Jamila Raqib: The secret to effective nonviolent resistance
Jamila Raquib: Tajna uspješnog nenasilnog otpora
Jamila Raqib works on pragmatic approaches to nonviolent action for activists, human rights organizations, academics and governments globally. Full bio
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since I can remember.
just six months after the Soviets invaded,
tek šest mjeseci kasnije, Rusi su napali.
to understand what was happening,
što se događa,
and the fear around me.
i strah oko sebe.
on how I now think about war and conflict.
na to kako razmišljam o ratu i sukobu.
have a fundamental issue at stake,
imaju ugroženo osnovno pitanje,
to resist and to fight back.
da se odupru i uzvrate udarac.
and terrible violence is,
destruktivno i strašno,
with the level of violence in the world.
zbog razine nasilja u svijetu.
that violence is morally wrong.
da je nasilje moralno pogrešno.
and as effective as violence.
i učinkovito kao nasilje.
situations around the world
diljem svijeta
struggle to conduct conflict.
u upravljanju sukobom.
with Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
s Gandhijem i Martinom Lutherom Kingom.
nonviolent action for thousands of years.
već tisućama godina.
that we have today in this country --
koja mi imamo danas u ovoj državi --
with the environment --
za okoliš --
who fought for them
koji su se borili za njih
from this history,
iz ove povijesti,
is widely misunderstood.
općenito pogrešno shvaćena.
of Ethiopian activists,
Etijopijskih aktivista,
that I hear a lot.
što često čujem.
tried nonviolent action,
nenasilno djelovanje,
and that was the end of that.
i to je bio kraj tome.
is equivalent to street protests
isto što i ulični protest
way to show that people want change,
način da ljudi pokažu kako žele promjenu,
actually create change --
ne čine promjenu --
people what they want
što oni žele
by destroying an opponent,
da uništava protivnika,
that an opponent needs to survive,
koje protivniku trebaju kako bi opstao,
those sources of power.
te izvore moći.
can neutralize the military
mogu neutralizirati vojsku
through strikes and boycotts.
kroz štrajkove i bojkote.
government propaganda
that can be used to do this.
se mogu koristiti kako bi se to postiglo.
of nonviolent action.
nenasilnoga djelovanja.
by corrupt former military officials
bivši vojni dužnosnici
to do anything about it --
da nešto učine po tom pitanju --
just 12 regular people,
tek 12 običnih ljudi,
to their friends
svojim prijateljima
holding signs with a message:
držeći znakove s porukom:
as protests spread throughout the country.
jer se prosvjed proširio na cijelu zemlju.
to various government buildings
ispred različitih vladinih zgrada
from running for office,
u kandidaturi za ministarstva,
that they couldn't just keep protesting
da ne mogu samo nastaviti prosvjedovati
the country refused to work.
odbili raditi.
and schools shut their doors.
su zatvorili svoja vrata.
blocked major roads.
su blokirali glavne ceste.
government officials,
vladinih dužnosnika,
of people using nonviolent action
ljudi koji koriste nenasilno djelovanje
are confused about what to do with them.
zbunjena jer ne znaju što učiniti s njima.
the color of the ruling party.
u boju vladajuće stranke.
are getting better at grabbing headlines,
su sve bolji u osvajanju naslovnica,
his troops into battle
svoje trupe u bitku
nonviolent movements operate.
nenasilnih pokreta djeluje.
as military warfare,
kao i vojno ratovanje,
and have clear objectives,
i imati jasne ciljeve,
of how to achieve those objectives.
kako doći do tih ciljeva.
over thousands of years
tisućama godina
dedicated to understanding
odlučnih u razumijevanju
is rarely systematically studied,
je rijetko sistematično proučavana,
in the world who are teaching it.
u svijetu je podučavaju.
approaches of dealing with conflict
suočavanja sa sukobom
challenges that we're facing.
s kojima smo suočeni.
in its war against ISIS.
protiv ISISa.
using nonviolent action.
koristeći nenasilno djelovanje.
in place a new public school curriculum,
novi kurikulum za državno obrazovanje,
ekstremističkoj ideologiji.
poslati ih u školu.
homeschool their children
podučavati svoju djecu kod kuće
of just one act of defiance
samo jednog čina neposluha
of nonviolent resistance
nenasilnog otpora
was part of a larger strategy
bio dio veće strategije
that ISIS needs to function;
koje ISIS treba kako bi djelovao;
potrebne za proizvodnju hrane
to extract and refine oil;
za izdvajanje i pročišćavanje nafte;
and communications networks
i komunikacijske mreže
that ISIS relies on?
na koje se ISIS oslanja?
to imagine defeating ISIS
pobjedu nad ISISom
the way we think about conflict
način razmišljanja o sukobu
u suočavanju s njim.
nonviolent action has worked
nenasilno djelovanje uspjelo
systems and technologies
i tehnologijama
to better meet human needs.
kako bi bolje odgovarale ljudskim potrebama.
nonviolent action
nenasilno djelovanje
used in place of war.
umjesto rata.
could then be abandoned
bi moglo biti posve napušteno
with weapons that are more effective.
koje je mnogo efikasnije.
nonviolent struggle more powerful
nenasilnu borbu još moćnijom
technologies of war.
tehnologija ratovanja.
lies not in condemning violence
ne leži u osudi nasilja
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jamila Raqib - PeacemakerJamila 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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