Creating a free America
Strike the Root
by Kevin van Horn
11/02/06
Researcher Gene Sharp counts 198 distinct methods of nonviolent action. Of especial importance are the methods of political noncooperation, which include civil disobedience, rejection of authority, and boycott of government institutions. These are aimed at weakening the State's power, but equally or more important is their effect on the resisters themselves. Noncooperation breaks the habits of obedience and submission; it reduces fear; it breeds independence, confidence, and awareness of one's personal power. It is the point where the former subject begins to rise off his knees and proclaim, 'I am a free man!
http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/horn/horn1.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Kevin van Horn
11/02/06
Researcher Gene Sharp counts 198 distinct methods of nonviolent action. Of especial importance are the methods of political noncooperation, which include civil disobedience, rejection of authority, and boycott of government institutions. These are aimed at weakening the State's power, but equally or more important is their effect on the resisters themselves. Noncooperation breaks the habits of obedience and submission; it reduces fear; it breeds independence, confidence, and awareness of one's personal power. It is the point where the former subject begins to rise off his knees and proclaim, 'I am a free man!
http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/horn/horn1.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 6. Nov, 15:27
