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A Conversation About Nonviolence

Eric Stoner, Yes! Magazine: "Despite the amazing string of victories that 'people power' movements have chalked up over recent decades, it's surprising how little-known many of these stories still are, even to folks who are politically aware in many other respects. That is why 'Weapons of Mass Democracy,' Stephen Zunes' article in the Fall 2009 issue of Yes! Magazine, is so important, especially for those just discovering the hidden history and potential of nonviolence."

http://www.truthout.org/1119095



"For Youth: A Disciplinary Discourse Only"

Jean-Marie Durand, lesinrocks.com, interviews anthropologist Alain Bertho about the global phenomenon of popular riots (Translation: Leslie Thatcher): "There is something serious in this move to action by the individuals involved. They put their bodies - their lives - in danger with the virtual certainty of losing. The repetition of the phenomenon must test us, question us. It clearly tells us about the overall global collapse of political space as space for the representation of popular suffering and hopes ... Youth is no longer considered the world's future, but as a threat to its present."

http://www.truthout.org/11190911



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