Tag: Civil Resistance
Lawyers in Pakistan March Against a Military Dictator
Time Period: 2007-09Location: PakistanMain Actors: National Action Committee of Lawyers, Pakistan Bar Association, Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) party, Ifitkhar Muhammad ChaudhryTactics - Assemblies of...
Polish Judges Resist Attacks on the Rule of Law
Time Period: 2016-2021Location: Poland, especially Warsaw; Brussels, BelgiumMain Actors: Polish Judges Association Iustitia, Association of Judges Themis, Wolne Sądy lawyers group, Polish Constitutional Tribunal, Polish Supreme CourtTactics - Civil disobedience...
Labor Unions Join the Fight for Civil Rights
Time Period: Civil Rights Era, 1955-1970sLocation: United StatesMain Actors: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Labor unionsTactics - Mass action - Boycotts - Protests/Marches - Protective Presence/Witnessing Following the success...
Unions Light the Candle of Democracy in South Korea
Time Period: 2016-2017Location: South Korea, especially SeoulMain Actors: Korean Federation of Trade Unions (KCTU), People’s Action for the Immediate Resignation of President ParkTactics - Vigils - General Strikes In the...
Indian Farmers’ Unions Block Roads to Bolster Democracy
Time Period: June 2020 - December 2021Location: India (Punjab & Delhi)Main Actors: Farm Unions, organized under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (“United Farmers’ Front”)Tactics - Protest camps, nonviolent occupation, sit-ins -...
Venezuelan Businesses Fight a Rising Dictator
Time Period: November 2001 - April 2002Location: Venezuela, CaracasMain Actors: Venezuelan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Production/Federación de Cámaras y Asociaciones de Comercio y Producción de Venezuela (Fedecámaras)Tactics -...
Check My Ads Illuminates Authoritarian Advertising
Time Period: 2021-PresentLocation: United States, Online CampaignMain Actors: Check My Ads InstituteTactics Used - Online Boycotts - Social Media Campaigns - Newsletters In 2021, Nandini Jammi and Claire Atkin, two...
Comparative Caselets: The Civil Service as a Pillar of Support
Time Period: 1920-2023Location: USA, Canada, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, FijiMain Actors: Current and former Department of Justice employees; American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE); National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU); Transportation Safety Administration...
Clowns, Reverse Boycotts, and Involuntary Walkathons: How Communities are Making Political Violence Backfire
*This article was written by Chief Organizer Maria J. Stephan and was first published on Just Security. The new dystopian Hollywood film, Civil War, has raised the specter of devastating violent conflict...
How you can more effectively advance multi-racial democracy
On March 3, 2024, Maria J. Stephan, co-lead of the Horizons Project, discussed her work to strengthen multi-racial democracy in the US and globally to the Forum at All Souls...