Erica Chenoweth’s syllabus for her course on Civil Resistance: How It Works
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJZOSv7Dadp94JKiO7rOcLJvnJlDmG/view
Chenoweth is one of the researchers behind the idea that if you can get 3.5% involved in nonviolent resistance you will win and that nonviolent revolution succeeds twice as often as violent revolution.
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to
do it all the time.” - Angela Davis
I don’t know why, since she hasn’t taught the course since 2022, that she decided to release the syllabus now.
For those who want a little background on how we got here:
Democracy in Chains: How We Got Here and How to Prepare for What Comes Next
Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America (2017) with Patt Morrison
Wednesday, January 29
8:00 PM inEastern Time (US and Canada)
And for those who want a little deeper history:
Conceiving the Committee of Safety in Revolutionary America
Tuesday, February 4
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM EST
MA Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
And online
RSVP at https://www.masshist.org/events/conceiving-committee-safety
Author: Donald F. Johnson, North Dakota State University
Comment: Brendan McConville, Boston UniversityThis is a hybrid event. The in-person reception will begin at 4:30 PM.
This essay explores how ordinary Americans conceived of the local committees of safety that served as the backbone of the revolutionary movement in 1774 and 1775. Authorized by the First Continental Congress in late 1774 to enforce the Articles of Association, local leaders largely determined the structure and operation of these committees. As tensions mounted and especially after war broke out in April 1775, committeemen drew on a mixture of historical inspiration, long-standing traditions of corporate governance, and contemporary legal culture to outstrip their Congressional mandate and assert de-facto revolutionary governance in communities across British North America.
It might be useful to think of Committees on Safety not only in terms of politics but also in terms of the next weather or environmental emergency.