La’Onf is an organization in Iraq that doesn’t make headlines in the United States. Its members advocate for nonviolence and they’ve been organizing in Iraq’s most deadly neighbourhoods and cities. “There is not only violence in Iraq, there is something more,” says Ismaeel Dawood, a founding member of the organization, “people are building peace and seeking real change. Today LaOnf exists within the polarized and dangerous political environment of Iraq where if you speak about resistance you are accused of supporting terrorists and advocating violence; but if you speak about nonviolence you are accused of supporting the occupation. La’Onf seeks to create a third way with its message that nonviolence is a tool to resist occupation and terrorism.”
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