Imagine new tactics for resistance
To succeed, nonviolent movements need a few powerful allies. They also need to be large, diverse, cooperative, and creative.
As passed along by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg in "On Organizing" last November:
Political scientist co-authors Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan found that nonviolent movements are often successful.
What those movements need is:
- To build a large, diverse group of supporters that is nonetheless unified. They need strategies to grow and to keep members in cooperation.
- To shift the loyalty of some powerful people inside the system.
- To imagine new tactics for resistance. No one tactic will be the magic stroke that leads to victory. People need to be agile and creative.
