Nonviolent civil disobedience tactics won concessions from a resistant federal government

Evidence

In 1917, suffragettes invented a new tactic: they stationed themselves at the doors of the White House, banners in hand, and often chained to the gates so they could not be driven away. After six months, they were stopped and sent to the Occoquan penitentiary; they went on a hunger strike and were finally released. New demonstrations led to the beginning of riots. The government finally consented to naming a House Committee on Woman Suffrage. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 281

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the direct-action suffragette tactics of the English Pankhurst movement discussed earlier in the chapter, and to the broader tactical question of militant nonviolence as political lever. — connects to: Committed nonviolent resistance defeated major oppressive regimes in the 20th century; Nonviolent civil disobedience has repeatedly defeated major oppressive regimes. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 153; Local movements and host governments have forced base closures via civil disobedience and leases — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 946 (+5 more)
• SHARE: The detail about chaining themselves to the White House gates to prevent removal is a specific tactic worth sending to anyone interested in protest history.

Broader Connections

• Nonviolent civil disobedience has repeatedly defeated major oppressive regimes. #corroborates (0.88) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 153
• Committed nonviolent resistance defeated major oppressive regimes in the 20th century #corroborates (0.85)
• Oppositional movements win by rearticulating common sense, not by armed insurrection #corroborates (0.82) — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 145
• The F.L.N. hard-liners won standing by crediting violence, not soft diplomacy, for concessions. #responds-to (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1251
• Local movements and host governments have forced base closures via civil disobedience and leases #exemplifies (0.78) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 946
• Mass nonviolent protest outperforms indiscriminate killing #corroborates (0.75)