We Shall Never Be Moved

Nothing is more powerful than an idea
whose time has come, and that idea is nonviolence. It has
long provided an alternative method of conflict resolution
to war. With global warming solutions requiring an end to
militarism's polluting excesses, this book shows that
nonviolence is evolving and more viable than ever, having
developed considerably since the days of Gandhi and King.
Using case studies, written by an insider, of Australian
blockades for the environment and Aboriginal land rights, it
shows how Gandhian nonviolence has been challenged by new,
more militant forms of active resistance. Such innovations
make blockades more physically effective: not just 'putting
bodies on the line', but burying those bodies up to the
neck, chaining, cementing or gluing them to objects or into
the ground, climbing tripods or trees, establishing other
barricades, or hiding in forests. The book also examines
artistic activism, wherein music, street-theatre, banners,
photos and film-making have inspired and fortified
activists, created solidarity and multiple foci of protest,
prevented violence, gained favourable media, and educated on
a variety of intellectual, emotional and physical levels.