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Jamila Raqib - Peacemaker
Jamila Raqib works on pragmatic approaches to nonviolent action for activists, human rights organizations, academics and governments globally.

Why you should listen

Jamila Raqib is the executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution, which promotes the study and strategic use of nonviolent action worldwide. Since 2002, she has worked closely with Dr. Gene Sharp, the world's foremost scholar on strategic nonviolent action. Together, they developed a curriculum titled Self-Liberation: A Guide to Strategic Planning for Action to End a Dictatorship or Other Oppression. The publication is intended to provide in-depth guidance for planning a strategic nonviolent struggle.

Raqib represents the Institution at a number of domestic and international forums such as the Oslo Freedom Forum and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Her work centers on presenting a pragmatic approach to nonviolent action to activists, human rights organizations, academics and governments. She travels throughout the world conducting consultations and workshops for individuals and groups seeking to achieve diverse goals such as opposing dictatorship, combatting corruption, attaining political rights, economic justice, environmental protection and women's empowerment.

She holds a B.A. in Management from Simmons College in Boston, MA, and is a Research Affiliate of the Center for International Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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Jamila Raqib: The secret to effective nonviolent resistance

賈米拉 拉齊步: 有效非暴力抗爭背後的秘密

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暴力不會隨著我們告訴別人這是錯誤的而結束,賈米拉 拉齊步,一位阿爾伯特愛因斯坦機構的行政領導人員說。事實上,我們需要找到一個有效並並且合適的解決方式來結束爭端。拉齊步認為非暴力抗爭是人們對抗暴政的有效辦法,並且相比街頭抗議非暴力抗爭能帶來更多。她分享了一些激勵人心的改變了世界的例子,和人們在未來可以和平地解決爭端的訊息。“人性上最期望的不是對暴力的譴責,而是讓暴力永遠停留在過去” 拉齊步說到。
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自我有記憶以來
戰爭就是我生活的一部分
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War戰爭 has been a part部分 of my life
since以來 I can remember記得.
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I was born天生 in Afghanistan阿富汗,
just six months個月 after the Soviets蘇聯 invaded入侵,
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就在蘇維埃入侵六個月之後
我出生於阿富汗
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and even though雖然 I was too young年輕
to understand理解 what was happening事件,
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儘管當時我還年幼
並不知道發生了什麼
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I had a deep sense of the suffering痛苦
and the fear恐懼 around me.
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但我深深地感覺到
災難和恐懼在我周邊
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Those early experiences經驗 had a major重大的 impact碰撞
on how I now think about war戰爭 and conflict衝突.
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這些早期的經歷 讓我現在對戰爭和衝突的看法
產生了重要的影響
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I learned學到了 that when people
have a fundamental基本的 issue問題 at stake賭注,
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我了解到人們遭遇到危險時
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for most of them,
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對他們大部分人而言
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giving in is not an option選項.
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屈服不是一個選擇
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For these types類型 conflicts衝突 --
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對於以下幾種類型的衝突
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when people's人們 rights權利 are violated違反,
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當人們的權利受到侵害時
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when their countries國家 are occupied佔據,
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當他們的國家被佔領時
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when they're oppressed壓迫 and humiliated羞辱 --
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當他們受到壓迫和受到羞辱時
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they need a powerful強大 way
to resist and to fight鬥爭 back.
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他們需要一個強有力的方式
去抵制和反抗
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Which哪一個 means手段 that no matter how destructive有害
and terrible可怕 violence暴力 is,
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這就意味著無論暴力有多麼兇殘可怕
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if people see it as their only choice選擇,
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如果人們認為暴力是
他們唯一的選擇
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they will use it.
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他們就會使用暴力
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Most of us are concerned關心
with the level水平 of violence暴力 in the world世界.
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我們絕大部分人都對
存在於世界上的暴力感到擔心
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But we're not going to end結束 war戰爭
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但告訴人們戰爭是錯誤的
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by telling告訴 people
that violence暴力 is morally道德 wrong錯誤.
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並不能結束戰爭
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Instead代替, we must必須 offer提供 them a tool工具
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取而代之的 我們必須
給他們一個工具
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that's at least最小 as powerful強大
and as effective有效 as violence暴力.
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至少是一個與暴力
有相同效力的工具
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This is the work I do.
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這是我的工作
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For the past過去 13 years年份,
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在過去的十三年裡
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I've been teaching教學 people
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我在一些有著最困難處境的地區
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in some of the most difficult
situations情況 around the world世界
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教導人們 怎樣可以
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how they can use nonviolent非暴力
struggle鬥爭 to conduct進行 conflict衝突.
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用非暴力手段來結束分歧
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Most people associate關聯 this type類型 of action行動
