The secret to effective nonviolent resistance | Jamila Raqib

We're not going to end violence by telling people that it's morally wrong, says Jamila Raqib, executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution. Instead, we must find alternative ways to conduct conflict that are equally powerful and effective. Raqib promotes nonviolent resistance to people living under tyranny -- and there's a lot more to it than street protests. She shares encouraging examples of creative strategies that have led to change around the world and a message of hope for a future without armed conflict. "The greatest hope for humanity lies not in condemning violence but in making violence obsolete," Raqib says.

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[endrankluvsdaloko]

I absolutely love this talk! It give actual examples that are practical and can be applied in other situations. Sometimes talks are good but remain in the abstract. This is good and applicable.

[ahmh]

To be honest this is eye opening, it won't always work but it opens more choices and options at time of struggle.

[Wmom]

This is extraordinary! "Making violence obsolete" is the highest objective.

[anahatagiri]

Yes! We need to be much more strategic with nonviolence. One of the best books for NONVIOLENT STRATEGY is The Strategy of Nonviolent Defense by Robert J. Burrowes. It is a dense read but worth the effort, a must read for activists everywhere.

[ryanlacroix]

If anyone hasn't already, a fascinating look into the experience of a child soldier from being "recruited" to "training and deployment" as well as the heartbreaking experience of an opposing force facing them is seen in Romeo Dallaire's "They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children". One of the saddest things I've ever read.

[snehatijo]

Wow. This was really great, different from the normal overly idealistic view of non-violence that's presented

[SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Sending gratitude from a Daoist monastery near Seattle! 🌲💙☯️

[domyduit]

This is truly a great speech. As much as she has touched on war, which is nonviolence resistance on a larger scale, this can be applied to our daily lives as well. We might not be as strong to win a larger institution, we might not be able to strong-arm someone that has greater influence or power, but, we can do our part, just by what she mentioned here: "Nonviolent struggle works by destroying an opponent, not physically, but by identifying the institutions that an opponent needs to survive, and then denying them those sources of power. Nonviolent activist can neutralize the military, by causing soldiers to defect. They can disrupt the economy through strikes and boycotts, and they can challenge the government propaganda by creating AN ALTERNATIVE MEDIA" (2:48 - 3:12) I'm not an activist of any sort, but I strongly thinks that there are so much we can do to improve our lives, using the examples she mentioned.

[SabineCarrick]

Respect to you and all non violent activists that is true civilization

[wellspringlife]

Love, love, love this. All Christians should head to DC and protest this war. 1M people on our knees praying. I will go....how can we organize this?

[headmetal]

Making violence obsolete is a really powerful message!

[ShankarSivarajan]

Any society in which nonviolent resistance works is a good and noble society, regardless of the circumstances that led to the need for resistance in the first place.

[DigitalWraith]

*This is a great video! I always thought, "if people refuse to fight in wars, there would be no war." When rich people send our family members to kill and be killed, neither side wins. Ask the mother of dead soldier if she feels that she won something when her country is victorious. Ask yourself if you feel victorious if someone you love deeply died in a war. I don't believe you would. And if so, such purgation won't last long.*

[alistair]

This has such relevance to the situation in Zimbabwe. People need to take on forms of non-violence instead of assimilating the methods of our neighbours down south

[SiouxsieDowns]

Gene Sharpe's from Dictatorship to Democracy in a talk. Very nice.

[okiluxs]

Seriously, we need more of this. Lately bombs and guns are being used a little too much, and we're heading nowhere good. Such an amazing, learned speaker! Very relevant, very useful information.

[wilsonson_of_will]

In this time of distraught and violence I believe more people should watch this....

[kapitankapital]

The problem with non-violence is that it is always subservient to violence. If parents refuse to send their children to school, would they continue to do so if children who were found not to attend school were beheaded? For all the happy, nice feelings non-violence gives us, there is a reason that every single society in human history has been upheld and maintained by violence.

[jerrylittlemars]

I tell you now THIS is an idea worth spreading!

[VoluntaryLiving]

Hope you are well Jamila!.

So much respect for you and GS!