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How is nonviolent conflict different from “nonviolence” or passive resistance?

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How is nonviolent conflict different from “nonviolence” or passive resistance?

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Most of those who have used nonviolent action have not been primarily motivated by a desire to be nonviolent for its own sake or to make peace. They wanted to fight for their rights or interests but chose means other than guns or bombs – either because they saw that violence had been ineffectual or because they had no violent weapons at their disposal. Gandhi called nonviolent action “the greatest and most activist force in the world.” When a nonviolent movement follows a strategy aimed at rousing the people and undermining their opponents’ pillars of support – especially the loyalty of the police and military – it has the potential to wield decisive power and achieve victory. There is nothing passive about marshalling that kind of power.

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