Articles by Greg Harman
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Violins over Violence: Why Creative Nonviolence Still Wins
Greg Harman | Deceleration – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2017
8 Jul 2017—Within the first few months of the CIA-backed overthrow of Chilean socialist president Salvador Allende, an estimated 40,000 people had been detained by the military and police. There, one of 198 recognized methods of nonviolent action, was the power of deceleration. Ultimately, many would be killed as the resistance mobilized for more direct actions; but as many have argued, the use of nonviolence was the key that made the ultimate victory possible.
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Greg Harman | Deceleration – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Sep 2016
“We’re not protesters, we’re here to defend the land.” Here’s another language shift that is not small. The rejection of the term “protester” by those at and supportive of the North Dakota fight is important. In its place, “land defenders” would position protesters as a positive force, pre-dating oil and gas extraction. Land defenders are postured in advance and far beyond the current conflict. They are rooted in land, perhaps the ultimate positive anchor.
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