Don’t Buy the Right-wing Disinformation Campaign on “From the River to the Sea” admin, May 14, 2024January 21, 2025 Truthout May 5, 2024: This phrase was never about killing Jews. It emerged in the 1960s as a call for equal rights within a democratic state. The wave of pro-Palestinian protests sweeping American campuses was triggered by Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s order to forcibly clear a peaceful encampment [after]… Continue Reading
Antiwar/Solidarity Activism on Gaza: New Generation, New Challenges admin, May 14, 2024January 21, 2025 Project on Middle East Political Science April 2024. [source] Continue Reading
TV Interviews: Police Attack & Clear Student Anti-War, Pro-Divestment Camp at UCLA admin, May 13, 2024January 21, 2025 Al Jazeera English Television, May 2, 2024 Anti-war, pro-divestment demonstrations on many campuses Police attacks on student protesters at UCLA Continue Reading
Profile of Dr. Stephen Zunes in Swedish Press admin, May 13, 2024January 21, 2025 Gothenberg University Magazine May 2024 (Sweden; in English): Profile on Dr. Zunes’ visiting research fellowship at University of Gothenburg, pages 20-21 Continue Reading
Movement for a New Society Reunion: International Training and Nonviolent Revolution admin, November 14, 2021May 20, 2024 VIDEO of panel with 4 other activist presenters: “Nonviolence, Peace & Transnational Part 2“ and Dr. Zunes’ PowerPoint of Photos from Sudan. Continue Reading
Sudan’s Democratic Revolution: How They Did It admin, February 26, 2020August 14, 2024 Conditions under Sudan’s oppressive autocratic regime did not fit into what Western analysts see as the right ones for a successful pro-democracy civil resistance movement and yet they have emerged victorious—at least for now. Among other things, its success points to perhaps the single most important factor: nonviolent discipline. Continue Reading
How Sudan’s Pro-Democracy Uprising Challenges Prevailing Myths about Civil Resistance admin, April 22, 2019January 21, 2025 A powerful pro-democracy civil insurrection in Sudan which has ousted a longstanding dictator and his successor is still in progress, but Sudanese are hopeful for a full democratic transition. Continue Reading
Trump’s Controversial Decision on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards admin, April 17, 2019January 21, 2025 There is little question that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is bad news. Some of its units have engaged in severe repression of nonviolent dissidents, supported Assad’s brutal counter-insurgency operations in Syria, backed hardline Islamist militia in several foreign countries, and more. Continue Reading
INTERVIEW: Why Sudan’s Dictator Fell and What Comes Next? admin, April 12, 2019January 21, 2025 LINK: https://www.risingupwithsonali.com/2019/04/12/why-sudans-dictator-fell-and-what-comes-next/ DOWNLOAD AUDIO (MP3): https://ia601505.us.archive.org/27/items/20190412StephenZunes/2019_04_12_Stephen_Zunes.mp3 Continue Reading
The Role of Civil Resistance in Bolivia’s 1977-1982 Pro-Democracy Struggle admin, June 30, 2018August 14, 2024 July 2018 Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies II(1); also from the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and at Research Gate: Despite being the poorest and least developed country in South America, Bolivia was the first to emerge from the period of military dictatorships that dominated the continent from… Continue Reading
Civil Resistance Against Coups: A Comparative and Historical Perspective admin, April 24, 2018August 14, 2024 International Center on Nonviolent Conflict 2017: This monograph presents in-depth case studies and analysis intended to improve our understanding of the strategic utility of civil resistance against military takeovers; the nature of civil resistance mobilization against coups; and the role of civil resistance against coups. Continue Reading
Remembering Martin Luther King, the Radical for Peace admin, April 3, 2018January 21, 2025 The Progressive April 3, 2018: King challenged the draining of our national resources for the military, opposed the Vietnam War and other aspects of U.S. foreign policy and questioned an economic system that created enormous poverty amid great wealth. He was assassinated while organizing the Poor People’s March… Continue Reading
Global Journalist: Egypt’s Staged Election admin, March 9, 2018August 14, 2024 [Zunes’ segment begins at 14 mins.] Global Journalist March 8, 2018: President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi, who led a 2013 coup against Egypt’s first democratically elected leader, is expected to be handily re-elected. That’s because el-Sissi’s government has arrested or intimidated all viable potential opponents… Continue Reading
Power’s Prophet: Remembering Gene Sharp admin, February 1, 2018January 14, 2025 The Progressive February 1, 2018: Dr. Gene Sharp, a Harvard University-based scholar, through his through analysis of centuries of nonviolent struggle, made a convincing case on utilitarian grounds that nonviolent struggle was a more effective and successful means of resistance than violence… [Related article & Petition] Continue Reading
In Trump’s America, who’s protesting and why? admin, April 5, 2017August 14, 2024 Washington Post April 24, 2017: For March 2017, we tallied 585 protests, demonstrations, marches, sit-ins and rallies with at least one in every state and the District. Our conservative guess is that 80,000 to 90,000 people showed up. Because mainstream media often neglect to report nonviolent actions — especially small… Continue Reading
The Bipartisan Effort against Campaigns for Corporate Responsibility admin, March 22, 2017January 21, 2025 The Progressive, Huffington Post & Common Dreams The Trump Administration’s efforts to legitimize the Israeli occupation and illegal settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories has received surprising bipartisan support. A series of bills passed or under consideration in Washington and in state capitols seeks to punish companies, religious denominations, academic associations,… Continue Reading
Pro-Palestinian activism faces suppression on Catholic campuses admin, March 9, 2017August 14, 2024 National Catholic Reporter March 7, 2017 Continue Reading
Fordham ban of Palestine group contradicts free speech, Jesuit values admin, February 9, 2017January 21, 2025 National Catholic Reporter February 9, 2017 Continue Reading
Anti-war movement must listen to voices within Syria’s civil war admin, October 10, 2016January 21, 2025 National Catholic Reporter October 10, 2016. Continue Reading
Discerning Real from False Claims of Anti-Semitism in the Pro-Palestinian Movement admin, July 18, 2016August 14, 2024 National Catholic Reporter & Huffington Post July 18, 2016 Continue Reading