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=====MLK Day keynote: Why nonviolent protest has become less successful (when it might be needed most)===== | =====MLK Day keynote: Why nonviolent protest has become less successful (when it might be needed most)===== | ||
[https://www.bates.edu/news/2025/01/24/mlk-day-keynote-at-bates-why-nonviolent-movements-are-less-successful-when-theyre-most-needed/ by Bates News 24/1/25 Bates] | [https://www.bates.edu/news/2025/01/24/mlk-day-keynote-at-bates-why-nonviolent-movements-are-less-successful-when-theyre-most-needed/ by Bates News 24/1/25 Bates] | ||
Looking out at the audience gathered in Gomes Chapel on Monday morning, Erica Chenoweth, an expert on nonviolent protest and this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. keynote speaker, piqued the audience’s interest by saying they could easily mount a big, DIY nonviolent protest that very evening. | Looking out at the audience gathered in Gomes Chapel on Monday morning, Erica Chenoweth, an expert on nonviolent protest and this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. keynote speaker, piqued the audience’s interest by saying they could easily mount a big, DIY nonviolent protest that very evening. | ||
=====Erica Chenoweth illuminates the value of nonviolent resistance in societal conflicts===== | |||
[https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/advocacy-social-movements/paths-resistance-erica-chenoweths-research by Ralph Ranalli 2019 HARVARD Kennedy School] | |||
THEY REACH OUT TO ERICA CHENOWETH ALMOST DAILY—from Africa, South America, the Middle East, Europe, even the United States. They hail from places where authoritarian officials are tightening their grip, where repression is on the rise, and where citizens are mobilizing against governments they want to unseat. Their inquiries usually boil down to one key question: How can we win without resorting to violence? | |||