with Gandhi甘地 and Martin馬丁 Luther路德 King國王.
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很多人使用這種手段 比如
甘地和馬丁路德金
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But people have been using運用
nonviolent非暴力 action行動 for thousands數千 of years年份.
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人們已經使用非暴力手段近千年
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In fact事實, most of the rights權利
that we have today今天 in this country國家 --
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事實上 今天在這個國家裡
大部分的權利
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as women婦女,
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作為女性
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as minorities少數民族,
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作為少數族群
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as workers工人,
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作為工人
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as people of different不同 sexual有性 orientations方位
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作為性少數人群
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and citizens公民 concerned關心
with the environment環境 --
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還有擔心環境的人們
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these rights權利 weren't handed to us.
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這些權利沒有直接給到我們
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They were won韓元 by people
who fought戰鬥 for them
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這些是經過人們奮鬥而來的
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and who sacrificed犧牲 for them.
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還有為此犧牲的人們
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But because we haven't沒有 learned學到了
from this history歷史,
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但是因為我們還沒有從
這歷史當中學到教訓
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nonviolent非暴力 struggle鬥爭 as a technique技術
is widely廣泛 misunderstood誤解.
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非暴力鬥爭被廣泛的誤解
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I met會見 recently最近 with a group
of Ethiopian埃塞俄比亞 activists活動家,
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我最近見了一個埃塞俄比亞積極團體
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and they told me something
that I hear a lot.
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然後他們跟我說了些我常聽到的事情
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They said they'd他們會 already已經
tried試著 nonviolent非暴力 action行動,
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他們說他們已經嘗試過非暴力手段
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and it hadn't有沒有 worked工作.
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但它沒有效果
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Years年份 ago they held保持 a protest抗議.
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幾年前 他們發起了抗議活動
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The government政府 arrested被捕 everyone大家,
and that was the end結束 of that.
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政府把他們全部都逮捕了去來
這就是故事的結果
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The idea理念 that nonviolent非暴力 struggle鬥爭
is equivalent當量 to street protests抗議
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非暴力鬥爭的想法
是跟街頭抗議一樣的
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is a real真實 problem問題.
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這是一個問題
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Because although雖然 protests抗議 can be a great
way to show顯示 that people want change更改,
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因為抗議會是一個很好的方式來
表達人們想要變革的意願
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on their own擁有, they don't
actually其實 create創建 change更改 --
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靠人們自己
他們並不能改變任何事情
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at least最小 change更改 that is fundamental基本的.
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至少改變一些基礎的東西
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Powerful強大 opponents對手 are not going to give
people what they want
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太過強勢的對手不會給抗議者
帶來他們所想要的東西
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just because they asked nicely很好 ...
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僅僅是因為他們抗議得太過禮貌
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or even not so nicely很好.
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或者太過火
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Nonviolent非暴力 struggle鬥爭 works作品
by destroying銷毀 an opponent對手,
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非暴力鬥爭通過非武力方式
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not physically物理,
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打擊對手來取勝
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but by identifying識別 the institutions機構
that an opponent對手 needs需求 to survive生存,
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但是要給他們的對手留一些顏面
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and then denying否認 them
those sources來源 of power功率.
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然後否定他們的權利
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Nonviolent非暴力 activists活動家
can neutralize抵消 the military軍事
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非暴力積極人士可以
通過使士兵叛變
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by causing造成 soldiers士兵 to defect缺陷.
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來擊潰軍隊
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They can disrupt破壞 the economy經濟
through通過 strikes罷工 and boycotts抵制.
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他們可以通過
罷工和抵制來搗亂經濟
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And they can challenge挑戰
government政府 propaganda宣傳
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他們還可以通過其他媒體來
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by creating創建 alternative替代 media媒體.
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挑戰政府的宣傳
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There are a variety品種 of methods方法
that can be used to do this.
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有很多方法可以達成這樣的效果
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My colleague同事 and mentor導師, Gene基因 Sharp尖銳,
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我的同事和導師 基恩 夏普
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has identified確定 198 methods方法
of nonviolent非暴力 action行動.
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已經發現了198種非暴力手段
