Is it fair to ask or expect someone who is oppressed to practice only nonviolent resistance, refusing to fight back or defend themselves against their oppressors’ violent attacks?

Both the Suffragettes in Britain and Gandhi’s anti-colonial movement in India, used the tactics of “passive resistance” or “nonviolent resistance” to promote their causes. Somewhat similarly, socialists and labor movements often used strikes and picket lines to achieve their objectives. How does nonviolent resistance work, and why do you think it can be so effective? Is violence ever justified or effective? Is it fair to ask or expect someone who is oppressed to practice only nonviolent resistance, refusing to fight back or defend themselves against their oppressors’ violent attacks?

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