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https://popularresistance.org/beyond-protest-harnessing-people-power-for-the-new-decade/>
"What comes next? How can people power be harnessed for the long haul?
How can we move from the year of protest to a new decade of
transformation? What can we learn from research, the practice of
strategic nonviolent action, and social movements and organized civic
initiatives targeting corruption on the ground?"
[...]
"Efficacy of nonviolent action. The overwhelming evidence is that
nonviolent action is vastly superior to violent struggle. Taken
together, research by my colleagues, Maria Stephan and Jonathan
Pinckney, and Erica Chenoweth and Evan Perkoski, have found that:
nonviolent campaigns are twice as effective as violent campaigns; take
about one-third as long as violent campaigns to end; are nine times more
likely to lead to a democracy after five years; contribute to a higher
level of democracy, are 45 percent less likely to elicit mass killing;
and are six times more successful amid regime repression."
Via
libramoon@pluspora.com.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
