{"id":9172,"date":"2015-06-04T14:06:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T14:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/?p=9172"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:38:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:38:40","slug":"new-gnad-cases-s2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/2015\/06\/04\/new-gnad-cases-s2015\/","title":{"rendered":"New cases added to the Global Nonviolent Action Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seventy-six new cases have been added to the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Nonviolent Action Database<\/a><\/strong> by students in the spring semester Strategy and Nonviolent Struggle course at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swarthmore.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swarthmore College<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Global Nonviolent Action Database presents\u00a0cases of nonviolent civil resistance from around the world, spanning decades and even hundreds of years. Data is provided in a narrative format, and each case is classified across\u00a0a number of criteria to allow for comparisons and advanced searches.<\/p>\n<p>A selection of the new cases include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/methodists-campaign-reinstatement-minister-2013-pennsylvania-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennsylvanian Methodists campaign for reinstatement of minister, United States, 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/brazilian-free-fare-movement-mpl-mobilizes-against-fare-hikes-2013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brazilian Free Fare Movement (MPL) mobilizes against fare hikes, 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/glasgow-women-campaign-rent-control-1915-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glaswegian Women Campaign for Rent Control, Scotland, 1915\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/students-school-boycott-stops-neighborhood-schools-closing-sarasota-florida-united-states-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarasotan Students&#8217; school boycott stops neighborhood schools from closing, Florida, United States, 1969<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/chicago-residents-sit-prevent-dyett-high-school-closure-2013-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago residents sit-in to prevent Dyett High School closure, United States, 2013-14<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/philadelphians-prevent-deportation-honduran-immigrant-through-church-sanctuary-2014-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphians prevent deportation of Honduran immigrant through church sanctuary, United States, 2014-2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/spanish-homeowners-and-activists-blockade-and-occupy-protest-home-evictions-2009-2013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish homeowners and activists blockade and occupy to protest home evictions, 2009-2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\/content\/south-korean-media-workers-resist-privatisation-television-networks-2008-2009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Korean media workers resist privatisation of television networks, 2008-2009<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9177\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-32411630\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9177 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/06\/Glasgow-rent-strike-1915-BBC-CC.jpg\" alt=\"Glasgow rent strike 1915 BBC CC\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/06\/Glasgow-rent-strike-1915-BBC-CC.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/06\/Glasgow-rent-strike-1915-BBC-CC-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glasgow Rent Strike during World War I (BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To view more than one thousand cases of nonviolent civil resistance in the database, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu<\/a> and follow on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GNADatabase\">Twitter <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nvdatabase\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventy-six new cases have been added to the Global Nonviolent Action Database by students in the spring semester Strategy and Nonviolent Struggle course at Swarthmore College. The Global Nonviolent Action Database presents\u00a0cases of nonviolent civil resistance from around the world, spanning decades and even hundreds of years. Data is provided in a narrative format, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/2015\/06\/04\/new-gnad-cases-s2015\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New cases added to the Global Nonviolent Action Database<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84,41,22,177,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9172"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175424828,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9172\/revisions\/175424828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}