The failure of nonviolence

Description

From the Arab Spring to the plaza occupation movement in Spain, the student movement in the UK and Occupy in the US, many new social movements have started peacefully, only to adopt a diversity of tactics as they grew in strength and collective experiences. The last ten years have revealed more clearly than ever the role of nonviolence. Propped up by the media, funded by the government, and managed by NGOs, nonviolent campaigns around the world have helped oppressive regimes change their masks, and have helped police to limit the growth of rebellious social movements...The Failure of Nonviolence examines most of the major social upheavals since the end of the Cold War to establish what nonviolence can accomplish, and what a diverse, unruly, non-pacified movement can accomplish. Focusing especially on the Arab Spring, Occupy, and the recent social upheavals in Europe, this book discusses how movements for social change can win ground and open the spaces necessary to plant the seeds of a new world.

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Other Editions

• The failure of nonviolence: from the Arab Spring to OccupyLeft Bank Books2013-01-01
• The Failure of NonviolencePaperbackLeft Bank Books2015-03-01
• The Failure of NonviolenceLeft Bank Books2016-01-01
• El fracaso de la no violenciaPaperbackEditorial Descontrol2018-02-19
• El fracaso de la no violenciaPaperbackEditorial Descontrol2018-02-19
• L’échec de la non-violencePaperbackÉditions LIBRE2019-01-01