Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall, authors of a book being published in tandem with "A Force More Powerful," provide much more analysis than the documentary, including the proposition that advances in technology promise a good future for nonviolent protests.
However his trial goes, Amro remains worried about the future of nonviolent resistance in the West Bank.
Proponents of nonviolent action argue that nonviolence could be even more effective if society focused its resources on training citizens for nonviolent resistance and on coordinating nonviolent action.
Some areas for future expansion of the role of nonviolent action include replacing military defence, technological design, challenging capitalism, bureaucratic politics, information struggles and interpersonal behaviour.
In the case of Egypt, we must do everything we can to support emerging democracy there and, as Mr. Kristof points out, the nonviolent character of the uprising gives hope for the future.
Against such dire, highly institutionalized assaults on the present and the future, we desperately need a wide range of nonviolent, principled and unrelenting insurgencies.
The current effort in Gaza will inevitably be viewed as a test case of the efficacy of a nonviolent approach; its success or failure will help determine the character of future efforts to bring the occupation to an end.
HLT works with the Palestinian community at both the grassroots and leadership levels in developing nonviolent approaches that aim to end the Israeli occupation and build a future founded on the principles of nonviolence, equality, justice, and peaceful coexistence.
She argued that strong families and the early education of children in nonviolent problem-solving were significant assets in humanity's defense against a trigger-happy future.
