Overview

In this course we explore the potential of nonviolence in our increasingly violent world. What has been done, what has been learned since the great movements of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King? What might nonviolent people and movements need to learn today to go forward more effectively? 

Resources

You'll notice as you move through the course that Michael refers frequently to the "reader" which you will find in the links below.

Syllabus

• Syllabus (also linked in Part 1 of the Reader below)

Transcripts

• PACS 164-B Video Transcripts

Reader

• Part 1:

  • Syllabus, Introduction, and other resources

• Part 2:

  • Freedom Struggles, Nonviolent Insurrection

• Part 3:

  • Anti-Militarism and Related Struggles

• Part 4:

  • "Globalization from Below"

• Part 5:

  • Toward a Nonviolent Culture - 1 of 2

  • Toward a Nonviolent Culture - 2 of 2