We Need Political Nonviolence Now More Than Ever

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Learn how political nonviolence can rehumanize us to one another and defend democracy in the U.S. and around the world.

After the shooting at former President Trump’s campaign rally, many people rushed to say that “political violence has no place in our democracy.”

Let’s go even further and boldly say: political nonviolence is essential for democracy.

The ties between nonviolence and democracy run deep. We know from the groundbreaking research of Erica Chenoweth and Maria J.