[civics] How to Change the World, a Case Study: The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
You may have heard the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize went to something called the Tunisian national dialogue quartet.
It's not a proper name. It refers to an alliance of four civil society organization that came together on the brink of an Islamist civil war to save their country: a national labor union, an organization for businesses, a bar association, and a human rights organization.
This is deeply worth investigating if you are interested in non-violent revolution. It truly looks to me like something new under the sun; if there is precedent to this, I don't know it. (If you do, do comment!)
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/09/who-are-the-tunisia-national-dialogue-quartet-nobel-peace-prize-winner
http://carnegieendowment.org/2014/03/27/how-leftist-labor-union-helped-force-tunisia-s-political-settlement
It's not a proper name. It refers to an alliance of four civil society organization that came together on the brink of an Islamist civil war to save their country: a national labor union, an organization for businesses, a bar association, and a human rights organization.
This is deeply worth investigating if you are interested in non-violent revolution. It truly looks to me like something new under the sun; if there is precedent to this, I don't know it. (If you do, do comment!)
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/09/who-are-the-tunisia-national-dialogue-quartet-nobel-peace-prize-winner
http://carnegieendowment.org/2014/03/27/how-leftist-labor-union-helped-force-tunisia-s-political-settlement