Write to Resist publishes articles on resistance to every form of social injustice, such as gender injustice, electoral corruption, police brutality, bad governance and repression, under authoritarian, democratic and other systems.
Types of article
Opinion. A clear viewpoint on a current resistance issue, or on what we know about resisting social injustice through nonviolence.
Interview. Conversations with experts and with activists or organizers on the ground, giving action-oriented knowledge of a specific nonviolent struggle rather than general knowledge.
Case study. The story of a specific campaign, group or movement, and the evidence of what resistance means and what works in the field.
Commentary. A short, timely response by experts and activists to a specific campaign or movement, with insight into it.
Submission guidelines
- Original articles of no more than 1,000 words, not under consideration or published elsewhere.
- Written in US English. Translate all non-English phrases.
- When you refer to a source for the first time, link it from the relevant words in the text.
- No more than three images, in portrait format (3:4), each with a description and its source. One of them will be the cover image.
- Free of academic jargon, so that it speaks to readers who are not specialists.
- Analytical, not only descriptive: explain what the facts mean for our understanding of resistance.
- Non-promotional and solution-oriented.
- The use of AI in writing articles is prohibited.
- Send your first draft to the Editor of Write to Resist, [email protected], with the subject line “Submission”.
Notes
- Sending a first draft does not guarantee acceptance. All submissions are assessed for originality, relevance, accuracy and quality.
- We are not able to pay for published articles at present.