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And protest抗議 is only one.
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然而抗議是唯一一個
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Let me give you a recent最近 example.
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讓我來給你們一個最近的例子
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Until直到 a few少數 months個月 ago,
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直到幾個月以前
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Guatemala危地馬拉 was ruled統治
by corrupt腐敗 former前任的 military軍事 officials官員
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瓜地馬拉是被一個腐敗的前軍官統治
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with ties聯繫 to organized有組織的 crime犯罪.
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與有關聯的有組織犯罪
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People were generally通常 aware知道的 of this,
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人們普遍的知曉此事
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but most of them felt powerless無力
to do anything about it --
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但是大部分人們都不敢有任何舉措
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until直到 one group of citizens公民,
just 12 regular定期 people,
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直到一個由12個普通人組成的團體
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put out a call on FacebookFacebook的
to their friends朋友
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在臉書上告訴他們的朋友
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to meet遇到 in the central中央 plaza廣場,
holding保持 signs跡象 with a message信息:
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在中心廣場舉牌
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"RenunciaRenuncia YA" --
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牌上寫著
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resign辭職 already已經.
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立刻辭職
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To their surprise,
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讓他們驚喜的是
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30,000 people showed顯示 up.
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30000人出現在廣場
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They stayed there for months個月
as protests抗議 spread傳播 throughout始終 the country國家.
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他們在那裡待了幾個月
抗議也擴散到了全國
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At one point,
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有一天
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the organizers組織者 delivered交付 hundreds數以百計 of eggs
to various各個 government政府 buildings房屋
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組織者給政府部門送了幾百個雞蛋
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with a message信息:
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帶著一條訊息
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"If you don't have the huevos韋沃斯" --
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如果你沒有
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the balls --
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雞蛋
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"to stop corrupt腐敗 candidates候選人
from running賽跑 for office辦公室,
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來阻止那些腐敗份子來糟蹋政府部門
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you can borrow ours我們的."
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你可以借我們的
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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President主席 Molina莫利納 responded回應
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莫里納總統回應
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by vowing誓要 that we would never step down.
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發誓說他絕不退讓
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And the activists活動家 realized實現
that they couldn't不能 just keep protesting抗議
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然後抗議者意識到他們不能
僅僅停留在抗議上
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and ask the president主席 to resign辭職.
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然後讓總統下台
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They needed需要 to leave離開 him no choice選擇.
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他們得讓總統別無他選
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So they organized有組織的 a general一般 strike罷工,
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所以他們阻止了大範圍的罷工
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in which哪一個 people throughout始終
the country國家 refused拒絕 to work.
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整個國家的人們拒絕工作
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In Guatemala危地馬拉 City alone單獨,
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僅在危地馬拉的城市
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over 400 businesses企業
and schools學校 shut關閉 their doors.
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超過400所公司和學校關門了
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Meanwhile與此同時,
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同時
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farmers農民 throughout始終 the country國家
blocked受阻 major重大的 roads道路.
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全國的農民阻斷了公路
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Within five days,
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罷工持續了五天
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the president主席,
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總統
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along沿 with dozens許多 of other
government政府 officials官員,
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和其他數十個政府官員
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resigned辭職 already已經.
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下台了
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
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I've been greatly非常 inspired啟發
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我已經極大的被
使用非暴力手段的抗議者
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by the creativity創造力 and bravery
of people using運用 nonviolent非暴力 action行動
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和其他勇敢的人們所鼓舞
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in nearly幾乎 every一切 country國家 in the world世界.
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基本上這放生在世界上所有的國家
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For example,
