First of all, we should clarify. Nonviolence is not nonviolent. As a method of resistance, its purpose is to provoke violence, and meet that violence with no retaliation. Nonviolence is advocacy of one-sided violence; strictly speaking, it would be more accurate to refer to it as non-defense.
In the past, I have written fairly extensively about the historic effectiveness of nonviolence over violence; it is conclusively proved that nonviolent social movements have a far higher success rate than violent ones. But, of course, every situation has its own circumstances.
Everything I have tried to do for the past two years (I was freed from prison in October 2013), has been to avert an Algerian or Syrian scenario from erupting in Egypt.
The threat of such a scenario exists, not primarily because of irresponsible Gulf-sponsored “Islamist” leaders screaming “jihad! Jihad!”, but rather it comes from the stubborn and immature insistence on passivity and weakness masquerading as nonviolent strategy. I predicted the disappointment, hopelessness, desperation and volatility this approach would create, because, yes, it was entirely predictable.
Every tactic I have ever suggested has been nonviolent, unless you equate profit loss with loss of life. If you shatter a window, it doesn’t bleed. Breaking a supply chain is not breaking bones. No one’s eyes are blinded when you disable CCTV cameras. Stopping shipments of commercial traffic is not stopping anyone’s heartbeat.
There are unlimited tactical options for genuinely confrontational and effective nonviole nce; and it is critical to undertake these types of actions; not only because they work, but because the youth need to have a constructive, not destructive outlet for their anger and frustration.
It is naive, irrational, and unnatural to expect people to simply offer themselves to be killed or arrested in the hope that somehow their sacrifice will magically collapse the tyrannical system they are offering their lives and freedom to. It hasn’t worked in Egypt, and it hasn’t worked anywhere else, ever.
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