I’m calling this page politics but it likely will have an interesting variety of items.
First up, The Rebels Have it.
I recently had a conversation with Jennifer Hoffman, the fantastic creator of the Americans of Conscience Checklist– a resistance newsletter that she has built with more strategy and forethought than most. Jen introduced me to an academic I had never heard of before- Erica Chenoweth, and her studies that show that civil resistance campaigns succeed when 3.5% of the population actively and sustainably participates.
3.5%. That’s 11 million Americans.
Wow… 3.5%. I think the most interesting part of this is that non-violent resistance seems to work far, far better than violent resistance.Wow… 3.5%. I think the most interesting part of this is that non-violent resistance seems to work far, far better than violent resistance.
Essentially, what Chenoweth and Stephan found in their study, “Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict” is that, looking at every major violent and nonviolent resistance campaigns from 1900– 2006, nonviolent campaigns succeed 53% of the time compared to violent campaigns which only succeed 26% of the time.
Great stuff, check it out.