Jamila Raqib: The secret to effective nonviolent resistance
Džamila Rakib (Jamila Raqib): Tajna delotvornog 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,
samo šest meseci nakon sovjetske invazije
to understand what was happening,
da razumem šta se dešavalo,
and the fear around me.
i straha koji su me okruživali.
on how I now think about war and conflict.
na to kako razmišljam o ratu i konfliktu.
have a fundamental issue at stake,
o ključnim pitanjima za ljude,
to resist and to fight back.
and terrible violence is,
koliko je destruktivno i užasno nasilje,
kao na jedini izbor,
with the level of violence in the world.
zbog stepena nasilja u svetu.
that violence is morally wrong.
da je nasilje moralno pogrešno.
and as effective as violence.
i delotovorno kao i nasilje.
situations around the world
struggle to conduct conflict.
borbu da upravljaju konfliktom.
with Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
sa Gandijem i Martinom Luterom Kingom.
nonviolent action for thousands of years.
već hiljadama godina.
that we have today in this country --
koja danas imamo u ovoj državi -
seksualnih orijentacija
with the environment --
who fought for them
koji su se borili za njih
from this history,
is widely misunderstood.
je na široko pogrešno shvaćena.
of Ethiopian activists,
grupu aktivista iz Etiopije
that I hear a lot.
tried nonviolent action,
nenasilno delanje
and that was the end of that.
i tu je bio kraj tome.
is equivalent to street protests
jednaka uličnim protestima
way to show that people want change,
način da se pokaže da ljudi žele promene,
actually create change --
neće zapravo stvoriti promene -
people what they want
neće dati ljudima to što žele
by destroying an opponent,
uništavajući protivnika,
that an opponent needs to survive,
koje su nužne za opstanak protivnika,
those sources of power.
can neutralize the military
mogu da neutrališu vojsku
through strikes and boycotts.
preko štrajkova i bojkota.
government propaganda
that can be used to do this.
koje se mogu koristiti za to.
of nonviolent action.
nenasilnog delovanja.
by corrupt former military officials
korumpirani bivši vojni zvaničnici
to do anything about it --
da bilo šta uradi po tom pitanju -
just 12 regular people,
prosto običnih 12 ljudi,
to their friends
prijateljima na Fejsbuku
holding signs with a message:
držeći znakove s porukom:
as protests spread throughout the country.
dok su se protesti širili zemljom.
to various government buildings
različitim vladinim zgradama
da se kandiduju za ministarstva,
from running for office,
that they couldn't just keep protesting
da ne mogu prosto da nastave s protestima
the country refused to work.
odbili da rade.
and schools shut their doors.
je zatvorilo svoja vrata.
blocked major roads.
blokirali važnije puteve.
government officials,
vladinih zvaničnika
of people using nonviolent action
ljudi koji nenasilno delaju
are confused about what to do with them.
jer ne zna šta da radi s njima.
the color of the ruling party.
bojama vladajuće stranke.
are getting better at grabbing headlines,
su sve bolji u pridobijanju naslova,
his troops into battle
sa svojim trupama u bitku,
nonviolent movements operate.
nenasilnih pokreta radi.
as military warfare,
kao i vojno ratovanje,
and have clear objectives,
i da imaju jasne ciljeve,
of how to achieve those objectives.
kako da postignu te ciljeve.
over thousands of years
tokom hiljada godina
dedicated to understanding
su bili posvećeni razumevanju
is rarely systematically studied,
je retko kad sistematski izučavana,
in the world who are teaching it.
u svetu koji to predaju.
approaches of dealing with conflict
pristupi bavljenju konfliktima
challenges that we're facing.
s kojima se suočavamo.
in its war against ISIS.
using nonviolent action.
putem nenasilnog delovanja.
in place a new public school curriculum,
novi plan rada u javne škole
ekstremističkoj ideologiji.
homeschool their children
da kući obrazuju svoju decu
of just one act of defiance
of nonviolent resistance
nenasilnog otpora
was part of a larger strategy
bio deo šire strategije
that ISIS needs to function;
koji su potrebni ISIS-u da bi delovao;
koji proizvode hranu;
to extract and refine oil;
za vađenje i preradu nafte;
and communications networks
i komunikacijske mreže
that ISIS relies on?
to imagine defeating ISIS
pobedu nad ISIS-om
the way we think about conflict
način razmišljanja o ratu
kad smo suočeni s njim.
nonviolent action has worked
gde je nenasilno delanje delovalo
systems and technologies
s drugim sistemima i tehnologijama
to better meet human needs.
kako bi bolje zadovoljile ljudske potrebe.
nonviolent action
nenasilno delovanje
used in place of war.
koristilo umesto rata.
could then be abandoned
bi onda moglo da bude napušteno
with weapons that are more effective.
nonviolent struggle more powerful
nenasilnu borbu moćnijom
technologies of war.
tehnologija rata.
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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