Nonviolent Tactics Most Effective eh?

Interesting.

Link from the article - http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141540/erica-chenoweth-and-maria-j-stephan/drop-your-weapons

• Nonviolent movements were found to attract more people and be more powerful than violent ones—11 times bigger and twice as effective against authoritarian rulers. Co-author Erica Chenoweth remarks, "People power is really the main story here."
• Including people from different backgrounds (gender, socio-economic, and religious) also led to a higher likelihood of accomplishing an end goal.
• Utilizing a diversity of nonviolent tactics was found to be more compelling because it stretched thin the resources for quelling a movement. Scholar Gene Sharp cataloged 198 tactics which have since been added to with tools such as social media.
• It was also helpful for those involved to have a longer outlook; the average length of time the movements lasted was almost three years.
• In cases where the campaign fails, the study found that nonviolent movements were still more likely (four times as compared to violent campaigns) to eventually democratize, which was attributed to experiences in mobilization and coalition building.

Read more: http://www.utne.com/politics/nonviolent-tactics-most-effective.aspx#ixzz3HOm7Nq2m

Wonder if this is a view movements like Occupy, Fighting Global Warming, and those who seek to banish inequality and hatred, and finally those who advocate for justice, can use?