Cary DonhamJul 16, 20234 minLIBERIAN WOMEN PEACEFULLY BRING A BRUTAL CIVIL WAR TO AN END (Successful Non-violence Campaigns)In the Greek play “Lysistrata,” first acted in 411 BCE, Aristophanes’ character, Lysistrata, leads a group of women to refuse to have sex...
Cary DonhamJul 5, 20234 minMONTGOMERY ALABAMA BUS BOYCOTT (Successful Non-violence Campaigns) The June 29, 2023, Supreme Court decision inStudents for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, hearkens...
Cary DonhamJun 30, 20236 minNONVIOLENCE IN THE BALTIC STATES HELPED THEM BREAKAWAY FROM THE SOVIET UNION I hadn’t associated the three European Baltic nations—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—with nonviolent movements. However, from 1986-1991,...
Cary DonhamJun 26, 20233 minTHE GANDHI-LED GREAT SALT MARCH: WORLD RECOGNITION OF SATYGHARA (Successful Non-Violence Campaigns)Anyone willing to make a 241-mile march in boiling heat under constant threat of government violence to protest a tax on salt is a tower...