Kevin in Alaska on Nostr: Lately I’ve been reading the work of social psychologists Martijn van Zomeren and ...

Lately I’ve been reading the work of social psychologists Martijn van Zomeren and Eric Shuman, who study the psychology and effectiveness of protests.

Non-disruptive actions like today’s #HandsOff rallies are good at mobilizing sympathizers to support a cause. But if you want to change policy, nonviolent *disruptive* protests work better: strikes, sit-ins, boycotts, infrastructure disruption, etc.

As Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand.”

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.10.003