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October 2024
Violent Active 66
A small journey through the System Change Camp – EndCement, campaign against climate killers – book presentation "Zuversicht Now – Fighting the crises of the world courageously"
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- Violence-free Active 66, October 2024 A small journey through the System Change Camp – EndCement, campaign against climate killers – book presentation "Zuversicht Now – Fighting the crises of the world courageously"
- Violent Active 65, March 2024 40 years of WfGA and (k)a bit of a way – greeting from the Covenant for Social Defense
- Violent Active 64, September 2023 New workshop employees*Imagine – peace policy activities and cooperation – Visit the 150th anniversary of the anti-authoritarian meeting of St. Imer
- Violent Active 63, March 2023 The clearing of Lützerath – Improvingly escalating the utopia – Promoting social defence
- Violent Active 62, September 2022 Peace- instead of war logic – advance social defense – Transformationsuni 2.0
- Nonviolence Active 61, March 2022 Civil Disobedience 2.0 – Conflict Moderation for Future – Memories
- Violent Active 60, September 2021 Art as Activism – Protest in Büchel – Demonstrations in Heidelberg
- Nonviolence Active 59, February 2021 Good life for all – nuclear weapons prohibited – War was yesterday. Today we declare peace.
- Non-violence Active 58, October 2020 Non-violent resistance: at the time and today – New workshop staff introduce themselves – Farewell to seven-year workshop work
- Violent Active 57, February 2020 The paradox of nonviolent resistance in the 21st century – Civil Disobedience – Workshop Annual Meeting 2020
- Violent Active 56, September 2019 Participation instead of politics – climate movement has the future – campaign "Stop US-Air Base Ramstein"
- Violent Active 55, February 2019 Theses about dealing with populism – Hambacher Forst remains – Social defence against the destruction of democracy
- Violent Active 54, September 2018 Memorial to Mechtild Eisfeld – Action Training for Civil Disobedience – Alternatives to War
- Violent Active 53, February 2018 Priority Option: Freedom of Violence – Nobel Peace Prize for Nuclear Weapons – Peace Prize to Christoph Besemer
- Violent Active 52, September 2017 Violence-free resistance to deportations – conscientious objection in the NS state – child labour: small hands-great profit – End time: hope and restitution in the nuclear age
- Violent Active 51, February 2017 From the construction of the "Other" – How to continue with the Syrian campaign? – Parolen Paroli offer!
- Violent Active 50, September 2016 Non-violent change is necessary and feasible – power peace. Civilian solutions for Syria
- Non-violence Active 49, February 2016 Action Rise goes into the offensive – Ev. Landeskirchen against war – New workshop trainings
- Violent Active 48, September 2015 Against the "Dilemmathesis" of the EKD – Peacebuilding in Baden-Württemberg – A full success: Center for Peace
- Violent Active 47, February 2015 Rethinking war and peace – Fairy tales are simple, conflicts are complex – Center Peace at Ev. Church Day
- Violent Active 46, September 2014 900 people, 200 events and actions – "Do you want to save Isreael, free the Palestinians" – report from a die-in training
- ewaltfrei Aktiv 45, February 2014 Round tables in public disputes – Book about the history of the anti-atomic movement – What is the peace movement 2014?
- Violent Active 44, October 2013 Syria: How to waive the military strike – How successful are uprisings? – New workshop headquarters has started their work
- Non-violence Active 43, April 2013 Peace political upheaval in the EKD – A thousand reasons for pacifism – Untiring commitment to peace
- Violent Active 42, September 2012 Action Rise Against Arms Trade – Put Leo to the Chain! – Political Mediation
- Violent Active 41, February 2012 Freedom of violence: chance or method? – Why do they follow the war? – Non-violence against war and slavery
- Violent Active 40, September 2011 How does violence-free resistance work? – To counter the arms trade – reading material for non-violent conflict processing
- Violent Active 39, February 2011 Stuttgart 21: The protest continues – New campaign against arms exports – "School-free for the Bundeswehr!"
