New site and new owner coming soon!

Nonviolence.org was among the first generation of online peace networks. Launching in the fall of 1995, it was the first web host for dozens of national U.S. peace groups but it was much more than just a host. Founder Martin Kelley essentially acted as free movement webmaster, posting material and organizing events for a collection of activists that often didn't even quite understand what the "World Wide Web" was all about. A lot of the work was educating staff. It underwent a number of changes in its thirteen years, starting as a portal to established peace groups to a pioneering blog to a social networking site, each change trying to help people connect, learn and teach one another about the promise of nonviolent social change. It was never very successful in fundraising and the domain is currently being bought by a new owner.

In the meantime check out these resources from Nonviolence.org founder:

Nonviolence Ning

Quaker Peace Witness

Elsewhere: Archive.org does a fine job of keeping the classic Nonviolence.org material accessible, including David McReynold's excellent seven-part Philosophy of Nonviolence series. Dave the Quaker Agitator is always on top of current events and the Fellowship of Reconciliation's new group blog at FORPeace.net is a great addition to the peace blogging scene. Martin's Quaker blog community project QuakerQuaker continues to go strong and has an active Quaker Witness category. Archived posts from Nonviolence.org's pioneering peace blog have been integrated into Martin's personal blog.