#2 of 198 Methods of Nonviolent Direct Action

NONVIOLENT PROTEST AND PERSUASION
Formal Statements
#2. Letters of opposition or support

"...I am writing you today, not asking for forgiveness for what I decided to do, but to give you an idea of what brought me to that decision to leave the Army and speak out against the Occupation...." James Circello, Iraq Veterans Against The War 

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198 Methods of Nonviolent Action

These methods were compiled by Dr. Gene Sharp and first published in his 1973 book, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Vol. 2: The Methods of Nonviolent Action. (Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers, 1973). The book outlines each method and gives information about its historical use.