“Oppressed people do not and should not have to explain their oppression to their oppressor, nor tailor their resistance to the comfort of the oppressors and their supporters.”

—How obsession with “nonviolence” harms the Palestinian cause | Electronic Intifada

Read this.

Why Mubarak Fell

thenation.com

An interesting take on the Egyptian revolution and the power of nonviolent disruption.

“A boycott is a passive act. It is the most passive political act that anyone can commit...no sort of antagonism. Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption. In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none. ”

Stokely Carmichael, 1967

Black Power Mixtape

“Nonviolence helps to promote and maintain a racist social system by discouraging people (especially people of color) from truly challenging its existence. You must also stop and wonder if one reason why many white pacifists denounce violent tactics amongst oppressed people (especially minorities) is because it threatens the privileged position of power and safety that most whites don’t want to give up.”

—Mosi Ngozi, In Defense of Revolutionary Violence
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