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Looking at 100s of campaigns over the last century it takes around 3.5% of the population actively protesting to ensure serious political change. Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and have never failed to bring about change. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Looking at 100s of campaigns over the last century it takes around 3.5% of the population actively protesting to ensure serious political change. Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and have never failed to bring about change. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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