Parent (Previous) Guide Folders
Constructive Conflict Guide >
Intractable Conflict Threat and Opportunity >
Runaway Escalation and Hyper-Polarization >
Small-Group Intractable Conflict Threat
______________________

Violence

BI Article
The "Two Taproot (or Fuses) Theory" of Social Unrest
Civil rights mediators from the Community Relations Service discuss why racial violence happens--and what needs to be done to prevent it.

News and Opinion
When the "Violence" Isn't Violent
A compelling case against the now common overuse of the term, "violence." The fight against violence requires being clear about what it does and doesn't mean.

BI Article
Violence -- Overview
This article examines the nature of political violence and what can be done to stop it.

News and Opinion
Protesters want to defund police. Homicides and violence are spiking. In Oakland, ideology and practicality collide.
A look at what happens when simplistic, "defund the police" slogans run into the complex world of modern policing.

Colleague Activities
De-Wedging Police Violence in the United States

News and Opinion
The New Era of Political Violence Is Here
A look at a possible next step in the escalation of our social and political conflicts --- a step that will start crossing the taboo line that separates violent from nonviolent conflict.

News and Opinion
The Rise of Political Violence in the United States
An exhaustive analysis of recent trends in political violence in the United States -- violence that, thankfully, is still far below what the US experienced in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Colleague Activities
US Crisis Monitor to Provide Real-Time Data on Political Violence and Demonstrations in America
A report on protests and political violence surrounding the Nov. 2020 U.S. political elections in 2020.

News and Opinion
When Will Activists (and the Media) Get Honest About Police Shootings?
The problem of unjustified police violence is far more complex than media coverage suggests--a look at the issues we really ought to be thinking about.

News and Opinion
Chicago Gun Violence Spikes and Increasingly Finds the Youngest Victims

News and Opinion
Minneapolis violence surges as police officers leave department in droves

News and Opinion
Trump Is Trying to Turn Violence in Cities Like Kenosha Into His Winning Issue

News and Opinion
Violence rises in Minneapolis, as debate over role of police rages

BI Article
The King Soopers Shooting: This Time It Was Personal
A review, with lots of links, into the many facets of the mass shooting and gun violence problem and strategies for addressing it.

News and Opinion
It's Got to Stop': Atlanta's Mayor Decries a Surge of Violence as a Girl Is Killed

News and Opinion
Do All Black Lives Matter? Or Just Some?
On the soaring toll of civilian violence against African-Americans

Colleague Activities
U.S. Election Violence Is Not Inevitable: How To Prevent It Before, During, And After November 3rd
A call for Americans to work together to prevent violence and address the accelerated conflict dynamics in the U.S surrounding the U.S. elections

News and Opinion
The Killing of Adam Toledo and the Colliding Cycles of Violence in Chicago

News and Opinion
The Unlikely New Generation of Unabomber Acolyte
The myth that a little bit of violence will solve our problems seems to be reemerging, even though violence hardens, rather than softens, opposition. #mbi_context

News and Opinion
The Death of Hannah Fizer
An important reminder that not all unjustifiable police violence is motivated by racism. Class is also an important risk factor.