YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failed

MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 days ago

YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failed

lmmarsano · 2 days ago

P.C. this is article about the four mentioned protest in the article, and literally the second paragraph is about clashes.

Which states

Clashes break out as police try to disperse the crowds and eight demonstrators are killed.

Police killing protesters makes a violent movement?

They’re not exactly an armed group of combatants coordinating attacks.

Working with Maria Stephan, a researcher at the ICNC, Chenoweth performed an extensive review of the literature on civil resistance and social movements from 1900 to 2006 – a data set then corroborated with other experts in the field.

Research.

How to blow up a pipeline has a chapter on the topic.

Research?

But you knew that with your high standards of verifying information right?

Do your standards measure up to that?

YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failed

YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failed

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world