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Nonviolence3.com focuses on innovative strategies and tactics that enable activists to more effectively resist corporate and government power through social justice campaigns. Based in Raleigh, NC. Videos, graphics, stories & essays at fragmentsweb.org
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · Aug 18
Gene Sharp was a civil resistance pioneer. His ideas continue to guide activist today.

I interviewed him 2X & wrote 4 articles about him, this one in 2017 for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social

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Nonviolence, Power, and Possibility: The Life of Gene Sharp
From Syria to Afghanistan to the UC Berkeley campus, we are seeing violence everywhere. Is it inevitable? Sharp argues that while conflict may be inevitable, nonviolence can be just as effective as t...
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 2h
This is the correct way to respond to ICE.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 22h
“We don’t have to choose between defending democracy and creating something better. We can do both.”

@repower.org @forgeorganizing.bsky.social
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We Say We Want to Save Democracy. So Why Aren’t We Funding the People Who Can? - The Forge
A protest can spark momentum, but only infrastructure sustains it. If we want a multiracial democracy that lasts, we have to fund the organizers, trainers, and educators building it every day. Philant...
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 23h
“Across the globe, people are building systems from the ground up that meet human needs while resisting corporate and state overreach.”

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Why building inspiring alternatives is necessary to counter authoritarianism
Because resistance isn’t only about saying no, here are seven ways communities are building a future worth saying yes to.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 1d
Check out my YouTube channel for protest videos and more…

www.youtube.com/@fragments8667
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 1d
“If we focus only on fighting back, we lose sight of what we are fighting for. We must invest in the future we want, not just delay the collapse of what no longer serves us.”

@repower.org @forgeorganizing.bsky.social
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We Say We Want to Save Democracy. So Why Aren’t We Funding the People Who Can? - The Forge
A protest can spark momentum, but only infrastructure sustains it. If we want a multiracial democracy that lasts, we have to fund the organizers, trainers, and educators building it every day. Philant...
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 2d
Even in a democracy like ours, the normalized mechanisms to influence the government—voting, petitions, town halls, phone calls to representatives—are totally incapable of forging the fundamental changes we need.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 2d
By constructing moments of doubt and incongruity, the Billionaires used humor to indirectly attack received ideas about wealth and privilege.

“‘Is it a joke? I can’t figure out if it’s a joke," said a woman encountering the Billionaires for the first time…

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Use Humor to Open Minds - Nonviolence 3.0
Forceful arguments don’t persuade people, but activists can use humor to jolt people out of their comfort zone, challenge entrenched beliefs and open minds.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 3d
“By using humour & symbolic acts, opposition movements make resistance more accessible and appealing to a broader audience.”

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Laughing in the face of oppression: How humour can defy autocracy | D+C - Development + Cooperation
Non-violent and yet effective: Humour can be a powerful tactic for protesting against authoritarian regimes. It has been used effectively in countries from Serbia to Thailand.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 3d
“Solidarity incentivizes courage – and it creates the will and opportunity to mobilize a lot more people and power for the political fight against autocracy. Sustaining solidarity requires organization.”

@mariajstephan.bsky.social‬ @justsecurity.org‬
www.justsecurity.org/113995/colle...
Big Tents and Collective Action Can Defeat Authoritarianism
The journey from individual angst to collective action takes time, vision, and commitment. It is also the pathway to victory.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 4d
There will be real consequences for the mass slaughter of people in Gaza.

Historical karma is real.

Atrocities spawn atrocities.

Wars rarely end conflict.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 4d
“On the eve of China’s grand military parade, an activist in a city with 30 million people staged a protest that doubled as performance art, proof that defiance can still surface, and survive, even in one of the world’s most surveilled states.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
A Hidden Camera Protest Turned the Tables on China’s Surveillance State
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 6d
“Boycotts in the social media era have often struggled. People often skip the organizing and just launch it as a social meme. But to work, boycotts require structure & ways to measure pressure.” #noncooperation

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The economic boycott caught fire. What's next?
The economic blackout on Feb. 28 was an important first step. But future boycotts will require these ingredients to be effective.
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Stephen Zunes @szunes.bsky.social · 7d
Polls show a large majority of registered Democrats recognize that Israel is deliberately killing civilians. Meanwhile, the party’s position is that sending unconditional offensive military aid remains “ironclad.”
And people wonder why enthusiasm among Democrats is so low…
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 7d
Kleptocracy (klĕp-tŏkrə-sē) n.
a society whose leaders make themselves rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 7d
“Acts, imagery, and messaging matter: They counter fear, attract broader support, and lower barriers to participation. By avoiding the trap of violence, the Serbian movement safeguards its legitimacy.”

@jodemocracy.bsky.social
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How Serbian Students Created the Largest Protest Movement in Decades | Journal of Democracy
They have been smart, creative, leaderless, and transparent. And they aren’t targeting any one politician or party. They aim to change the entire system.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 8d
“Repeating the same tactic breeds habituation. Authorities adapt, the media loses interest, and participants burn out.”

@carmitage.bsky.social @baptistnews.com
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The evidence-based path from protest to power – Baptist News Global
What works is strategic, sustained, multi-tactical campaigns with disciplined nonviolence, economic leverage and infrastructure.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 8d
That boy ain't right.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass U.S. Cities Should Be Military ‘Training Grounds’
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 9d
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 9d
“With Trump and the authoritarian Right stepping up the attacks on our communities, particularly our most vulnerable neighbors, there couldn’t be a better time for you and neighbors to start organizing to change the world.”

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You And Your Neighbors Can Help Change the World
United Neighbors of the 35th Ward builds community power, runs candidates for office, and holds them accountable. Its founders say their experience “shows that anyone—regardless of their age…
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 10d
“Civil resistance 'works' by raising the costs of tyranny & systematically removing the sources of power for an autocrat and his enablers.”

@mariajstephan.bsky.social‬ @justsecurity.org‬
www.justsecurity.org/113995/colle...
Big Tents and Collective Action Can Defeat Authoritarianism
The journey from individual angst to collective action takes time, vision, and commitment. It is also the pathway to victory.
www.justsecurity.org
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Rivera Sun @riverasun.bsky.social · 11d
1000+ climate actions are just the start of the impressive actions happening around the world. Read more:
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#boycottdisneyabc #generalstrike #climate #peace #migrantjustice #democracy
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 10d
“People are aware that they cannot continue in the same old way but are immobilized because they cannot imagine an alternative. We need a VISION that recognizes that we are at one of the great turning points in human history…”
—Grace Lee Boggs
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 11d
“If they can’t bait the movement into violence, then they’ll almost certainly instigate it.”

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What to do if the Insurrection Act is invoked
With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond.
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 11d
Feeling isolated? Stressed out? Hopeless? Lonely? Angry?

There's a cure for that.

Join the Movement!

Friendly, committed people are waiting to welcome you in!
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 11d
Authoritarian (ȯ-thȯr-ə-ˈter-ē-ən) adj.
of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people