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“What the authorities at Sharpeville did was they opened fire on people as they were coming peacefully to surrender themselves, because they didn’t know how to handle it. Authorities have a mentality that it’s either obedience or it’s rebellion. It’s actually extraordinarily difficult for them to cope with non-violent resistance, where resistors are willing to break the law and suffer the consequences peacefully, but refuse to rebel or do any of the things that rebellious natives are supposed to do.” Read more...
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