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Public that only nonviolent protests can bring sustained social change. allow me to disagree. take the nonviolent direct action of african-american civil rights protesters. their actions, like the march from selma to montgomery were potent ingredients for policy change, but most of the change was still a result of violence. it was the violence done against their unascended bodies that pricked the conscience of the nation. because a key aspect of so-called nonviolent protest is provokeing violence. if you think that actions of protesters themselves can never bring about meaningful change look a...

Quick manner. he did not make that kind of a commitment, and he apologized, interestingly enough, for the actions of a group of people really that threatened us in rosebud, missouri, and that was heartening to hear. he was listening and well informed on the issue and clearly had given it a lot of thought, and we pressed him hard for looking for any legal strategy whereby a special prosecutor could be appointed so that michael brown's family might seek some or receive some form of justice at the state level. i believe that the governor well understands the scope of this problem. is that to say ...

Mahmoud abbas, who unlike hamas, accepted israel's right to exist and supported nonviolent protest, has been to undermine at every turn from maa massive subsidizing of settlement growth. ultimately a strategy against hamas not coupled with a political strategy that offers palestinians the hope that they can have the rights and dignity that come from statehood is ultimately in the long run i fear going to fail. >> question, though. is there political support within israel for that political solution? these right wing parties in israel, they are winning elections based on the policy you describe...