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[https://english.asu.edu/content/writings-wall-art-non-violent-protest by Pablo Picasso Arizona State University] | [https://english.asu.edu/content/writings-wall-art-non-violent-protest by Pablo Picasso Arizona State University] | ||
Throughout history, walls have been erected, torn down, celebrated, reviled, and debated. There are infamous walls like the Berlin Wall and the Great Wall of China and the Wailing Wall. In medieval times, walls were built around villages to keep out enemies. Many backyards today are surrounded by brick walls. | Throughout history, walls have been erected, torn down, celebrated, reviled, and debated. There are infamous walls like the Berlin Wall and the Great Wall of China and the Wailing Wall. In medieval times, walls were built around villages to keep out enemies. Many backyards today are surrounded by brick walls. | ||
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[https://beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool/maintain-nonviolent-discipline by BEAUTIFUL TROUBLE] | |||
It’s amazing to think that unarmed masses of people have defeated armed-to-the-teeth forces using humble techniques as strikes, occupations, boycotts, and sit-ins. One way of understanding why this can happen is that nonviolent methods put the oppressor in a decision dilemma: either rain pain on a bunch of unarmed resisters, or capitulate. The former can turn public opinion toward the protesters and undermine the legitimacy upon which the oppressor’s power rests. If the resistance persists, escalating crackdowns can start to backfire, even to the point that the police or military refuse to participate. Eventually the sovereign has no choice but to capitulate. | |||
