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Cross-check: Egypt's revolution vindicates Gene Sharp's theory of nonviolent activism

Seeded on Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:52 AM EST
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Whereas most pundits have focused on the role of social media in Egypt's revolution, what impressed me most was that one of the most powerful, entrenched regimes in the world was toppled by a nonviolent uprising. Does anyone doubt that if the protestors had resorted to violence, they would have been violently crushed by Mubarak?

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keith in DSM

This should be the motto of any just movement - If you create violence, you are not part of the movement.

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