10 Resources To Protest Peacefully and De-escalate Situations

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change. - BBC

How do you protest peacefully when would-be dictators want to provoke a confrontation. Here are some tips from groups including The People Dissent, ACLU, NRDC, 50501, Indivisible, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the AFACWA.

Guide to safe, non-violent protests

De-escalate. Redirect. Overwhelm.

We must de-escalate. Americans have every right to protest peacefully. The National Guard has no authority to stop peaceful protests or to perform police functions. (See below.) Protesters must de-escalate—no violence, no vandalism, no touching of law enforcement officers--thereby rendering the National Guard irrelevant. The National Guard will be forced to stand in the background as observers if we remove any excuse for them to “come to the aid” of ICE and DHS officers. If bad-faith provocateurs engage in violence, walk away! - Robert Hubbell

TakeAway: Protest peacefully. De-escalate. Redirect.

Deepak
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