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"Very rarely, there have been cases in which a prisoner has literally refused to do almost everything except breathe because he believed his arrest to be unjust for moral or political reasons. The best known case is that of Corbett Bishop, an American religious conscientious objector during World War II. Bishop had initially cooperated with the"...

((Sharp, Gene. The Politics of Nonviolent Action (p. 224). Albert Einstein Institution. Kindle Edition.))

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047 assemblies of protest or support

assemblies of protest or support

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002 letters of opposition or support

letters of opposition or support

trending_up 9.0/10 as a pair
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009 leaflets pamphlets and books

leaflets pamphlets and books

trending_up 9.0/10 as a pair
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029 symbolic reclamations

symbolic reclamations

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131 refusal to accept appointed officials

refusal to accept appointed officials

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127 withdrawal from governmental educational institutions

withdrawal from governmental educational institutions

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High scoring campaigns using this method

Historical cases from the Nonviolent Action Database that used this method

Belgian doctors strike to block single-payer healthcare, 1964

9.0/10

During the 1950’s and 60’s, as many countries advanced and became more industrialized, doctors in organized medicine tried to push back against the post-World War II trend of increased state involvement in medical care. The worry was that state invol...

Peace campaigners act for civil rights in Albany, GA, 1963-1964

9.0/10

In 1963 a long-distance peace march demanding U.S. foreign policy change got caught in the wave of civil rights campaigns in the southern United States. Beginning on May 26, 1963, the Committee for Nonviolent Action (CNVA), a racially integrated grou...

American "Hikers" nonviolently resist Iranian prison guards 2009-2011

7.0/10

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Sheikh Amadu Bàmba’s Murīd Resistance to French Colonial Oppression

5.0/10

Born into a family of well-to-do Ṣūfī marabouts (clerics), Sheikh Amadu Bàmba Mbàcke – whose Arabic name was Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ḥabīb al-Lah – lived from roughly 1854 to 1927. Through his emphases on piety, hard work, singular devotion to God, th...

Low scoring campaigns using this method

Historical cases from the Nonviolent Action Database that used this method

No low-scoring cases found for this method.

Effectiveness profile

Success by Opponent
Corporation / Business 7.0
Educational Institution 7.0
Financial Institution 7.0
Government / State Body 7.0
Healthcare Provider 8.0
Judiciary / Legal System 7.0
Media Organization 7.0
Military / Police 7.0
Success by Group Type
Success by Goal Magnitude

Risk profile

Risk by region

Compared to the worldwide average for this method

Africa
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Arrests and Legal Action trending_flat Average
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Americas
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Europe

Risk by regime

Compared to the worldwide average for this method

Electoral autocracy
Electoral democracy
Liberal democracy