In most cases, it’s reasonable to expect that groups of protesters will abide by the law. But there are times when doing so diminishes the effectiveness of the protests.
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Elizabeth Gilbert’s decision to cancel the publication of her latest novel needs to be understood in the context of a long history of symbolic protest.
Could non-violent action by women ultimately replace military violence? There is much to learn from the bravery of female-led resistance movements during the second world war.
Nonviolent protest could also prove effective in stopping hostilities in Ukraine.
Fanon was brutally honest in his criticism of militants and Africa’s post-independence elites.
When the government claims that only non-disruptive protests are “civil”, it risks censoring those who seek to go beyond mere symbolic actions and have some impact on others through their protest.
Young Algerians who dream of accessing global markets have extensively used iconic brands, films and series as political resources.
Howard Thurman, a mentor to MLK, first met Gandhi during a visit to India in 1936. He came to understand nonviolence as a force more powerful than hate that had the power to transform the world.
The criminalisation of fracking protesters is not the exception, it has become the rule.
Palestinian nonviolent protests and mass movement of resistance is one of Israel’s biggest fears.
Thanks to a violent fringe of protesters backed by Hamas, a far larger non-violent movement is struggling to control the narrative of what’s happening in Gaza.
Thousands marched in silence against racial violence after a riot left hundreds of blacks dead and thousands homeless. The demands of black people in 2017 remain the same as they did in 1917.
It cuts shuts down the chance for dialogue.
South African universities are aflame as student protests for free education turn violent. But, would a non-violent approach, as preached by Martin Luther King, be more effective in their cause?
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Senior Lecturer in Peace Studies, University of New England
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Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University
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