Richard Sandbrook “If the people are ready to defend Latvia, no aggressor will ever dare to attack our country,” recently declared Latvia ‘s Defense Minister. Is that true? Could that also be true for Canada? There are ways to deter and resist an invasion without taking up arms and without suffering major casualties and damage. The history, theory, and practice of organized nonviolent defence are well-known by a small coterie of specialists and activists, but they are virtually unknown by the...

For Canada, nonviolent civilian resistance is the least devastating and most effective response to deter and defeat potential aggression.

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