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Ppl can express their messages without expressing their messages. Don't underestimate power of subversion! -Peter Ackerman #FSI2012
— Jake Fitzpatrick (@JakeWFitz)
It's no wonder then that time&time again the 'experts' have failed to predict civil resistance movements #fsi2012 (2/2)
— Fatima Mullick (@fmullick)
Regional experts know everything about elites. That's why none of them can predict civil resistance #movements. -Peter Ackerman #FSI2012
— Jake Fitzpatrick (@JakeWFitz)
When you're an expert on a particular country, you get ALL your info from what the elites of that country are doing #fsi2012 (1/2)
— Fatima Mullick (@fmullick)
"The problem with the responsibility to protect (R2P) is that it assumes the population is supine." -Ackerman #fsi2012
— Daryn Cambridge (@daryncambridge)
12,000 ppl have died in #Syria. 40,000 ppl died and continue to die in #Libya. #FSI2012 @meshelmay
— A Chen (@achen852)
@ivanmarovic It's very hard to argue against a plan if it's the only one around! Without planning, you lose. #FSI2012
— Jake Fitzpatrick (@JakeWFitz)
Amazing how much time ppl spend thinking abt how to go out on streets, make noise etc but virtually no time strategising how2 'win' #fsi2012
— Fatima Mullick (@fmullick)
Biggest problem with movements is they can't agree on critical variables for success. Patience to plan is key. -Peter Ackerman #FSI2012
— Jake Fitzpatrick (@JakeWFitz)
Most important skill to mount a successful resistance is the patience to plan - Peter Ackerman #fsi2012
— Fatima Mullick (@fmullick)
Love this graph on how strategic nonviolent conflict works by Dr. Peter Ackerman of @nvconflict #FSI2012 http://t.co/v7x3owKH
— Althea M-D (@altheamarie)
"If you disrupt your opponent you disrupt yourself." Tactics must aim for opponent defections without disruption. -Peter Ackerman #FSI2012
— Jake Fitzpatrick (@JakeWFitz)
Technology is important in #civilresistance for logistics and grand strategy... but not essential. -Peter Ackerman #FSI2012
— Jake Fitzpatrick (@JakeWFitz)
People are more likely to defect when they know other people will defect with them - Peter Ackerman #FSI2012
— A Chen (@achen852)
Civil resistance is a chess game but you only have 1 shot. You can't play it over and over so you must learn from other struggles #FSI2012
— Jake Fitzpatrick (@JakeWFitz)
Regimes & resisters use the same strategies- chaos, starvation, idleness, social breakdown- but the key to success is discipline. #FSI2012
— A Chen (@achen852)
Why go into a fight w/out understanding all the tools & resources available to u & those available to your opponent?-Peter Ackerman #FSI2012
— Cynthia Boaz (@cynthiaboaz)
Dr. Peter Ackerman of @nvconflict talking about skills vs conditions in #nonviolent struggles #FSI2012 http://t.co/QR8XGgTh
— ICNC (@nvconflict)
"Individuals in the governments of [oppresive] regimes are latent double thinkers." -Peter Ackerman #FSI2012
— Jake Fitzpatrick (@JakeWFitz)
Dont conflate the tactic w the adversary. Egyptians & Americans both protested, but the Arab Spring& Occupy cant be lumped together #fsi2012
— Fatima Mullick (@fmullick)
"Without an adversary civil resistance is useless." -Peter Ackerman #FSI2012
— Jake Fitzpatrick (@JakeWFitz)
FSI2012 IV.4 Peter Ackerman: Contrasting Strategic Theories on #Nonviolence - Why Skills can make #CivilResistance "A Force More Powerful"
— A Chen (@achen852)