: The most powerful tool, involving the withdrawal of social, economic, and political support through selective strikes, revenue refusal, and withdrawal of bank deposits .
: Use nonviolent weapons to selectively target the regime's pillars while maintaining strict nonviolent discipline to avoid alienating potential allies. From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Fr...
This guide outlines the core strategies from Gene Sharp’s From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation , a seminal manual for nonviolent resistance used in movements like the Arab Spring . Core Philosophy: The Pillars of Support : The most powerful tool, involving the withdrawal
: Systematically withdraw cooperation until the regime’s administrative and coercive tools no longer function. : The most powerful tool