You and a Few
Every nonviolent movement that reached 3.5%
participation has succeeded. Every single one.
participation has succeeded. Every single one.
Political scientist Erica Chenoweth studied 323 resistance campaigns across 100 years. She found that nonviolent movements are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts — and that there is a threshold of participation that has never failed: 3.5%. In your workplace, that's a handful of people. In your town, it's a few hundred. You don't need a majority. You need you, and a few.