There is a difference between using nonviolent tactics and having nonviolent principles. That difference matters even more today. Kazu Haga, a Kingian Nonviolence trainer based in Oakland, California and founder and coordinator of East Point Peace Academy, explains that nonviolent tactics have victory as the goal and define people as opponents. Nonviolent principles have reconciliation as the goal and define people as being in relationship and part of a beloved community. The core of principled nonviolent action is the unwavering faith in the goodness of human nature. People are not the enemy. Violence and injustice are. A nonviolent revolution binds strategies in principle.
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