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Global Warming, Militarism and Nonviolence

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Abstract

In this chapter we examine more recent nonviolent activism, which has been transformed and assisted immensely by developments in global information and communication technologies (ICTs), enabling faster, more efficient communication and organising. After a brief introduction to ICTs in activism, we look at their problems before moving to their benefits to a wide variety of nonviolent movements, from the pioneering activism against global warming of rainforest protectors, to the Arab Spring and Occupy movements. Some of these movements were demanding climate action and peace; others called for the just, truly-democratic societies that positive peace requires.

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    Marty Branagan (Lecturer in Peace Studies)

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Branagan, M. (2013). Internetworking. In: Global Warming, Militarism and Nonviolence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137010100_5

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