"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."
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"The recent Black Lives Matter protests peaked on June 6, when half a million people turned out in nearly 550 places across the United States. That was a single day in more than a month of protests that still continue to today [July 3, 2020].
"Four recent polls — including one released this week by Civis Analytics, a data science firm that works with businesses and Democratic campaigns — suggest that about 15 million to 26 million people in the United States have participated in demonstrations over the death of George Floyd and others in recent weeks.”
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“4,700 demonstrations have happened in the United States since May 26, averaging out to roughly 140 per day
“At least 1,360 counties in the United States - roughly 40 per cent - have had some form of Black Lives Matter protests”
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15 to 26 million, as of the end of June and beginning of July
15 - 26 million is 4 -7% of the USA population.
The demonstrations, which, according to some estimates, have had 15 - 26 million participate, have already broken through the 3.5% rule
That's where we are now.
How to proceed, nonviolently as possible?
Starting from Solar IS Civil Defense I can imagine a solar swadeshi to deepen satyagraha and the ongoing practice of Gandhian economics through renewable energy and geotherapeutic restoration but that’s just me.
“We remain alert so as not to get run down, but it turns out you only have to hop a few feet to one side and the whole huge machinery rolls by, not seeing you at all.”
Lew Welch