Waging nonviolent struggle: 20th century practice and 21st century potential

Author's preface : Learning from a century of nonviolent struggles

pt. 1: Empowerment by capacity to struggle. Facing acute conflicts

Tapping the roots of power

An active technique of struggle

The methods of nonviolent action

pt. 2: Improvised nonviolent struggles in the twentieth century. Introduction to the cases

The Russion revolution of 1905

Defense against a military coup, Germany, 1920

Indian independence campaign, 1930-1931

The Muslim Pashtun movement of the North-West Frontier of India, 1930-1934 / Mohammad Raqib

Norwegian teachers fight fascism, 1942

Saving Jewish husbands from extermination, Berlin, 1943 / Nathan Stoltzfus

Ousting a Guatemalan dictator, 1944

Ending bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955-1956 / Joshua Paulson

French defense against an army coup, 1961

California grape workers' strike and boycott, 1965-1970 / Hardy Merriman

Czech and Slovak defiance of invasion, 1968

African laborers strike, Namibia, 1971-1972

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Argentina, 1977-1983 ; Poland's self-liberation, 1980-1989 ; School boycotts in South Africa, 1984-1987 ; People power against the Philippine dictator, 1986 ; Burmese defy the military dictators, 1988-1990 ; Uprising and repression in China, 1989 ; The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 / Joshua Paulson

Latvians restore independence, 1991

Blocking the Soviet hard-line coup, 1991 / Joshua Paulson

Defending democracy in Thailand, 1992 / Christopher A. Miller

Removing the dictator in Serbia, 1996-2000 / Joshua Paulson

Assessing these diverse cases

pt. 3: The dynamics of nonviolent struggle. Introduction to the dynamics

Laying the groundwork for nonviolent action

Challenge brings repression

Solidarity and discipline to fight repression

Noncooperation and political ju-jitsu

Four ways success may be achieved

The redistribution of power

pt. 4: Shaping the future. Introduction to strategic planning

Making nonviolent struggle more effective

First steps in strategic planning

Some strategic guidelines

Conducting the struggle

Applications of nonviolent struggle in the modern world

Appendix A. Preparing a strategic estimate for nonviolent struggle : based on the works of Robert Helvey

Appendix B. Glossary

Appendix C. Preparing translations on nonviolent struggle.