Nonviolence Now Podcast

S2E6 - IMF & Economic Justice S2E6 - IMF & Economic Justice Layal Beyhum In this episode, Layal speaks with Steven Qi about how economic systems shape dignity, trust, and the possibility of nonviolence. They frame economic justice as a condition for peace rather than a technical policy debate. Steven explains how slowing global growth, rising debt, and labor market shocks translate into everyd...

Countering disinformation goes far beyond fact-checking. It demands patience, persistence, and hope. Digital non-violence refuses outrage as currency, because it centers human voices,  builds trust slowly, and treats truth as a shared responsibility.

In this episode, Layal Beyhum and Tiffany Saade examine how artificial intelligence alters governance, security, and power. They move past hype and focus on risk, responsibility, and institutional readiness. The conversation treats AI as a political and security issue rather than a neutral technology. Tiffany draws on her work in AI security and threat intelligence to explain how governance lags b...

E3- Migration & Policy  In this episode, Layal and Pablo examine migration as a structural reality rather than a recurring crisis. They challenge the tendency to frame mobility as an emergency and argue that movement is shaped by political systems, economic inequality, climate pressure, and historical rupture.

In this episode, Layal speaks with Rivera Sun about how civil resistance in the United States is shifting form and strategy. Rivera traces the long tradition of nonviolent action in the United States. Movements have always used boycotts, strikes, and refusal to reshape power. What feels new today is the speed, scale, and coordination of resistance in response to rising authoritarianism. The conver...

Season Two of Nonviolence Now begins on the shores of the Mediterranean. In this opening episode, Layal Beyhum reflects on migration, blame, and the global distortion created by polarized narratives. This season will examine how radicalization spreads in divided societies—and how nonviolence operates not as passivity, but as strategic resistance from within institutions, civil society, and governm...

Join us for a compelling discussion that touches on coping with activist stress, preventing burnout, healing trauma. In this joint (and season finale) episode of The Nonviolence Now podcast with The SuperHumanizer podcast, Layal Beyhum unfolds the challenges of navigating activism in both online and offline spaces with Dr. Hani Chaabo and Katherine G. Bogen M.A. In this episode, they share their p...

Join Alisha for a “museum tour” as they delve into a wide variety of queer artistic expression and illuminate each one as a unique form of nonviolent action. From inventive dance forms to personal portraits to anonymous journalism to one hell of a jacket, get a sampling of what pride has meant over space and time.  Music: Horns and Happiness by mosesharrisjr, https://pixabay.com/users/mosesha...

In this episode of Nonviolence Now, Layal and Alisha sit down with Bianca Castro, deputy lead of Roots, an initiative by Greenpeace, to talk about the global youth response to the climate crisis. Bianca shares her journey—from Fridays for Future to analyzing international climate policies—and breaks down the difference between climate activism and climate justice. Discover how nonviolent resistanc...

Recorded in November 2024, during the heated conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, Layal is joined by Professor Felipe Daza, a human rights defender and nonviolence strategist actively working on the ground to support movements. Together, they delve into the struggle for rights and justice across regions. Highlighting case studies such as the Israel-Palestine conflict, holding multinationals acco...

Amidst growing debates on digital activism and media control, Layal explores how the Arab Spring not only reshaped the Middle East but also set the foundation for today’s alternative media landscape. From Tunisia to Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Syria and beyond, the episode breaks down how Gene Sharp’s 198 methods of nonviolent resistance played out on the ground—and why their impact is still unfolding to...

From Gandhi's movement to the US civil rights movement, into their influence around the world and its digitalization through the Arab Spring, Layal & Alisha show the evolution of nonviolent actions with current global movements. Music: Horns and Happiness by mosesharrisjr, https://pixabay.com/users/mosesharrisjr-44001257/

Discover the concepts of nonviolence through the lens of prominent thinkers like Henry David Thoreau, Étienne de La Boétie, Jean Paul Lederach, and global scholars. With co-hosts, Layal & Alisha, explore how these diverse perspectives converge on the principles of love, truth, and justice to achieve social and political transformation without resorting to violence. Music: Horns and Happiness b...