Nonviolence: the Heart of Democracy
In a July 2005 study titled “How Freedom is Won: From Civic Struggle to Durable Democracy,” Freedom House found that ...
Tag: Democracy
The Paradox of Repression, Backfire Effects, andProtest Dialectics
The common assumption is that repression stops a movement, but historical evidence from over 1,200 cases of civil resistance in ...
The Future of “Civil Resistance”
Third, the market for violence is becoming stagnant. This is more evident due to the reduction of government support to ...
Continuation of Protests in Israel: “We Must Prevent the Demise of Democracy”
Dozens of mounted police officers were stationed among the thousands of demonstrators in Tel Aviv. At the entrance to Jerusalem, ...
Opening speech
Many manifestations of modern human life changed after the age of enlightenment in Europe, according to anthropocentrism and subjectivism. As ...