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Blog: One use of the “nonviolent raid” tactic

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Posted December 19th, 2007 by Philippe Duhamel

Flying elf

Photo: Ashley Fraser, The Ottawa Citizen, Dec. 13, 2007. — Protesters dressed as Santa Claus and several of his elves were arrested at 24 Sussex Drive last night when they took Stephen Harper a lump of coal. It was to be his reward for what they call his sabotage of the UN climate talks in Indonesia.

That’s a picture of yours truly as... well, a flying elf. 

I was arrested last week. Again.

First time ever as one of Santa’s Little Helpers, though.

Let me tell you what happened as an introduction to how the tactic — the nonviolent raid — can be, and has been, used in a wide range of campaigns.

notebook: Public Audiences: Creating Space to Recognize Victims of Internal Conflict in Peru

This notebook describes the tactics that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Peru implimented to give a voice to victims of governmental human rights abuses.  The purpose of the commission was not an investigation, rather Public Audiences provided victims the opportunity to tell their stories and rewrite history in a sense to include the abuses they suffered.