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Visit STEPHENZUNES.org for 1,000 articles, video and audio presentations and books by this top Middle East and Nonviolent Action expert, including: Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution; Nonviolent Social Movements; and Tinderbox. Also see videos of his and other presentations at the MNS 50th Anniversary plus best nonviolence resources.

Download Free: How Agent Provocateurs Harm Our Movements by Steve Chase (2022, 45 pages), from Solidarity 2020 and Beyond and ICNC Press. Or order the paperback or e-book copies. See George Lakey’s review in WagingNonviolence.org and the trailer to Lakey’s bio-doc. Also see Nonviolence International (NVI), archive, database, webinars, internships & United for a Fair Economy: Toolkit, workshops, guides, charts, reports, events.

Dancing with History: A Life for Peace & Justice, George Lakey’s 2023 memoir, and view Citizen George, the 2024 film bio about Lakey’s six decades of leadership, strategy, training for nonviolent change. Enjoy and share his many videos and books, including: How We Win; Powerful Peacemaking; Viking Economics; Facilitating Group Learning and more…

Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet (2025), by Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow. Read his intriguing 2023 novel, Altar to an Erupting Sun, addressing challenges facing climate change and justice activists. Also see his 5-min. video interview and review.

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Books & Videos for Activists by Topic/Issue

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• Activist Classics: James Baldwin, Noam Chomsky, Eugene Debs,
  Barbara Deming, W.E.B. Du Bois, Hannah Arendt, Marx & Engels…
• Climate, Environment & Ecology: Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva…
• Democracy, Elections & Politics: Lawrence Lessig, Ralph Nader, Greg Palast, IPS…
• Education & Training: Paolo Freire, BeautifulTrouble.org…
• Gender & Sexuality: Angela Davis, Felice Yeskel, James Baldwin…
• History: Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Thom Hartmann, Zephyr Teachout…
• Law, Civil & Human Rights: Erwin Chemerinski, Lawrence Lessig, Rep. Jamie Raskin…
• Media, Technology & Civil Liberties: Jon Nichols, Robert McChesney,
  Edward Snowden, Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon, Amy Goodman…
• Movement for a New Society Authors, Books, Videos
• Organizing, Training & Strategy : George Lakey, Bill Moyer, Nadine Bloch, Daniel Hunter…
• Nonviolent Action: Gene Sharp, Michael Beer, Erica Chenoweth, Paul & Mark Engler…
• Peace & War: Stephen Zunes, Richard Falk, Medea Benjamin…
• Racial & Ethnic Justice: Rinku Sen, Eddie Glaude Jr., Cornel West, BookRiot.com…
• Religion & Ethics: Chuck Collins, George Lakoff…
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• ECONOMICS
  • Capitalism, Socialism & Alternatives:
    Thomas Piketty, Richard Wolff, Marx & Engels…
  • Class & Inequality: Chuck Collins, Betsy Leondar-Wright…
  • Global: Naomi Klein, Dean Baker, Joseph Stiglitz, Walden Bello, Arundhati Roy…
  • Labor: Robert Reich, Gar Alperovitz, Holly Sklar…
  • Responsible Business: Shel Horowitz, Alan Atkisson…
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• MINDFULNESS: Support, Spirituality and Preventing Burnout
  • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit
  • The Impossible Will Take a While by Paul Loeb
  • The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way by Hillary Rettig

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