Peaceful or Violent Resistance: Which works best?

General Sources

The following sources provide evidence that peaceful resistance is both more effective and produces better results than violent resistance.

• Drop your weapons: When and why civil resistance works

Following links provide information on a variety of peaceful and violent uprisings

Peaceful Revolutions

Tunisian

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_Revolution 
• Jasmine Revolution
• Dec 2010
• Duration: 28 days
• Started the Arab Spring
• Deaths: 338
• Injuries: 2,147

Egypt

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_revolution_of_2011 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Egyptian_Crisis_under_the_Supreme_Council_of_the_Armed_Forces 
• Jan 2011
• Duration: 2 weeks 3 days + 5 months
• Deaths: 846 + 300
• Injuries: 6,467
• Arrested: 12,000

Ukraine

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity 
• Dec 2013 – Feb 2014
• Deaths: 100
• Missing: 166
• Injured: 1,100
• Arrested: 77

Iran

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iranian_Revolution 
• Jan 1978 – Feb 1979
• Deaths: 2,000-3,000
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Philippines

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution 
• People Power
• Feb 1986
• Duration: 3 days
• Deaths: 0

Serbia

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87 
• Bulldozer Revolution
• Sep 2000
• Duration: 6 days
• Deaths: 2
• Injuries: 65

Violent

Libya

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Libyan_Civil_War
• Feb – Oct 2011
• Duration: 9 months (Qaddafi dead and regime demolished)
• NATO involvement (US air strikes)
• Deaths: 10,000 – 30,000
• Missing: 4,000
• Injured: 50,000
• Assisted by: NATO (US, UK, France etc)

Syria

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_uprising_phase_of_the_Syrian_civil_war 
• Mar – Jul 2011
• Duration: 4 months
• Deaths: 2000 civilians + 500 security forces
• Arrested: 12,617
• Turned into a civil war
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war 
  • Deaths: 116,000 civilians and 400,000+ soldiers
• Assisted by: US

Yemen

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2014%E2%80%93present)
• Sep 2014 –
• Durations: 7 years
• Deaths: 233,000 + 85,000 from starvation
• Assisted by: US, UK

Somalia

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War 
• 1991 – present
• Deaths: 300,000
• Supported by: US, Italy

Cambodian

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Civil_War 
• Jan 1968 – Apr 1975
• Deaths: 300,000
• Supported by: US
• Lead to Pol Pot’s genocide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide
  • Deaths: 1.5 -2 million!!! (1 in 4 people)
  • Lead to Cambodian Vietnamese war
    • Deaths: 230,000+ 
    • Supported by: US, UK, China, Thai