In a World on Fire, Is Nonviolence Still an Option? In a World on Fire, Is Nonviolence Still an Option? In a World on Fire, Is Nonviolence Still an Option? Spring 2021 Feb 16, 2021 “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy, March 13, 1962 Over the past few years, advocates of nonviolence (such as myself) have been losing the debate in the climate movement. After decades of a well-funded and organized movement that has tried every nonviolent strategy, yet failed to pressure power structures away from the path of climate catastrophe, the promise of nonviolent success rests mainly on faith.