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舉個例子
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recently最近 a group of activists活動家 in Uganda烏干達
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最近一組在烏干達的行動家
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released發布 a crate of pigs in the streets街道.
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在街上放了一箱子的豬
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You can see here that the police警察
are confused困惑 about what to do with them.
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你可以看到警察對於那些豬顯得
不知所措
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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The pigs were painted
the color顏色 of the ruling裁決 party派對.
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豬被劃上了執政黨的顏色
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One pig was even wearing穿著 a hat帽子,
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有一頭豬甚至戴上了一頂帽子
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a hat帽子 that people recognized認可.
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一頂所有人都可以認出的帽子
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Activists活動家 around the world世界
are getting得到 better at grabbing headlines新聞頭條,
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世界上的行動家們變得
越來越能佔據頭條
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but these isolated孤立 actions行動 do very little
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但是這些孤立的活動能做的卻很少
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if they're not part部分 of a larger strategy戰略.
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如果他們不能有更深遠的戰略
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A general一般 wouldn't不會 march遊行
his troops軍隊 into battle戰鬥
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一個將軍如果沒考慮過怎麼贏,
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unless除非 he had a plan計劃 to win贏得 the war戰爭.
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他不會帶著他的士兵進入戰場。
05:47
Yet然而 this is how most of the world's世界
nonviolent非暴力 movements運動 operate操作.
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事實上這是世界上大部分
的非暴力運動的工作方式
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Nonviolent非暴力 struggle鬥爭 is just as complex複雜
as military軍事 warfare,
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非暴力鬥爭就跟打仗一樣複雜
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if not more.
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如果沒有比打仗更多的話
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Its participants參與者 must必須 be well-trained訓練有素
and have clear明確 objectives目標,
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參與者必須是受過良好培訓
並且條例清晰的人
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and its leaders領導者 must必須 have a strategy戰略
of how to achieve實現 those objectives目標.
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領導人必須有一個戰略
來達到這些目標
06:05
The technique技術 of war戰爭 has been developed發達
over thousands數千 of years年份
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戰爭的戰略已經經過幾千年的發展
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with massive大規模的 resources資源
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伴隨著大量的資源
06:10
and some of our best最好 minds頭腦
dedicated專用 to understanding理解
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還有最聰明的人來致力於學習
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and improving提高 how it works作品.
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以及它是怎樣工作的
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Meanwhile與此同時, nonviolent非暴力 struggle鬥爭
is rarely很少 systematically系統 studied研究,
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同時 非暴力鬥爭是基本上沒有
系統性地研究過的
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and even though雖然 the number is growing生長,
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雖然現在使用的人越來越多
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there are still only a few少數 dozen people
in the world世界 who are teaching教學 it.
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但是世界上也只有十幾人真正地
在教授它
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This is dangerous危險,
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這是很危險的
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because we now know that our old
approaches方法 of dealing交易 with conflict衝突
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因為我們知道以前用來解決爭端的方法
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are not adequate充足 for the new
challenges挑戰 that we're facing面對.
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並不能應對這些新的挑戰
06:35
The US government政府 recently最近 admitted承認
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美國政府最近承認
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that it's in a stalemate僵持
in its war戰爭 against反對 ISIS伊斯蘭國.
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現在對於打擊伊斯蘭國
處在一個膠著的狀態
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But what most people don't know
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但是大部分人不知道的
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is that people have stood站在 up to ISIS伊斯蘭國
using運用 nonviolent非暴力 action行動.
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是有些人在用非暴力手段與伊斯蘭國抗爭
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When ISIS伊斯蘭國 captured捕獲 Mosul摩蘇爾 in June六月 2014,
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當伊斯蘭國在2014年
佔領摩蘇里時
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they announced公佈 that they were putting
in place地點 a new public上市 school學校 curriculum課程,
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他們宣布要在公立學校裡
實施新標準
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based基於 on their own擁有 extremist極端主義 ideology思想.
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建立在他們自己的極端主義形態上
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But on the first day of school學校,
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但是在開學的第一天
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not a single child兒童 showed顯示 up.
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沒有一個孩子出現
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Parents父母 simply只是 refused拒絕 to send發送 them.
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家長不讓他們的孩子去上學
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They told journalists記者 they would rather
homeschool家教 their children孩子
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家長們告訴記者他們
寧願在家裡教他們的孩子
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than to have them brainwashed洗腦.
