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27 Sep 2007

Desmond Tutu hails Aung San Suu Kyi as Burma troops react

South Africa's Nobel peace winner and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has hailed the courage and inspiration of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi - as he expressed support for nonviolent direct action against the dictatorship.
24 Aug 2007

Direct action may be needed to address climate change
15 Aug 2007

We need more peaceful troublemakers

The sixtieth anniversary of India's independence reminds us, says Jonathan Bartley, that the nonviolent activism of Gandhi and the the peaceful and environmental 'awkward squads' point to a more hopeful form of politics and social change.
16 Feb 2007

Resisting and Hope: Casting Fire
13 Dec 2006

Right to protest legally upheld for UK anti-war demonstrators

Peace and civil liberties campaigners have welcomed a legal victory by a group of UK anti-war demonstrators who have established that their rights to public protest were violated when police stopped them from attending a non-violent action against the Iraq war at an airbase.