No violencia

This book offers an overview of nonviolence. It answers the questions of what it is, how and why it should be used, and who should use it. The book looks at examples of successful social protests, from 20th century civil rights and colonial liberation movements to the Arab Spring protests and the contemporary Black Lives Matter, taking into account recent research that explains the power of the nonviolence. It also explores the philosophical and religious sources of nonviolence, addressing key historical figures such as Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, and Malala Yousafzai. This book analyzes the relationship between nonviolence and democracy and reminds us that nonviolence gives us the power to build a better world: more just, honest and idyllic.