Author: Larry Gara

Historian and longtime WRL member Larry Gara has been a frequent contributor to the Nonviolent Activist.

Philosophical Nonviolence

  American Nonviolence: The History of an Idea By Ira Chernus 2004, Orbis Books; 234 pages. $20.00, paperback Ira Chernus, a professor of religious studies, has written American Nonviolence primarily from the religious perspective. While he includes material on the secular basis for nonviolence, most of his study involves individuals and groups who based their…

Conscientious Objection

Conscientious Objection

Global Resistance Conscientious Objection: Resisting Militarized Society Edited by Özgür Heval Çınar and Coşkun Üsterci Zed Books, 2009, 268 pages, $35.95 In January 2007, an international conference on conscientious objection was held at Istanbul Bilgi University. More than 300 people participated during the two days of the conference, and special attention was paid to the…

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