Global Nonviolent Action Database

A research tool for nonviolent actions across the world

  1. To provide free access to information about hundreds of cases of nonviolent action for learning and for citizen action. We research campaigns that have reached a point of completion. The cases are drawn from all continents and most countries.  People are shown struggling for human rights, economic justice, democracy, national and ethnic identity, environmental sustainability, and peace.
  2. To make available comparative information that will support researchers and writers to develop strategic knowledge and theory.  Each case is presented in two formats: the database file (with searchable fields) and the narrative describing the struggle as an unfolding story. The database supports searches by country, by issue, by action method used, and even by year.