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也不希望他們被洗腦
07:10
This is an example
of just one act法案 of defiance蔑視
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這是一個抗爭的例子
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in just one city.
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僅僅在摩蘇里這一座城市裡
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But what if it was coordinated協調
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但 如果他們妥協了
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with the dozens許多 of other acts行為
of nonviolent非暴力 resistance抵抗性
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與其他數十個抵抗伊斯蘭國
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that have taken採取 place地點 against反對 ISIS伊斯蘭國?
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的非暴力抵抗行為
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What if the parents'父母' boycott抵制
was part部分 of a larger strategy戰略
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如果家長的抵制是大戰略的一部分
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to identify鑑定 and cut off the resources資源
that ISIS伊斯蘭國 needs需求 to function功能;
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用來切斷伊斯蘭國的資源
07:30
the skilled技能的 labor勞動 needed需要 to produce生產 food餐飲;
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伊斯蘭國指望
有經驗的國人需要來製造食物
07:32
the engineers工程師 needed需要
to extract提取 and refine提煉 oil;
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工程師們需要提煉過的油
07:36
the media媒體 infrastructure基礎設施
and communications通訊 networks網絡
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媒體基礎設施還有通訊網絡
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and transportation運輸 systems系統,
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還有運輸系統
07:40
and the local本地 businesses企業
that ISIS伊斯蘭國 relies依賴 on?
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還有當地的公司
07:43
It may可能 be difficult
to imagine想像 defeating擊敗 ISIS伊斯蘭國
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也許很難想像通過非暴力手段
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with action行動 that is nonviolent非暴力.
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來擊潰伊斯蘭國
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But it's time we challenge挑戰
the way we think about conflict衝突
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但是這是挑戰我們
如何面對分歧的時機
07:52
and the choices選擇 we have in facing面對 it.
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我們選擇了去面對
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Here's這裡的 an idea理念 worth價值 spreading傳播:
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這裡是一個值得傳播的想法
07:58
let's learn學習 more about where
nonviolent非暴力 action行動 has worked工作
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讓我們學習更多非暴力手段
成功的事蹟
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and how we can make it more powerful強大,
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還有我們怎樣讓它變得更加有效
08:04
just like we do with other
systems系統 and technologies技術
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就像我們對待其它系統和技術的時候
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that are constantly經常 being存在 refined精製
to better meet遇到 human人的 needs需求.
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他們總是可以隨著人類
需求來更新換代
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It may可能 be that we can improve提高
nonviolent非暴力 action行動
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我們也可以讓非暴力行動得意昇華
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to a point where it is increasingly日益
used in place地點 of war戰爭.
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達到替代戰爭的效果
08:18
Violence暴力 as a tool工具 of conflict衝突
could then be abandoned
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用暴力解決紛爭的手段將被拋棄
08:22
in the same相同 way that bows and arrows箭頭 were,
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就像是弓箭一樣
08:25
because we have replaced更換 them
with weapons武器 that are more effective有效.
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但是我們用更加有效
的武器代替了它們
08:29
With human人的 innovation革新, we can make
nonviolent非暴力 struggle鬥爭 more powerful強大
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伴隨著人類的革新 我們可以
讓非暴力手段變得比
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than the newest最新 and latest最新
technologies技術 of war戰爭.
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最新的戰爭技術更加有效
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The greatest最大 hope希望 for humanity人性
lies not in condemning譴責 violence暴力
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人性上最期望的不是對暴力的譴責
08:42
but in making製造 violence暴力 obsolete過時的.
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而是讓暴力永遠停留在過去
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Thank you.
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(謝謝)
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(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by JingZe Wu
Reviewed by Zeathy Fu

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jamila Raqib - Peacemaker
Jamila Raqib works on pragmatic approaches to nonviolent action for activists, human rights organizations, academics and governments globally.

Why you should listen

Jamila Raqib is the executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution, which promotes the study and strategic use of nonviolent action worldwide. Since 2002, she has worked closely with Dr. Gene Sharp, the world's foremost scholar on strategic nonviolent action. Together, they developed a curriculum titled Self-Liberation: A Guide to Strategic Planning for Action to End a Dictatorship or Other Oppression. The publication is intended to provide in-depth guidance for planning a strategic nonviolent struggle.

Raqib represents the Institution at a number of domestic and international forums such as the Oslo Freedom Forum and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Her work centers on presenting a pragmatic approach to nonviolent action to activists, human rights organizations, academics and governments. She travels throughout the world conducting consultations and workshops for individuals and groups seeking to achieve diverse goals such as opposing dictatorship, combatting corruption, attaining political rights, economic justice, environmental protection and women's empowerment.

She holds a B.A. in Management from Simmons College in Boston, MA, and is a Research Affiliate of the Center for International Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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