1. The Power of Staying Put: Nonviolent Resistance Against Armed Groups in Colombia
- Author:
- Juan Masullo
- Publication Date:
- 08-2015
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)
- Abstract:
- Confronted with civil war, local civilians typically either collaborate with the strongest actor in town or flee the area. Yet civilians are not stuck only with these choices. Collectively defying armed groups by engaging in organized nonviolent forms of noncooperation, self-organization and disruption is another option. This monograph explores this option through sustained and organized civil resistance led by ordinary peasants against state and non-state repressive actors in Colombia’s longstanding civil war: the case of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó.
- Topic:
- Human Rights
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus