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
Jamila Raqib works on pragmatic approaches to nonviolent action for activists, human rights organizations, academics and governments globally. Full bio
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戰爭就是我生活的一部分
since I can remember.
just six months after the Soviets invaded,
我出生於阿富汗
to understand what was happening,
並不知道發生了什麼
and the fear around me.
災難和恐懼在我周邊
on how I now think about war and conflict.
產生了重要的影響
have a fundamental issue at stake,
to resist and to fight back.
去抵制和反抗
and terrible violence is,
他們唯一的選擇
with the level of violence in the world.
存在於世界上的暴力感到擔心
that violence is morally wrong.
給他們一個工具
and as effective as violence.
有相同效力的工具
situations around the world
struggle to conduct conflict.
with Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
甘地和馬丁路德金
nonviolent action for thousands of years.
that we have today in this country --
大部分的權利
with the environment --
who fought for them
from this history,
這歷史當中學到教訓
is widely misunderstood.
of Ethiopian activists,
that I hear a lot.
tried nonviolent action,
and that was the end of that.
這就是故事的結果
is equivalent to street protests
是跟街頭抗議一樣的
way to show that people want change,
表達人們想要變革的意願
actually create change --
他們並不能改變任何事情
people what they want
帶來他們所想要的東西
by destroying an opponent,
that an opponent needs to survive,
those sources of power.
can neutralize the military
通過使士兵叛變
through strikes and boycotts.
罷工和抵制來搗亂經濟
government propaganda
that can be used to do this.
of nonviolent action.
by corrupt former military officials
to do anything about it --
just 12 regular people,
to their friends
holding signs with a message:
as protests spread throughout the country.
抗議也擴散到了全國
to various government buildings
from running for office,
that they couldn't just keep protesting
僅僅停留在抗議上
the country refused to work.
and schools shut their doors.
blocked major roads.
government officials,
使用非暴力手段的抗議者
of people using nonviolent action
are confused about what to do with them.
不知所措
the color of the ruling party.
are getting better at grabbing headlines,
越來越能佔據頭條
his troops into battle
nonviolent movements operate.
的非暴力運動的工作方式
as military warfare,
and have clear objectives,
並且條例清晰的人
of how to achieve those objectives.
來達到這些目標
over thousands of years
dedicated to understanding
is rarely systematically studied,
系統性地研究過的
in the world who are teaching it.
在教授它
approaches of dealing with conflict
challenges that we're facing.
in its war against ISIS.
處在一個膠著的狀態
using nonviolent action.
佔領摩蘇里時
in place a new public school curriculum,
實施新標準
homeschool their children
寧願在家裡教他們的孩子
of just one act of defiance
of nonviolent resistance
was part of a larger strategy
that ISIS needs to function;
有經驗的國人需要來製造食物
to extract and refine oil;
and communications networks
that ISIS relies on?
to imagine defeating ISIS
the way we think about conflict
如何面對分歧的時機
nonviolent action has worked
成功的事蹟
systems and technologies
to better meet human needs.
需求來更新換代
nonviolent action
used in place of war.
could then be abandoned
with weapons that are more effective.
的武器代替了它們
nonviolent struggle more powerful
讓非暴力手段變得比
technologies of war.
lies not in condemning violence
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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