From Activist Tactics to PeaceCraft Responses

Activist TacticPeaceCraft Response
Build perceived powerExamine how power is used
Stay within your side’s expertiseKnow your capacity and limits
Increase the enemy’s insecurityUnderstand the other person’s world
Exploit their rulesApply principles to every side
Use ridiculeRefuse humiliation
Use enjoyable tacticsBuild sustainable practices
Abandon stale tacticsRecognise when dialogue has ended
Maintain pressureMaintain trustworthy presence
Use threatReduce unnecessary threat
Provoke reactionsRestore the capacity to respond
Use the opponent’s violenceNever provoke harm for advantage
Offer an alternativeAccept responsibility for what follows
Personalise and polariseName harm without freezing the person inside it

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