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From the Ted Talk by Jamila Raqib: The secret to effective nonviolent resistance
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Open Cloze
This is an example of just one act of defiance in just one city. But what if it was ___________ with the dozens of other acts of nonviolent resistance that have taken place against ISIS? What if the parents' boycott was part of a larger strategy to identify and cut off the _________ that ISIS needs to function; the skilled labor ______ to produce food; the engineers needed to _______ and refine oil; the media infrastructure and communications ________ and transportation systems, and the local businesses that ISIS ______ on? It may be difficult to imagine defeating ISIS with action that is __________. But it's time we challenge the way we think about conflict and the choices we have in facing it.
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Original Text
This is an example of just one act of defiance in just one city. But what if it was coordinated with the dozens of other acts of nonviolent resistance that have taken place against ISIS? What if the parents' boycott was part of a larger strategy to identify and cut off the resources that ISIS needs to function; the skilled labor needed to produce food; the engineers needed to extract and refine oil; the media infrastructure and communications networks and transportation systems, and the local businesses that ISIS relies on? It may be difficult to imagine defeating ISIS with action that is nonviolent. But it's time we challenge the way we think about conflict and the choices we have in facing it.
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