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    4 days ago

    From “Why Civil Resistance Works” by Erica Chenoweth.

    Nuance - yes, no campaign is completely violent or nonviolent. However, the effect of a radical violent flank on the success of a nonviolent core group is overstated and depends on a variety of factors (i.e., contrast Black Panthers with Weather Underground).