{"id":8459,"date":"2016-12-24T12:22:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T17:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=8459"},"modified":"2019-10-10T13:13:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T17:13:56","slug":"nonviolence-highlights-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=8459","title":{"rendered":"Nonviolence Highlights in\u00a02016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EDUCATION FOR PEACE .<\/p>\n

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South Korea has had huge nonviolent protests against corruption that are about to bring down the president. This success is powerful and needs more coverage.<\/p>\n

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Brazil saw huge protests against Parliamentary corruption. We love the rubber ducky<\/p>\n

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Malaysia has had numerous protests including a huge protests led by woman leader who has been arrested and held in solitary confinement. Mubarak and I wrote an op-ed piece supporting protests against corruption.<\/p>\n

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Can peace be guaranteed through nonviolent means?<\/p>\n

<\/a>How effective are mass protest marches?<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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In Washington DC, Nonviolence International fiscally sponsored Democracy Spring which got more than 1000 people<\/a> arrested at the Capitol demanding an end to big money in politics.<\/p>\n

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On the religious front,\u00a0 according to ” Pope Francis released the annual World Day of Peace Message for January 1, 2017, called \u201cNonviolence\u2014A Style of Politics for Peace.<\/a>\u201d This is the Vatican\u2019s fiftieth World Day of Peace message, but it\u2019s the first statement on nonviolence, in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2014in history.”<\/p>\n

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Women from around the world, attempted to break the Israeli seige of Gaza<\/a>. NI served as the US fiscal sponsor.<\/p>\n

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Standing Rock protests<\/a> have succeeded in stopping the Dakota Access Pipeline. This effort was led by indigenous people.<\/p>\n

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The US congress staged a sit in for gun control<\/a>. NI staff were there in support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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