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When activist groups disagree on civil disobedience tactics

Our organizing committee can't agree on whether to break the law to protest the new housing policy - half of us think MLK's approach means we have to accept arrest, the other half thinks we should push boundaries without crossing into illegal territory and we're stuck.

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The group is paralyzed by fundamentally different interpretations of how MLK's philosophy should guide their resistance strategy.

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“Where Are You with MLK and civil disobedience philosophy?”

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