Non-violent demonstrations are effective, as the '3.5 percent rule indicates that a small minority can generate the power to make changes.
Researching hundreds of campaigns over the last century found that nonviolent campaigns are twice as likely to achieve their goals as violent campaigns. And although the exact dynamics will depend on many factors, she has shown it takes around 3.5 percent of the population actively participating in the protests to ensure serious political change.
We have seen it in Asia, Europe, and other continents worldwide. According to published reports, in 1986, millions of Filipinos took to the streets of Manila in peaceful protest and prayer in the People Power movement. The Marcos regime folded on the fourth day.
In 2003, the people of Georgia ousted Eduard Shevardnadze through the bloodless Rose Revolution, in which protestors stormed the parliament building holding flowers in their hands. In 2019, the presidents of Sudan and Algeria both announced they would step aside after decades in office, thanks to peaceful campaigns of resistance.
According to Pew surveys, the BLM protests became more peaceful over time. Between May 25 and June 4, 2020, 89% of protest demonstrations were non-violent. Between June and September 2020, more than 96% of BLM associated protests were non-violent. May 27, 2022.
Every community, big and small, deserves answers and accountability. But over the past two decades, more than 3,200 local newspapers across the U.S. have vanished. The ones that remain are often underfunded and overstretched, stripped of the resources needed to pursue the kind of in-depth, time-intensive investigations that hold power to account.
Finally, why is it that ICE raids are not taking place in deep red states in the USA?
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