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[https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/03/myanmar-streets-nonviolent-movement-shows-staying-power by Billy Ford; Jonathan Pinckney, 31/3/21 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE] | [https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/03/myanmar-streets-nonviolent-movement-shows-staying-power by Billy Ford; Jonathan Pinckney, 31/3/21 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE] | ||
The people of Myanmar have opposed military rule in the past but never like this: In the face of horrific brutality by a lawless regime, Burmese have risen up in an historic national movement of nonviolent resistance. Led by young women, the fractious country has united across ethnic, generational and class lines, weaponizing social norms and social media in a refusal to accept the generals’ February 1 seizure of power. | The people of Myanmar have opposed military rule in the past but never like this: In the face of horrific brutality by a lawless regime, Burmese have risen up in an historic national movement of nonviolent resistance. Led by young women, the fractious country has united across ethnic, generational and class lines, weaponizing social norms and social media in a refusal to accept the generals’ February 1 seizure of power. | ||
=====Nonviolent Demonstration Safety & Training===== | |||
[https://nonviolencetoolkit.com/nonviolence-toolkit-methods-tactics-nonviolent-demonstration-safety-training by NONVIOLENCE TOOLKIT] | |||
Demonstrations are an act of transformation. Whether it is a radical gesture of one individual speaking truth to power, or a gathering of thousands, a demonstration is seeking change in the existing reality and should be approached with some element of preparation. In his book Strength to Love, Martin Luther King, Jr. talks about “transformed nonconformists”. As part of the pre-demonstration training during the civil rights movement, participants were required to do some inner preparation so their spirit and mind were attuned to the power of what the act of protest means. | |||
