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Nonviolence

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• Non-violence

• How Nonviolent Struggle Works (East Boston, MA: Albert Einstein Institution, c2013), by Gene Sharp (PDF at aeinstein.org)
• Nonviolence Speaks: Communicating Against Repression (prepublication version, 2003), by Brian Martin and Wendy Varney (PDF in Australia)
• There Are Realistic Alternatives (Boston: Albert Einstein Institution, c2003), by Gene Sharp
  • PDF at aeinstein.org
  • audio reading at Librivox and archive.org
• Nonviolence Versus Capitalism (London: War Resisters' International, 2001), by Brian Martin (HTML and PDF in Australia)
• Technology for Nonviolent Struggle (London: War Resisters' International, 2001), by Brian Martin (HTML and PDF in Australia)
• Social Defence, Social Change (1993), by Brian Martin (PDF files in Australia)
• To Nonviolent Political Science: From Seasons of Violence (1993), by Glenn D. Paige (PDF with commentary at globalnonviolence.org)
• Pranksters vs. Autocrats: Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c2020), by Srdja Popovic and Sophia A. McClennen (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)
• The Role of Power in Nonviolent Struggle (Boston: Albert Einstein Institution, c1990), by Gene Sharp (PDF at aeinstein.org)
• Making the Abolition of War a Realistic Goal (c1980), by Gene Sharp (PDF at aeinstein.org)
• On Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: Thinking About the Fundamentals (Boston: Albert Einstein Institution, c2004), by Robert L. Helvey (PDF at aeinstein.org)
• This is CORE (ca. 1963), by Congress of Racial Equality (PDF at crmvet.org)
• Arguments With the Thought Police, by John Bart Gerald, illust. by Julie Maas (illustrated HTML with commentary at chainlessway.ca)
• The Law of Love (delisted 5 Jan 2022 due to disappearance of hosting site), by Mahatma Gandhi, ed. by Anand T. Hingorani
• Mahatma Gandhi and His Myths, by Mark Shepard (HTML at markshep.com)
• Nonviolence Speaks to Power, by Petra Karin Kelly (PDF files at globalnonviolence.org)
• Letter From Birmingham Jail (typed transcription and audio), by Martin Luther King (PDF and MP3 at Stanford)

• Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution (Walden, NY et al: Plough Publishing House, c2014), by André Trocmé, ed. by Charles E. Moore (PDF at plough.com)
• When Justice is Aborted: Biblical Standards for Non-Violent Resistance (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1989), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)

• Nonviolent Struggle and the Revolution in East Germany (Cambridge, MA: Albert Einstein Institution, c1993), by Roland Bleiker (PDF at aeinstein.org)

• Training Manual for Nonviolent Defense Against the Coup d'État (with revised introduction; Washington: Nonviolence International, c2011), by Richard K. Taylor, contrib. by Hardy Merriman (PDF at nonviolenceinternational.net)
• Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns (2009), by War Resisters' International (HTML and PDF at wri-irg.org)

• Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns (2009), by War Resisters' International (HTML and PDF at wri-irg.org)

• Hawai'i Journeys in Nonviolence: Autobiographical Reflections (1995), ed. by Glenn D. Paige, Lou Ann Ha'aheo Guanson, and George Simson (PDF files at globalnonviolence.org)

• Strategic Nonviolent Power: The Science of Satyagraha (c2013), by Mark A. Mattaini (PDF with commentary at AU Press)

• Nonviolent Resistance In Lithuania: A Story of Peaceful Liberation (Cambridge, MA: Albert Einstein Institution, c1996), by G. Miniotaitė (PDF at aeinstein.org)

• Nonkilling Global Political Science (2002), by Glenn D. Paige (PDF with commentary at globalnonviolence.org)

• Win (magazine published by War Resisters League) (partial serial archives)
• The E-Newsletter of Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence (eventually renamed "Mother Pelican"), ed. by Luis T. Gutierrez (full serial archives)
• Mother Pelican: PelicanWeb's Journal of Sustainable Development (continues his Solidarity and Sustainability newsletter), ed. by Luis T. Gutierrez (full serial archives)

• Win (magazine published by War Resisters League) (partial serial archives)

• From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation (fourth US edition in many languages, 2010), by Gene Sharp (PDF files at aeintstein.org)
• The Anti-Coup (Boston: Albert Einstein Institution, 2003), by Gene Sharp and Bruce Jenkins (PDF at aeinstein.org)

• Strategic Nonviolent Power: The Science of Satyagraha (c2013), by Mark A. Mattaini (PDF with commentary at AU Press)

• Nonviolence in Hawaii's Spiritual Traditions (1991), ed. by Glenn D. Paige and Sarah Gilliatt (PDF files at globalnonviolence.org)

• Buddhism and Nonviolent Global Problem-Solving: Ulan Bator Explorations, ed. by Glenn D. Paige and Sarah Gilliatt (PDF files at globalnonviolence.org)

• When Justice is Aborted: Biblical Standards for Non-Violent Resistance (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1989), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
• "The Kingdom of God is Within You": Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of Life, by Leo Tolstoy, trans. by Constance Garnett (Gutenberg text)

• Lone Gunners for Jesus: Letters to Paul J. Hill (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1994), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)

• Toward Research and Theory Building in the Study of Nonviolent Action (Cambridge, MA: Albert Einstein Institution, c1993), by Ronald M. McCarthy and Christopher Kruegler (PDF at aeinstein.org)

• On Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: Thinking About the Fundamentals (Boston: Albert Einstein Institution, c2004), by Robert L. Helvey (PDF at aeinstein.org)
• Gandhi Wields the Weapon of Moral Power (Three Case Histories) (Ahmedabad, India: Navajivan Pub. House, 1960), by Gene Sharp, contrib. by Albert Einstein and Bharatan Kumarappa (page images at Gandhi Heritage Portal)
• National Security Through Civilian-based Defense (Omaha: Association for Transarmament Studies, c1985), by Gene Sharp (PDF at aeinstein.org)
• There Are Realistic Alternatives (Boston: Albert Einstein Institution, c2003), by Gene Sharp
  • PDF at aeinstein.org
  • audio reading at Librivox and archive.org
• Satyagraha in South Africa, by Mahatma Gandhi, trans. by Valaji Govindaji Desai (HTML at mkgandhi.org)
• Mahatma Gandhi and His Myths, by Mark Shepard (HTML at markshep.com)

• Training Manual for Nonviolent Defense Against the Coup d'État (with revised introduction; Washington: Nonviolence International, c2011), by Richard K. Taylor, contrib. by Hardy Merriman (PDF at nonviolenceinternational.net)

• Direct Action: An Historical Novel (San Francisco: GroundWork, c2003), by Luke Hauser, contrib. by Starhawk (PDF with commentary at directaction.org)

• Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (ca. 1957), by Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) (PDF at crmvet.org)

• The Arab Boycott and American Export Law: A Brief Guide for Companies Active in the Middle East (1979), by Institute of Human Relations (American Jewish Committee) (PDF at ajcarchives.org)
• The Impact of Anti-Boycott Laws on U.S. Mideast Trade (1979), by American Jewish Committee (PDF at ajcarchives.org)
• Battling the Boycott: The Achievement of Federal Legislation, 1977, by Alfred H. Moses (PDF at ajcarchives.org)

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