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Video - Harvard Kennedy School

Why Civil Resistance Works

| Sep. 08, 2021

We are living in an age of mass political participation, and civil resistance has emerged as a mainstay of the many social movements active around the world. On this episode of "Behind the Book", we speak with Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School, about their new book, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know, which provides a robust introduction to the theory and practice of civil resistance.

White House workers walk on the roof of the White House after lowering the flag to half staff for the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, Sept. 12, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

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Analysis & Opinions - The Boston Globe

It's the Syrians Who Will Pay for Murders of Americans in Libya

| September 13, 2012

"The argument for involvement in Syria can no longer hide behind the shadows of Libya. The tragedy will have tremendous consequences for how the United States can and will position its Syrian strategy. Libya is simply no longer a compelling piece of evidence in favor of Syrian intervention."

Former Truth And Reconciliation (TRC) Commissioner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at a public debate on the TRC legacy in Cape Town, South Africa, Apr. 20, 2006. Debated subjects included reparations for victims of apartheid and the healing process.

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Analysis & Opinions - The Huffington Post

Reconciliation Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

| November 20, 2009

"The world loved the Rainbow Nation success story and chose, along with many South Africans, to ignore that reconciliation can easily be used to justify impunity. Jansen's description of the Reitz Four, that they too are his children and that he cannot disown them, echoes the mythology of the TRC that perpetrators were sinners who strayed and need to be forgiven (and granted amnesty), not as individuals who broke the law and need to be held accountable. Any serious discussion about rights and responsibility is quickly marginalised, with dangerous implications for any attempts to foster a respect for human rights and a respect for the rule of law."