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What does it mean?
Passive resistance and boycotting are key tools in major national movements.
In plain terms
Not buying and refusing to act are important in big movements.
What can you take from it?
Use boycotts and refusal to drive national change.

Where it applies

  • political campaigns
  • trade disputes
  • social justice

Putting it to work

  • organize boycotts
  • join movements
  • refuse cooperation

Questions to consider

  • How do you sustain a boycott?
  • What makes a movement great?

Another view

Success depends on mass participation which is hard to sustain.

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