Abbey Heffer
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Wednesday 21 October 2026 13:40:03 GMT
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Monique Toks PoliSci :
Here in the US, the right has completely made the French protest about immigration. This is such a great analysis. Thank you.
2026-10-21 14:54:09
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Surfpixie :
They used tear gas on the orchestra playing peacefully…
2026-10-21 16:23:24
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Nova Vander Plaats :
"Non-violence only works if your opponent possesses a conscience." -Kwame Ture
2026-10-21 21:18:06
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Luke Alexander Brooks :
Non-violent protest *helps.* It only "works" by itself if a regime was already open to the option. If the regime's hard line is before the demands, Non-violence will only go so far without a vanguard.
2026-10-21 22:03:20
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PsychProfJoe :
historically, do non-vio protests work if they aren't also associated with some economic pressure?
2026-10-22 03:34:42
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SaintsRB :
Excellent video as always. But can we talk about how spoonmic took it from 10/10 to 11/10? 🥄 🎤
2026-10-21 18:01:38
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ajtheastute :
Ok great. So delineate between Jan 6 and France atm.
2026-10-22 01:47:51
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Brooks DePriest :
I genuinely want to engage in this post for two reasons, one to help the algorithm to help you find a larger audience to boost your analytics but also number two. can you point out specifically what non-violent protests accomplished the goals they set out for? I can't think of any and I've participated in all of them over the last 25 to 35 years
2026-10-22 02:31:25
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Janek :
great video but please put the captions a bit higher so they wont get obstructed by default by the other interface elements like description
2026-10-21 15:51:53
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ResistanceReaders :
I’d like to hear your thoughts on Tad Stoermer’s book, A Resistance History of the United States.
2026-10-22 04:22:57
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vier :
thank you for your work. this is incredibly valuable. 🙏✌️
2026-10-22 05:22:04
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bobebee23 :
Workers of the world unite and strike!!!
2026-10-21 19:03:52
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Dr. Tea 🍵 :
I suspect that if you wanted to make protesting harder and convince the general public that protesters are dangerous, you'd make protests look threatening or violent. I have been in organizing circles for ages now and infiltration can look like a sudden outburst of disorganized violence and conflict.
2026-10-21 16:31:58
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matthewprosser05 :
I’m thinking we are seeing the effects of late stage capitalism in France.
2026-10-21 16:32:17
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Jokastinian🏴 :
This will help me further discussions with those resistant to facts
2026-10-21 14:36:12
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Dairy.Cat :
Really appreciate the book references.
2026-10-21 14:24:29
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jojo45561 :
Would you be so kind to put the book titles in the caption next time? It was a bit of a pain to get the right titles plus authors 😅🙏
2026-10-21 14:37:37
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Steven oc :
Totally agree. It's not one thing or the other that's driving this dissent and open revolt. It's a combination of various mitigating factors some simple, others, wholly complex and not able to be solved quickly or easily. Democracy? Huh, it's kinda funny how it works. Even funnier is how the politicians try to spin the rationale or reasons behind them. Again, thanks for sharing your pov on the whys, wherefores and your recommendations on books for reading. Love your work!!!. 😁✌️😎
2026-10-21 21:51:31
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SquishyKotetsu :
could you provide some more context on non-violent protest "working", beyond reasons why people are more ready to participate in it? i.e., in terms of how likely it is to achieve its goals? Because I think that's a really important debate to have - which forms of protest do actually lead to systemic change - when such a large proportion of the public conversation is purely about protest optics
2026-10-21 15:36:25
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In Australia they even cracked down on protsst against disbility cuts! I am part of the leadership of a national movement and we have been facing very out of proportion police intimidation and violence. Against people in wheelchairs.. ghe government wants that money for nuclear submarines instead
2026-10-21 19:58:28
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Cass :
I haven't seen you in quite a bit 🥺
2026-10-21 14:18:05
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rob🌵 :
thank you for this perspective
2026-10-21 14:32:11
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Wolfengärten :
Happy to see you've returned. 😊
2026-10-21 15:06:52
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Murali Varatharajan :
Fantastic analysis. This explains a lot of things. I've always wondered what makes Western regimes ignore the genocide that is going on in Gaza. Thank you.
2026-10-21 17:21:13
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Moppet & Marble :
We should rename the Cost of Living Crisis to what it is; A Cost of (Other People's) Greed Crisis. It might focus minds on who the real problems lie with?
2026-10-21 21:02:54
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