Further Reading:
Some starting points for further reading. The list tends to focus on non-violent sources because the antimilitarist literature seems to focus on them. That doesn’t mean other means are abdicated or condemned per sé – except ‘red’ and other militarism. The idea that militarism will end war is absurd. Bart de Ligt refused the label ‘pacifist’ (and rightly so) and so does the translator.
In no particular order:
Anarchism
Randolph Bourne ‘War is the health of the State’ https://libcom.org/article/war-health-state-randolph-bourne
You can’t blow up a social relationship https://azinelibrary.org/approved/u_cant_blow_up_a_social_relationship.pdf
Hourriya – Break ranks. Against war, against peace, for social revolution https://hourriya.noblogs.org/post/2019/05/25/n5-break-ranks-against-war-against-peace-for-socialrevolution/
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/luigi-galleani-against-war-against-peace-for-the-social-revolution , https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/tiqqun-introduction-to-civil-war#toc71 ,
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/benjamin-franks-rebel-alliances#toc51
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chris-beaumont-defending-an-anarchist-society
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/organizing-armed-defense-in-america#toc22 the role of the militia
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alexander-atabekian-the-problem-of-a-free-army
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alfredo-m-bonanno-why-a-vanguard
Geoffrey Ostergaard ‘Resisting the Nation State’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/geoffrey-ostergaard-resisting-the-nation-state-the-pacifist-and-anarchist-tradition , https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/geoffrey-ostergaard-nonviolent-revolution
Gabriel Kuhn https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gabriel-kuhn-violence-sells-but-who-s-buying, https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gabriel-kuhn-diversity-of-tactics-and-more
Gaston Leval https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gaston-leval-the-path-of-anarchism , https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/gaston-leval-libertarian-socialism-a-practical-outline
Nicolas Walter https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/nicolas-walter-direct-action-and-the-new-pacifism , https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/nicholas-walter-disobedience-and-the-new-pacifism
George Lakey, https://wagingnonviolence.org/2012/08/a-diversity-of-tactics-a-paucity-of-participants/ (a rebuttal of Ward Churchill’s https://archive.org/details/pacifismaspathol0000chur_i5u9 )
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/iain-mckay-pierre-joseph-proudhon-harbinger-of-anarchism#toc4 , https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/pierre-joseph-proudhon-the-general-idea-of-the-revolution-in-the-19th-century
Errico Malatesta https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-malatesta-life-and-ideas#toc12 , https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-malatesta-life-and-ideas#toc36
and many many others.
www.anarchismenonviolence2.org
https://onkruitvergaatniet.nl/
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/vagabond-an-investigation-into-red-brown-alliances
Social Defence
C. T. Butler & Amy Rothstein ‘On conflict and consensus’: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/c-t-butler-and-amy-rothstein-on-conflict-and-consensus-a-handbook-on-formal-consensus-decisionm
Bart de Ligt: ‘The Conquest of violence’
Gene Sharp 198 methods of nonviolent action (5p) https://wri-irg.org/en/resources/2008/gene-sharps-198-methods-nonviolent-action
Brian Martin: https://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/peace.html
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Uprooting War https://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/90uw
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Nonviolence versus capitalism https://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/01nvc,
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Technology for nonviolent struggle https://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/01tnvs,
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Social defence, Social Change https://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/93sdsc,
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Nonviolent security: an alternative to African militaries https://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/24Harris.html
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How nonviolence is misrepresented https://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/08gm2.html (a short comment on Peter Gelderloos’ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state )
Manifesto 1972 by the www.WRI-IRG.org : https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2012/how-start-revolution-power-nonviolence
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2021/01/we-need-to-prepare-for-ongoing-insurrectionary-violence/
https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2012/how-start-revolution-power-nonviolence
https://commonslibrary.org/civil-resistance-tactics-in-the-21st-century/
https://commonslibrary.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action/
https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/external-support-for-nonviolent-campaigns/
www.berghof-foundation.org (Véronique Dudouet)
www.guiomarrovira.wordpress.com
www.janataweekly.org/mohandas-gandhi-speaks-to-abdullah-ocalan , www.peaceinkurdistancampaign.com
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chaz-bufe-listen-anarchist
https://www.warresisters.org/nonviolence
https://www.activistacademy.eu/
https://wri-irg.org/en/pubs/NonviolenceHandbook
https://www.filmsforaction.org/
SOURCES FOR PERSPECTIVES ON NONVIOLENT REVOLUTIONS TODAY AND TOMORROW; concrete cases.
There are many great sources for updated discussions on any of these examples, for example theanarchistlibrary.org, libcom.org, a-infos.ca, anarchistnews.org, etc. I have focussed here not on the newest updates on these platforms, but on some specific ‘other’ voices – as I trust that the anarchist community will already have found its way on those platforms. This may misrepresent this list somewhat as it may give the impression of offering answers that I don’t actually have. I have tried to accentuate what could be a possible meeting ground between anarchists and antimilitarists. And that’s the extent of my ambition here.
