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Video | Audio | Transcript
Between 1900-2006, campaigns of nonviolent civil resistance were twice as successful as violent campaigns. In this video, Dr. Erica Chenoweth discusses her research on the impressive historical record of civil resistance in the 20th century and unpacks the “3.5% rule”—the notion that no government can withstand a challenge of 3.5% of its population without either accommodating the movement or (in extreme cases) disintegrating.
