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When your commitment to nonviolence gets tested by injustice

I believe in nonviolent organizing but when I see what's happening to my community sometimes I understand why other people want to break things.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Sustained exposure to systemic harm can challenge philosophical commitments to peaceful resistance strategies.

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