Anarcho-pacifism, also referred to as anarchist pacifism and pacifist anarchism, is an anarchist school of thought that advocates for the use of peaceful, non-violent forms of resistance in the struggle for social change. Anarcho-pacifism rejects the principle of violence which is seen as a form of power and therefore as contradictory to key anarchist ideals such as the rejection of hierarchy and dominance. Many anarcho-pacifists are also Christian anarchists, who reject war and the use of violence.
Henry David Thoreau
Broken rifle and Circle-A
Bart de Ligt, influential Dutch anarcho-pacifist writer of the theoretical work The Conquest of Violence
Dorothy Day, American Christian anarchist and anarcho-pacifist
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909.
Tolstoy in 1908
Leo Tolstoy at age 20, c. 1848
Tolstoy's wife Sophia and their daughter Alexandra
Portrait of Leo Tolstoy by Ivan Kramskoi, 1873