News 24/10/2024

The Nonviolence Factory 2024

Defending Human Rights. Confronting Authoritarianism. 11 - 15th of November - Barcelona.

The Nonviolence Factory (TNF) is a training school and meeting place focused on promoting strategies to confront authoritarianism and defend human rights and democracy in the Euro-Mediterranean. It is held annually in Barcelona and the participants are invited only with invitation. It will be celebrated in Barcelona from 11th to 15th of Novembre.  

It is organized by the Novact Institute of Nonviolence, in collaboration with leading human rights organizations and civil resistance movements. 

This year, The Nonviolence Factory (TNF) is hosting the European Civic Academy (ECA) – an annual event organised by the European Civic Forum which aims to connect and build bridges between civil society and academia. ECA 2024 will take place at TNF on 14 November, consisting of a series of closed-door panels focusing on security politics, (digital) authoritarianism and surveillance capitalism.

The Nonviolence Factory connects and resources movement-builders, frontline communities, community organizers, human rights defenders, public sector actors, artists, and democracy advocates working in diverse geographic and cultural contexts.  

The Nonviolence Factory aims to become an international reference point for the promotion of a new ecosystem based in Human Rights, Nonviolence and Democracy. 

 

EDITIONS

The 2023 edition specific topic was: Creation of alternatives to confront the authoritarian wave sweeping the World, especially at the Euro-Mediterranean region.  

The 2024 edition specific topic is: Mass Surveillance and the use of new technologies to control civil society and shrink human rights defender’s work. 

 

2024 PROGRAM

Here you can find the main activities of this 2024 edition.  

 

OPEN EVENTS

Wednesday 13th of November at 6.30pm  

OPEN CONFERENCE: “Antiracism from the perspective of othering and belonging. Conversation of john a. powell with anti-racist entities” in Hub Social (Girona, 34 in Barcelona City). Translation to English, Catalan and Spanish. 

 

Thursday 14th of November at 6.30pm 

OPEN CONFERENCE: “Surveillance in the Digital Era: Challenges and Solutions to Protect Democracy” 

Protecting civic space against mass surveillance in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Event at the Catalan Parliament.