Jamila Raqib: The secret to effective nonviolent resistance
Jamila Raqib: Sekret skutecznego pokojowego oporu
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.
częścią mojego życia.
just six months after the Soviets invaded,
sześć miesięcy po najeździe Sowietów,
to understand what was happening,
żeby rozumieć, co się dzieje,
and the fear around me.
on how I now think about war and conflict.
wpływ na moje obecne postrzeganie wojen.
have a fundamental issue at stake,
fundamentalne kwestie,
to resist and to fight back.
aby się przeciwstawić.
and terrible violence is,
jak szkodliwa i straszna jest przemoc,
with the level of violence in the world.
poziomem przemocy na świecie.
that violence is morally wrong.
że przemoc jest złem moralnym.
zaproponować narzędzie,
and as effective as violence.
tak skuteczne jak przemoc.
situations around the world
sytuacji na świecie,
struggle to conduct conflict.
with Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
z Gandhim lub Martinem Lutherem Kingiem.
nonviolent action for thousands of years.
z pokojowego oporu przez tysiące lat.
that we have today in this country --
orientacji seksualnej
with the environment --
którzy o nie walczyli
who fought for them
from this history,
lekcji z tej historii,
is widely misunderstood.
jest często źle pojmowana.
of Ethiopian activists,
aktywistów z Etiopii,
that I hear a lot.
co słyszę bardzo często.
tried nonviolent action,
pokojowego oporu,
and that was the end of that.
i na tym się skończyło.
is equivalent to street protests
to uliczny protest,
way to show that people want change,
że ludzie chcą zmiany,
actually create change --
która jest istotna.
people what they want
by destroying an opponent,
na zniszczeniu wroga,
that an opponent needs to survive,
potrzebnych przeciwnikowi do przetrwania
those sources of power.
can neutralize the military
ludzie mogą spacyfikować armię
through strikes and boycotts.
przez strajki i bojkot.
government propaganda
rządowej propagandzie,
that can be used to do this.
of nonviolent action.
by corrupt former military officials
przez skorumpowanych byłych wojskowych,
to do anything about it --
just 12 regular people,
to their friends
holding signs with a message:
z transparentami z napisem:
as protests spread throughout the country.
gdy protest rozprzestrzeniał się po kraju.
to various government buildings
do różnych budynków rządowych
przed ubieganiem się o urząd,
from running for office,
that they couldn't just keep protesting
że nie mogą zwyczajnie dalej protestować
the country refused to work.
w całym kraju odmówili pracy.
and schools shut their doors.
blocked major roads.
government officials,
of people using nonviolent action
stosujących pokojowy opór
are confused about what to do with them.
którzy nie wiedzą, co z nimi zrobić.
the color of the ruling party.
na kolor rządzącej partii.
are getting better at grabbing headlines,
są coraz lepsi w przykuwaniu uwagi,
znaczą niewiele,
his troops into battle
wygrania wojny.
nonviolent movements operate.
ruchów oporu na świecie.
as military warfare,
jak wojna konwencjonalna,
and have clear objectives,
oraz mieć jasne cele,
of how to achieve those objectives.
over thousands of years
rozwijano przez tysiące lat
dedicated to understanding
skupionymi na jej zrozumieniu
is rarely systematically studied,
rzadko bywa wnikliwie analizowana.
in the world who are teaching it.
approaches of dealing with conflict
radzenia sobie z konfliktem
challenges that we're facing.
z jakimi trzeba się dziś zmierzyć.
utknęła w martwym punkcie.
in its war against ISIS.
using nonviolent action.
zdobyło Mosul w czerwcu 2014
in place a new public school curriculum,
nowego programu nauczania
nie zjawiło się w szkole.
homeschool their children
że wolą uczyć dzieci w domu
of just one act of defiance
of nonviolent resistance
was part of a larger strategy
był częścią większego planu
that ISIS needs to function;
do produkcji żywności;
to extract and refine oil;
i rafinowania ropy naftowej;
and communications networks
i sieci komunikacyjnych;
that ISIS relies on?
na których polega PI?
to imagine defeating ISIS
the way we think about conflict
w jaki pojmujemy konflikt
nonviolent action has worked
pokojowy opór był skuteczny
systems and technologies
systemami oraz technologiami,
to better meet human needs.
by lepiej sprostać ludzkim potrzebom.
nonviolent action
metody pokojowego oporu tak bardzo,
used in place of war.
could then be abandoned
będzie można wtedy porzucić,
with weapons that are more effective.
nonviolent struggle more powerful
takiej walce więcej mocy,
technologies of war.
lies not in condemning violence
nie jest potępianie przemocy,
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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