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Ukraine: A Nonviolent Victory

Ukraine: A Nonviolent Victory
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Ukraine: A Nonviolent Victory

From the article: Dramatic words or violent acts were not how the Ukrainian people ousted an authoritarian leader and his cronies. Civil resistance shredded the legitimacy of a repressive and corrupt government. The nonviolent movement dissolved the consent of the people and the loyalty of regime defenders on which Victor Yanukovych depended.

Peter Ackerman, Maciej Bartkowski, and Jack DuVall

opendemocracy.net, March 3, 2014

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