Nonviolence requires—despite what those who advocate violence contend—deep reserves of physical and moral courage. State violence is defeated through the refusal to be afraid, even after violence is used by the state to stamp out protests, and through continuing acts of nonviolent resistance.
By Chris Hedges truthdig.com June 9, 2014
A visitor to Hong Kong’s June 4th Museum—dedicated to the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989—watches a film last month. The phrase on the wall reads “Refuse to forget.” AP/Vincent Yu
There are some essential lessons we can learn from the student occupation of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, which took place 25 years ago. The 1989 protests began as a demonstration by university students to mourn the death of Hu Yaobang, the reformist Communist Party chief who had been forced out by Deng Xiaoping. The protests swiftly expanded to include demands for an end to corruption, for press freedom and for…
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