- Violent Active 38, October 2010 Büerger Resistance Against Stuttgart 21 – Anti-AKW Movement More Than Ever – Biblical Fridensethik Civil Courage
- Violent Active 37, February 2010 Non-violent ways of war and violence – increasing militarisation of society – perspectives for the peace movement and the workshop
- Violently active 36, September 2009 Peace movement in flames – Non-violent action in political conflicts – nuclear weapons withdrawal from Germany
- Violent Active 35, February 2009 Peace through Barack Obama? – The activities against the NATO summit – 25 years workshop for non-violent action, Baden
- Nonviolence Active 34, September 2008 Competitions: A success story? – New workshop publication – conflicts and their solution
- Violent Active 33, February 2008 Responsive instead of buying cheap – military music in the church? – literature tips and new workshop training
- Violent Active 32, October 2007 Discussion on non-violence and military deployments – Freiburger Friedenslauf 2007 – Reactions to "Free from violence against Hitler"
- Violent Active 31, February 2007 Holy lady. Mass Protest to the G8 Summit – Conflict work around a playground – courage to intervene in GEwalt and injustice situations
- Violent Active 30, September 2006 An association of special kind – photo album: The people who wear the people
- Non-violence Active 29, May 2006 Social movement and the importance of campaigns – Discounter in criticism: "Lidl is not too cheap!" – A "monitum" is about!
- Violent Active 28, February 2006 Action against violence and inhumanity, At the focal point: success of social movements – basic principles of consensus
- Violent Active 27, September 2005 Civil disobedience against Genmais plants – elections, parties and movements – Did the social defense
- Violent Active 26, May 2005 From success and difficulties of nonviolent resistance – May 8th from a pacifist view – Round table in Freiburg-Vauban
- Violent Active 25, February 2005 Non-violent uprisings in Ukraine and elsewhere – Jubilee Festival – New training courses from autumn 200
- Violent Active 24, September 2004 Peace Use in Israel /Palestine – Women in the US Civil Rights Movement – Common Mediatio
- Violent Active 23, May 2004 Consensus as a basic democratic principle – Guide to Powerfulness – Devastating Orientation
- Violent Active 22, January 2004 Action recommendations – 20 years workshop for non-violent action, bathing – nuclear exit now
- Violent Active 21, September 2003 Civil Resistance in Denmark 1943 – Peace Movement and Iraq War – Hot somme
- Nonviolence Active 20, May 2003 The new peace movement – Actions against the Iraq War – Focus on workshop work
Other articles
- To the dispute on openness | Crisis, war and openness to justice in the peace movement? – Article published in the magazine Friedensforum, 05/2023 – Renate Wanie
- What we can learn from this today for social defence | 100 years of passive resistance in the Ruhrkampf – Article published in the journal Peace forum, 02/2023 – Barbara Müller
- Civil, nonviolent resistance in theory and practice– Article published in the journal pax info, 12/2022 – Renate Wanie
- Social defense in history and Ukraine today – Lecture at the online event "Without weapons, but not defenseless: Social defense" the workshop, 25. May 2022 – Dietrich Becker-Hinrichs
- Social defense in Ukraine? Previous approaches and further perspectives – Lecture at the online event "Without weapons, but not defenseless: Social defense" the workshop, 25. May 2022 – Christoph Besemer
- "What do we want?" – "Climate justice!" – Article published in the journal Peace forum, 06/2021 – Sara Fromm
- Degrowth as a vision of a non-violent and social-ecological future – Article published in the journal Peace forum, 04/2021 – Sara Fromm
- Civil disobedience – a mature political culture? – Article published in the journal Peace forum, 06/2020 – Renate Wanie
- Civil disobedience: A conscience decision with the power of the many – Article published in the journal Peace forum, 06/2020 – Renate Wanie
- Anti-Corona-Demos: Curious kitchens of the New Right? – Article published in the journal Peace forum, 05/2020 – Renate Wanie
- People protect with violence or violence? – Lecture at a conference in the Forum Civil Peace Service Cologne, 24. April 2015 – Dietrich Becker-Hinrichs
- Building blocks to a more peaceful world – articles published in ‘Creating peace(T) rooms. Overcoming war, arms and violence", Background and Discussion Paper No. 37/June 2014, Annual Meeting of the Confederation for Social Defense, 2014 – Renate Wanie
Information & views
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It goes on with Campa-Peace!
The eighth season Campa-Peace runs from May 2026. Program, FAQ and more information can be found at wfga.de/campa-peace
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Workshop goes: System Change Camp!
14.-26.08.2025 The System Change Camp is a self-organized camp with the aim of a cross-moving educational, exchange and networking space...
