The Checklist to End Tyranny: How Dissidents Will Win 21st Century Civil Resistance Campaigns

by Peter Ackerman

Today the deadliest conflicts are not between states but rather within them, pitting tyrants against the populations they oppress. Over a century of data shows that civil resistance campaigns-employing strikes, boycotts, mass protests, and many other nonviolent tactics-are the most powerful means for societies to confront authoritarians. The Checklist to End Tyranny is dedicated to enabling dissidents to become more strategic in their thinking and therefore more skillful in their quest to achieve democracy and human rights. This volume is also a unique resource in helping professionals in the foreign policy and democracy promotion communities to understand at a granular level what it takes for pro-democracy activists to end the dictatorships they are living under. The stakes could not be higher. If the world is to have a Fourth Democratic Wave expanding freedom over oppression, then civil resistance campaigns will lead the way.

Genres: Politics

143 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 15, 2021

About the author

Peter Ackerman is series editor and principal content advisor for the documentary television series, A Force More Powerful. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, of which he is now Chairman of the Board of Overseers.

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