“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 IntifadaRead this.
Why Mubarak Fell
thenation.comAn 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
“In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience.”
—Stokely Carmichael
11-month-old Omar Mashrawi who was killed by an Israeli airstrike on 14 November, 2012
