If you want to overthrow a dictator, resist an authoritarian regime, or create a movement that can change the national status quo, you don't need half the country, you only need 3.5 percent of the population to join – but there are some caveats, and Erica Chenoweth whose research led to the discovery of the 3.5 Percent Rule, explains them to us in this episode.
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<a href="https://www.ericachenoweth.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Erica Chenoweth's Website</a>
<a href="https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Why-Civil-Resistance-Works-Article.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why Civil Resistance Works (the paper)</a>
<a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/9780231156820/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why Civil Resistance Works (the book)</a>
<a href="https://tedxboulder.com/speakers/erica-chenoweth" rel="noopener noreferrer">The TED Talk</a>
<a href="https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/qa-erica-chenoweth" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Q&A</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size" rel="noopener noreferrer">List of Protests by Size</a>
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