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Montaber publishes Martí Olivella’s new book Abolish War! Nonviolent self-defence and civil deterrence proposal

Montaber publishes Abolish War! a new book by Martí Olivella. Just as slavery was once abolished, the author now calls for the abolition of war through a strategy of Nonviolent Self-Defence with Civil Deterrence. The aim is to prevent armed conflict by making violence unprofitable for any aggressor. Olivella defends the right to self-protection without sacrificing either ethics or effectiveness. His proposal introduces a new security paradigm –highly relevant in today’s world- and advocates for a peaceful, democratic global movement. 

Abolish war!
Nonviolent self-defence and civil deterrence proposal
Martí Olivella Solé

228 pages, 15 x 21 cm, Paperback
ISBN print edition: 9788410238909
ISBN digital PDF edition: 9788410238916
Montaber (Barcelona)

Now available through the Montaber web site.

Writer and political activist Victor Hugo proclaimed at the World Peace Congress held in Paris in 1849 that the death penalty should be abolished. Now, 176 years after that historic speech, a new goal is necessary: the abolition of war. Since war enforces the death penalty indiscriminately and without any legal process, the only way to avoid this contradiction and crime against humanity is to abolish it.

In this book, Martí Olivella proposes a strategy of nonviolent self-defence with civil deterrence to prevent armed conflicts and ensure they are never worthwhile for a potential aggressor. This approach upholds the right and duty to defend ourselves from invasion or injustice, but does so with intelligence, effectiveness and ethics.

The author presents information and proposals aimed at creating nonviolent self-defence forces within a new security paradigm. It is an unprecedented, yet not impossible, formulation.

This is highly valuable document for facing the turbulent times we live in, and, through tools and arguments, it helps to build a peaceful and democratic movement.

About the author

Martí Olivella i Solé (Barcelona, 1955) was part of the first group of conscientious objectors to military service (1975-1977 in Francoist Spain), where he learned, in practice, the principles of nonviolent struggle alongside Pepe Beunza. The objector’s movement achieved recognition of the right to object to military service in the new 1977 constitution. Thanks to one million objectors and 50.000 draft resisters, compulsory military service was finally abolished in 2001.

Influenced by Lluís Maria Xirinacs, he became interested in developing alternative models of society inspired by Agustí Chalaux, through the Centre d’Estudis Joan Bardina, and later, through Ecoconcern – Social Innovation. It was within the association Nova – Social Innovation that he resumed work on alternatives to armed forces, organizing the Marches for a Culture of Peace. More recently, through NOVACT – International Institute for Nonviolent Action, he has supported nonviolent movements along the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

He has been involved in the Pau i Treva collective and the Seminari Estat de Pau, promoting the publication, through the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP), of several key works on alternatives to armed forces: Building a Safe and Peaceful State, Civilian-Based Defense (Gene Sharp), Civil Peace Services (Rubén Campos), and The Counter-Coup (Gonzalo Arias).

 

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