems like Lebanon is on the way getting its second peaceful revolution the last decade. What started as protests…
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Monday, August 24, 2015
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Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance, and Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Watch this short movie of how 1 500 climate justice activists shut down one of the biggest coal mines in Europe. It is…
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Sunday, August 23, 2015
Since I wrote this on Facebook it turned out that the Macedonian government made the smart decision to not do the dirty work of the EU but instead (like Greece) let all refugees pass through the border (since everyone knew they didn’t want to settle in Macedonia, or for that matter in Greece) but wanted to continue to pass borders towards the center of Europe. This just makes the activists in Berlin that gives practical support to the refugees so much more hopeful.
In stark contrast to the "security forces" that attack refugees in Macedonia, German activists in Berlin are organising…
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Saturday, August 22, 2015
Banksy 2.0
The mother of all cool street artists, Mr Banksy himself, still living in anonymity and escaping “justice”, has succeeded to overdo himself and made a theme park, open to everyone (although visitors will be less entertained than chocked): “Dismaland”, an ironic and truer version to social reality than the big lie of the Western World created in Disneyland. Banksy is simply brilliant and one of the major political activists of our time. Check it out!
“Bank note busting”
Star Trek fans are threatening the economic order of Canada …
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Saturday, August 22, 2015
These activists in Dublin, Ireland did what I think is needed, but should take it one more step. They went into a store…
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Tuesday, August 18, 2015
It is vital for us to try to understand how violent repression of oppositional movements by authoritarian regimes…
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Constructive resistance
I have just written a shorter op-ed article (in Swedish, and not yet published) about the Greek struggle for another…
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Friday, July 10, 2015
Creative resistance
This is the kind of creative innovation I think is the future of effective resistance that will make a difference. A far…
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Sunday, July 26, 2015
This is a humours political stunt of some kind. It is done in Brazil and is directed against those that tend to park on parking lots reserved for disabled people.
https://www.facebook.com/stellan.vinthagen/posts/10153033087986009?pnref=story
On the same theme, other activists somewhere else did this creative action (that most probably created anger and frustration, which was the whole point with the action):
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Wednesday, July 29, 2015
A year ago Majken Jul Sörensen defended her dissertation at the University of Wollongong with the PhD “Humours Political Stunts”. It is an excellent analysis of the role of humour in resistance, a book a very much recommend. It is now available through the publishing house Irene that specialises in literature on nonviolent activism and resistance research. Check it out!
A year ago Majken Jul Sörensen defended her dissertation at the University of Wollongong with the PhD "Humours…
Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Monday, August 17, 2015