Indignados, Arab Spring, Square occupations https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/laura-galian-squares-occupy-movements-and-the-arab-revolutions
OCCUPY:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/occupy-everything , https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-the-democracy-project , https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-occupy-s-anarchist-roots
CHIAPAS:
https://www.anarchistfederation.net/another-world-is-possible-30-years-after-the-zapatista-uprising/
https://www.anarchistfederation.net/ezln-announces-changes-to-autonomous-governing-structures/
https://www.anarchistfederation.net/notes-on-the-ezlns-latest-announcement-from-chiapas/ 2023-11-08
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/?s=Chiapas
https://wri-irg.org/en/nonviolence/nvsd.shtml#nvsd14-en
https://guiomarrovira.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/civil-resistance-and-conflict-capitulo-rovira.pdf and https://guiomarrovira.wordpress.com/
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chris-hedges-war-is-a-force-that-gives-us-meaning
ROJAVA, and SYRIA
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/korydallos-anarchist-initiative-on-the-syrian-revolution
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/robin-yassin-kassab-and-leila-al-shami-burning-country
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/omar-aziz-the-formation-of-local-councils
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/budour-hassan-omar-aziz-rest-in-power
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/javier-sethness-castro-omar-aziz-abu-kamel-1949-2013
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/omar-aziz-a-discussion-paper-on-local-councils-in-syria
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/korydallos-anarchist-initiative-on-the-syrian-revolution
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/leila-al-shami-syria-s-shock-doctrine
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/first-of-may-anarchist-alliance-toward-an-anarchist-policy-on-syria and https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/shiar-response-by-a-syrian-anarchist-to-the-first-of-may-statement-on-syria
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-hourriya-revolutionary-echoes-from-syria
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/leila-al-shami-the-anti-imperialism-of-idiots
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/interviewed-by-the-federacion-anarquista-uruguaya-interview-with-tekosina-anarsist-an-armed-col
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/crimethinc-the-threat-to-rojava
https://janataweekly.org/mohandas-gandhi-speaks-to-abdullah-ocalan/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2015/02/revolution-in-rojava/
https://libcom.org/article/anarchist-federation-statement-rojava-december-2014
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2015/02/revolution-in-rojava/
https://libcom.org/article/anarchist-federation-statement-rojava-december-2014
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2014/12/waffen-fuer-rojava/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2020/04/rojava-ypg-der-militaerischen-niederlage-ins-auge-blicken/ and https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2020/04/rojava-ypg-der-militaerischen-niederlage-ins-auge-blicken-2/
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alexander-kolokotronis-the-no-state-solution
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/crimethinc-understanding-the-kurdish-resistance
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/rage-against-capital-anarchist-critique-of-the-pkk
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-ocalan-as-thinker
GAZA/PALESTINE/etc,
https://wri-irg.org/en/nonviolence/nvsd.shtml#nvsd07-en
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2014/09/widerstandsutopie-gaza-exodus/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2024/01/wir-muessen-keine-feinde-sein/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2023/10/nicht-nur-ueber-israel-reden/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/produkt/barrieren-durchbrechen/
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/uri-gordon-anarchism-in-israel-and-palestine
https://autonomies.org/2023/10/uri-gordon-anarchism-in-israel-and-palestine/
https://berghof-foundation.org/files/publications/dudouet_handbook.pdf: p. 14 Box 3: Palestinian empowerment during the First Intifada; p. 16 Box 4: Impact of the Palestinian intifada on the israeli state and public; p. 17 Box 5: External effects of the Palestinian intifiada; p. 19 Box 6: Ends and means of the Palestinian intifada: Conversion or coercion?
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/albert-meltzer-anarchist-tactic-for-palestine
UKRAINE
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25751654.2022.2060634
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2023/09/ueber-militarisierung-ukrainesolidaritaet-und-luegengebaeude/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2023/09/anarchie-kongress-und-ukraine-krieg/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2023/03/belarus-vor-der-beteiligung-am-ukraine-krieg/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2023/03/belarus-vor-der-beteiligung-am-ukraine-krieg/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2022/05/offener-brief-ehemaliger-kaempfer-aus-dem-libanon-an-die-kaempferinnen-und-soldatinnen-in-der-ukraine-und-in-russland/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2022/04/putins-angriff-auf-die-ukraine-was-tun/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2015/02/machtkaempfe-um-die-ostukraine/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2014/10/krieg-in-der-ukraine-machtproben-in-einem-zerrissenen-land-2/
https://www.graswurzel.net/gwr/2023/11/putins-kanonenfutter/
https://theconversation.com/ukraine-nonviolent-resistance-is-a-brave-and-often-effective-response-to-aggression-178361
https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/nonviolence-ukraine/
https://www.mettacenter.org/nonviolencereport/resistance-to-war-in-ukraine-resource-list
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2022/03/5-ways-to-support-courageous-nonviolent-resistance-in-ukraine/
https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/events/2022/03/22/civil-resistance-in-ukraine-and-the-region/
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/node/1033
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2022/02/ukraine-secret-weapon-civilian-resistance/
https://theconversation.com/why-ukrainians-are-ready-to-fight-for-their-democracy-175649
https://commonslibrary.org/perspectives-on-ukrainian-civil-resistance/
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/civilresistance/ukraine-nonviolent-victory/
https://www.soziale-verteidigung.de/artikel/ziviler-widerstand-gegen-krieg-ukraine
https://www.soziale-verteidigung.de/artikel/soziale-verteidigung-alternative-aufrustung-krieg