Nonviolent resistance in the age of authoritarianism

From the US to Palestine and beyond, people are standing up to power — with strategy, courage and solidarity.

Peaceful movements are rising: from Hebron to Harvard, from feminist foreign policy to frontline protests. Authoritarianism is gaining ground, fuelled by rhetoric like that of Donald Trump and echoed by global copycats.

But so is nonviolent resistance.

This isn’t your usual Q&A. It’s a real talk on how nonviolent resistance is evolving — and where it’s heading next.

Join us for a conversation about what it really takes to resist — and endure — in a time of shrinking civic space.

Featuring: 

• Jamila Raqib, Executive Director of the Albert Einstein Institution and legacy holder of 2012 hashtag#RightLivelihood
• Laureate Gene Sharp, the world’s leading thinker on strategic nonviolent action.
• Kerstin Bergeå, Chair of Svenska Freds, Sweden’s largest and the world’s oldest peace organisation.
• Hosted by Juanita Esguerra Rezk, PhD. of Right Livelihood.

 

We’ll dive into: 

• How resistance survives under repression 
• The power of unlikely alliances
• What changes when women lead
• Staying resilient when the pressure hits

Courtesy of Right Livelihood