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For those interested in non violent movements/resistance, one of the greatest bodies of work can be found at the Einstein Institute: https://www.aeinstein.org/

For those interested in non violent movements/resistance, one of the greatest bodies of work can be found at the Einstein Institute: https://www.aeinstein.org/ https://www.aeinstein.org/ Gene Sharp the longstanding founder passed away earlier this year. Much of the content is free. Another great resource is Canvas(with a lot of free ebook content): http://canvasopedia.org/publications/ http://canvasopedia.org/publications/ The co-founder Srdja Popovic was an instructor of mine for the Harvard JFK School course he teaches. He was a student leader in Serbia that helped to remove Milosevic from power with non-violent concepts such as "laughtivism". The data on non violent movements for social change suggests that non-violent movements are twice as likely to be successful and more sustainable/resilient.

ekianjo 8y ago
> The data on non violent movements for social change suggests that non-violent movements are twice as likely to be successful it makes intuitive sense as well. Someone who resorts to violence can be considered a public enemy and therefore engages in a zero sum game. Non violent protests usually consider that both sides need to talk and not fight.
- DoreenMichele 8y ago
  As I see it, one of the problems with violent protest is hypocrisy. It takes the position that "I want you to treat me better because treating me so poorly is morally wrong, and I am willing to treat you terribly to get it." SJWs have such a bad reputation because many of them clearly don't really want to end the current Lord of the Flies pecking order that dictates some people get crapped on and some people do the crapping. They often clearly just want to change who plays those respective roles, often with an obvious eye towards taking revenge against the current "privileged" demographic. If you aren't advocating that no one should be crapped on, it's really hard to gain trust and it's really hard to convincingly claim the moral high ground.

ekianjo 8y ago

> The data on non violent movements for social change suggests that non-violent movements are twice as likely to be successful it makes intuitive sense as well. Someone who resorts to violence can be considered a public enemy and therefore engages in a zero sum game. Non violent protests usually consider that both sides need to talk and not fight.

DoreenMichele 8y ago
As I see it, one of the problems with violent protest is hypocrisy. It takes the position that "I want you to treat me better because treating me so poorly is morally wrong, and I am willing to treat you terribly to get it." SJWs have such a bad reputation because many of them clearly don't really want to end the current Lord of the Flies pecking order that dictates some people get crapped on and some people do the crapping. They often clearly just want to change who plays those respective roles, often with an obvious eye towards taking revenge against the current "privileged" demographic. If you aren't advocating that no one should be crapped on, it's really hard to gain trust and it's really hard to convincingly claim the moral high ground.