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What is NONVIOLENCE TODAY?

Nonviolence Today is published every two months to help increase the understanding and use of nonviolence. We publish reports and evaluations of trainings and actions, with a view to improving the quality of both. It's the peoples' magazine and first hand participant reports are especially welcome. Nonviolence Today also serves an educational role in promoting a theoretical understanding of nonviolence as a political philosophy. There is much diversity of opinion of what that is, but the common ground of agreement is probably that political power comes from cooperation. If we don't like the behaviour of power holders, then we withdraw our cooperation in sufficient numbers and they will be disabled. Nonviolent action is a technique which has existed throughout history and occurs in all cultures and has been used by an enormous range of social groups. Nonviolence can be applied to activities as widely different as personal growth and national defence. Violence is not necessary for social change and is, in fact, counterproductive to greater freedom, justice and harmony.

Subscription Information

Although Nonviolence Today is on sale in some alternative bookshops around Australia, subscriptions are a better form of support. Supporting and Maniacal subscriptions make it possible for us to send the magazine to organizations and people who couldn't otherwise receive it, e.g. organisations in the Third World. Unless requested not to, the names and towns of supporting and maniacal subscribers will be published for the time period which applies. The subscription card should have annoyed you by falling out of the magazine by now. You can pay by telephone with Bankcard, Mastercard or Visa. Phone Dave on (07)33662660 (10am to 9pm 7days). If you like the magazine and want it to continue, please:

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Nonviolence Today is also published electronically (without graphics) on the World Wide Web at

http://uq.net.au/~zzdkeena/NvT/

Subscription Options

· Australia (six issues for $25)

· Overseas Airmail (six issues for $35)

· Supporting (six issues for $50+)

· Maniacal (lifetime for $400+)

NONVIOLENCE TODAY PO Box 5292, West End QLD 4101, Australia. Phone (07) 3366 2660

Email: NvT <d.keenan@uq.net.au>

Free Trial Offer

If you know someone you think might be interested in Nonviolence Today (including yourself if you are not a subscriber), send us their(your) name and address. We will send a free copy and invite them(you) to subscribe. Tick the appropriate option on the subscription card (In this case you don't even need to use an envelope) or phone.

Adoptions

This is a gift subscription idea which encourages Nonviolence Today supporters to pay for a subscription to be sent to a library of their choice. This has the potential to introduce a much larger number of people to the idea and practice of nonviolence, not to mention the possibility of finding new subscribers. A subscription card is enclosed for your convenience. If you are a librarian and would like to seek adoption, let us know and we will place your library on a list and make adoption available as soon as possible. The names of the adopted library and the person or persons who adopted it will be published in the magazine unless we are specifically asked not to.

Notes for Contributors

Nonviolence Today exists to promote

(1) nonviolence as a political theory and

(2) the study and practice of nonviolent action as a method of social change.

Theoretical proposals and analyses of actions and campaigns that advance these goals are most welcome. We may edit articles to maintain a focus on nonviolence.

We prefer contributions to be sent by electronic mail (see address above) or on a floppy disk, which we will return. Failing that, preferably typed (for scanning), or clear, legible handwriting (if in doubt, please type it). Please inform us of the authorship of any items you send and tell us if they're not for publication.

Photographs are extremely desirable, preferably: (1) clearly captioned on the back; (2) dramatic.

Copy deadlines are at the end of January, March, May, July, September, November.