I would say that I'm a non-violent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart, your sense of humor, every faculty available to you. ...because no one has the right to take the life of another human being.
-- Joan Baez
#Wisdom #Quotes #JoanBaez #NonViolence #Violence
#Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
This is my favorite slide from the first #1millionrising video call. #noncooperation #stratetgicnoncooperation #civilresistance #resist #resistance #nonviolent #nonviolence #radicaldecency #anti-authoritarian #anti-fascist #activism #organizing #social #political #economic
The only thing that stops #fascists is violence. Typically the only people willing to utilize it are #Anarchists, #Communists, #BlackPnthers & some #Indigenous activists. #Democrat / #Liberal #Centurists #nonviolence provides the the permissive environment that #fascism takes root in. #USPoli
Francesca Albanese, presenting her report to the UN human rights council, described what she called "an economy of genocide" in which the conflict with Hamas provided a testing ground - with no accountability or oversight - for new weapons and technology.
Yes, absolutely. For arms merchants from OECD countries (including Canada), it's just a warped sales convention where potential customers can see their weapons demonstrated against actual humans.
>Finding Solutions to the problems we face<
You need #Resilience in times of #Authoritarianism
Pushing back on authoritarian regimes
The accent on #Nonviolence while practicing mass protests
Using #tools & #spaces of #opposition
The Importance of:
#Resistance means we model the #values that we would like to see in politics and in the world
A template for Resistance was the march for joy against the Pinoche military dictatorship
I think pascifists love quotes:
"Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence." -- Nelson Mandela
The philosophical dispersion that violence is a fundamental reality is not unlike the ancient belief that child sacrifice appeases the gods. Just as humanity was able to overcome those limited perceptions, so, too, can we get beyond the belief that violence is part of the natural order.
Violence is a philosophy of emotive maintenance.
When voting and protesting isn't enough: radical non-violence is called for.
It's not too late to join a #NoKings protest in your area today.
I'm protesting - for the first time in my life - because I'm tired of feeling helpless as I witness my country being destroyed by its government.
Signs are done for tomorrow's #NoKings march. Now to pack the safety bag.
Be safe out there everyone - and lets get to that magic 3.5%
#NonViolence #FreedomOfSpeech #ICE #PublicMedia #NPR #PBS #OrangeClown #3.5%
Seriously... Fuck off with your "nonviolence" bullshit.
@Dialectician @Maxfieldripken I just listed like half a dozen examples of places that did just that, and not sure I can help you further here.
Perhaps books like Pranksters vs Autocrats can help more than my reply.
It is at https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-62212 in various formats and PDF here:
https://d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/pdfs/9781501756078.pdf
@Maxfieldripken I can.
Poland (still not totally secure from autocracy, but pulled back from it).
Milošević https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/serbians-overthrow-milosevic-bulldozer-revolution-2000
Brazil (more than once I believe)
Kenya (1990s)
Georgia
Taiwan (ended one party rule)
South Korea (ended military rule)
Ukraine (2004-2005)
Myanmar
Egypt (early 2000s).
Non-violence has been effective, often more than violence.
Dear #Liberals
We are WAYYY past where #nonviolence is effective
You can’t nonviolently stop mass kidnappings to #concentrationcamps
It’s not the same as #jail
People have to fight for their lives cos what is waiting for them is worse than death
#uk #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #blockade / #freedomflotilla / #humanitarianaid / #nonviolence / #detention / #ngo / #amnestyinternational
„The mission is an indictment of the international community’s failure to put an end to Israel’s inhumane blockade.
As the occupying power, Israel has an international obligation to ensure safe access to food, medicine, and essential supplies for Gaza’s civilians.“
- Agnès Callamard -
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/israels-interception-gaza-freedom-flotillas-madleen-boat-condemned-chilling-contempt
Jamez Re!nert
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