Revolutionary Nonviolence

Richard Jackson is Director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) and Professor of Peace Studies.Joseph Llewellyn is a PhD candidate at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS), University of Otago, New Zealand.Griffin Manawaroa Leonard is from the Te Arawa iwi and is a PhD candidate at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS), University of Otago, New Zealand.Aidan Gnoth is a Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Otago University, New Zealand.Tonga Karena is a PhD candidate at the Peace and Conflict Studies Centre in Otago University. He is an indigenous researcher experienced in the cultural field of custom and ritual, language revitalization and performance arts.

• Introduction: The opportunities and challenges of revolutionary nonviolence today - Richard Jackson, Joe Llewellyn, Griffin Leonard, Aidan Gnoth and Tonga Karena1. A defence of revolutionary nonviolence - Richard Jackson2. Listen, Leftist! Violence is not revolutionary - Joseph Llewellyn3. Symbolic nonviolence and the transformation of society beyond liberal capitalism - Timothy Bryar4. Eradicating warism: Our most dangerous disease - Duane L. Cady5. Social defence: A revolutionary agenda - Brian Martin6. One No against violence, many Yeses beyond violence: Zapatista dignity, autonomy, counter-conduct - Sean Chabot & Stellan Vinthagen7. Rethinking nonviolence and (de)legitimacy: BDS and the formal Palestinian political process - Philippa Barnes8. Grassroots media as strategic resistance - Isabel McIntosh9. Wiremu Patene and the early peace movement at Karakariki - Anaru Eketone10. Reclaiming the role of Rongo: A revolutionary and radical form of non-violent politics - Tonga Karena11. Understanding Baxter’s ‘Dunedin lawyer’: Alfred Richard Barclay and the significance of Boer War opposition in New Zealand - Tim Leadbeater

A superb collection of essays that is much needed in the current era of political, economic and environmental crisis. The volume adeptly points to the potential of revolutionary nonviolence in transforming society while exposing myths upon which the glorification of violence are based.