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[https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/22/we-need-political-nonviolence-now-more-than-ever/ by Rivera Sun 22/7/24 COUNTERPUNCH] | [https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/22/we-need-political-nonviolence-now-more-than-ever/ by Rivera Sun 22/7/24 COUNTERPUNCH] | ||
The ties between nonviolence and democracy run deep. We know from the groundbreaking research of Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan that even if a nonviolent movement fails to achieve its primary goals, it often leaves a more democratic society in its wake. On the other hand, violence swiftly destroys democracies, shoving them toward authoritarianism and “politics at the barrel of a gun.” | The ties between nonviolence and democracy run deep. We know from the groundbreaking research of Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan that even if a nonviolent movement fails to achieve its primary goals, it often leaves a more democratic society in its wake. On the other hand, violence swiftly destroys democracies, shoving them toward authoritarianism and “politics at the barrel of a gun.” | ||
=====A Democracy Minute: John Lewis on nonviolence in America===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-news-lessons/2024/10/a-democracy-minute-john-lewis-on-nonviolence-in-america by John Lewis 28/10/24 PBS] | |||
John Lewis was a civil rights leader who led and helped organize the civil rights movement's freedom rides, the 1963 March on Washington and the Selma to Montgomery marches. Lewis co-founded and and chaired the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and served as a U.S. representative from Georgia from 1987 to 2020. | |||
