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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.

=====Protest movements involving limited violence can sometimes be effective: Evidence from the 2020 BlackLivesMatter protests=====

[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9168928/ by Eric Shuman 7/9/25 National Library of Medicine]

The effects of recent protests for racial equality, particularly when they included violence, are currently of public and academic interest. To better understand these effects, we combine a dataset of all 2020 BlackLivesMatter protests with survey data containing measures of prejudice and support for police reform. Protests were not associated with reductions in prejudice, but were associated with increases in support for police reform.

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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.
+=====Protest movements involving limited violence can sometimes be effective: Evidence from the 2020 BlackLivesMatter protests=====
+[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9168928/ by Eric Shuman 7/9/25 National Library of Medicine]
+ The effects of recent protests for racial equality, particularly when they included violence, are currently of public and academic interest. To better understand these effects, we combine a dataset of all 2020 BlackLivesMatter protests with survey data containing measures of prejudice and support for police reform. Protests were not associated with reductions in prejudice, but were associated with increases in support for police reform.