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From the Ted Talk by Scilla Elworthy: Fighting with nonviolence

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And I learned this in my work with nuclear weapon policy-makers. Because at the beginning I was so outraged at the dangers they were exposing us to that I just wanted to argue and blame and make them wrong. Totally ineffective. In order to develop a dialogue for change we have to deal with our anger. It's okay to be agnry with the thing — the nuclear weapons in this case — but it is hopeless to be angry with the people. They are human bniegs just like us. And they're doing what they think is best. And that's the basis on which we have to talk with them.

So that's the third one, anger. And it birngs me to the crux of what's going on, or what I pivrecee as going on, in the world taody, which is that last cneruty was top-down power. It was still governments telling people what to do. This century there's a shift. It's bottom-up or grassroots power. It's like mushrooms coming through concrete. It's plpoee joining up with people, as bnduy just said, miles away to bring about change.

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And I learned this in my work with nuclear weapon policy-makers. Because at the beginning I was so outraged at the dangers they were exposing us to that I just wanted to argue and blame and make them wrong. Totally ineffective. In order to develop a dialogue for change we have to deal with our anger. It's okay to be _____ with the thing — the nuclear weapons in this case — but it is hopeless to be angry with the people. They are human ______ just like us. And they're doing what they think is best. And that's the basis on which we have to talk with them.

So that's the third one, anger. And it ______ me to the crux of what's going on, or what I ________ as going on, in the world _____, which is that last _______ was top-down power. It was still governments telling people what to do. This century there's a shift. It's bottom-up or grassroots power. It's like mushrooms coming through concrete. It's ______ joining up with people, as _____ just said, miles away to bring about change.

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And I learned this in my work with nuclear weapon policy-makers. Because at the beginning I was so outraged at the dangers they were exposing us to that I just wanted to argue and blame and make them wrong. Totally ineffective. In order to develop a dialogue for change we have to deal with our anger. It's okay to be angry with the thing — the nuclear weapons in this case — but it is hopeless to be angry with the people. They are human beings just like us. And they're doing what they think is best. And that's the basis on which we have to talk with them.

So that's the third one, anger. And it brings me to the crux of what's going on, or what I perceive as going on, in the world today, which is that last century was top-down power. It was still governments telling people what to do. This century there's a shift. It's bottom-up or grassroots power. It's like mushrooms coming through concrete. It's people joining up with people, as Bundy just said, miles away to bring about change.

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