'People power':
Jordan, Patrick
'People power' Santiago, Prague, Manila, Tiananmen Square, Berlin: in recent years, all have been sites of nonviolent protests that have altered the face of history and raised the credibility of...
...There, Palestinians have overcome decades of fear to confront Israeli occupying forces...
...People Power," set to air on PBS's "P.O.V...
...Point of View) on September 11, looks at the practical accomplishments of nonviolent struggle in such situations, contrasting it with the present strategy of the intifada in Israel's occupied territories...
...Gene Sharp, an authority on nonviolent struggles, provides the philosophical chassis on which the program proceeds...
...But because of the intifada's, reliance on rock-throwing, the Palestinians have not been able to engage a broad section of Israeli public opinion with the moral claims of their right to self-determination...
...People Power" is one brief "point of view" on this powerful social lever that is beginning to move political institutions in all parts of the world...
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...From Sharp's presentation, it is clear that this single program could be expanded into an entire series...
...Bishop Francisco Claver of the Philippines remarks that nonviolent reform has yet to be institutionalized in the ongoing political life of his country...
...The failures of nonviolent struggles are not glossed over...
...People power' Santiago, Prague, Manila, Tiananmen Square, Berlin: in recent years, all have been sites of nonviolent protests that have altered the face of history and raised the credibility of nonviolent direct action as a powerful political force, sometimes of revolutionary scope...
...Director Ilan Ziv provides dramatic footage of the Philippine ouster of Marcos, clandestine protest movements in Pinochet's Chile, and interviews with families at the heart of the intifada...
Vol. 117 • August 1990 • No. 14
