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Ukraine’s Secret Weapon May Prove to be Civilian Resistance
Unarmed Ukrainians changing road signs, blocking tanks and confronting the Russian military are showing their bravery and strategic brilliance.
Unarmed Ukrainians changing road signs, blocking tanks and confronting the Russian military are showing their bravery and strategic brilliance.
The defenders of Ukraine are bravely resisting Russian aggression, shaming the rest of the world and the UN Security Council for its failure to protect them.
A romanticized belief in violence renders people irrational to the point of hurting ourselves, over and over again.
Throughout history, people facing occupation have tapped into the power of nonviolent struggle to thwart their invaders.
We live in hard times which demand courage to promote peace.
We are seeing mutual support across borders and propaganda narratives between U.S. and Russian and Ukrainian advocates for peace.
Last September 21st, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the International Day of Peace, as U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan, our local peace organization emphasized that we would be relentless in saying no to the calls for war, that those calls for war would come again, and soon.
Wars start on the battlefield but end at the diplomacy table, so we call for an immediate return to diplomacy and international law.
“We announce the beginning of the formation of the anti-war movement in Russia.”