AwaaZ Issue 3/09 - Non Violence for Change

AwaaZ Issue 3/09 - Non Violence for Change

Cover Story: Is Non-cooperation a mattress against the bullet?

Never before in Kenya’s independent history has it been more urgent to resolve conflict and achieve peace with justice. This simple truth is recognised nationally and internationally – the taxing question is: ‘how?’
The aftermath of the 2007 general election made it very clear that we cannot just depend on our leadership as it is constituted at present to deliver the ‘promised land’; weak submission or violent reaction will only damage us further. Kenyans have practised nonviolent forms of protest over the years but these have generally been sporadic and disorganised. In this cover story, AwaaZ takes a look at nonviolence – its successes and its failures – starting with Mahatma Gandhi’s satyagraha movement, its practice in the lands of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King, Jr, and in Kenya.
Nonviolence is a process of converting hearts and minds by demonstrating the better ways of using education, communication, democracy, and active nonviolent persuasion. This third way enables even those who are few in numbers or poor in material resources to stand up for their rights with moral strength and dignity.

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