Stephen Zunes and Jack DuVall’s response to a previously published piece by Maged Mandour—“Beyond Civil Resistance: The Case of Syria”—arguing against Mandour’s assertion that civil resistance has been marginalized in the Syrian insurrection because it doesn’t work against “ruthless” regimes.
opendemocracy.net, November 1, 2013
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