page_title: Diversity of tactics
hierarchical_section_title: Diversity of tactics
caption_attribution_description: English: Subcomandante Marcos and Comandante Tacho in La Realidad, Chiapas, 1999. Deutsch: Subcomandante Marcos und Comandante Tacho in La Realidad, Chiapas, 1999.
context_page_description: Diversity of tactics is a phenomenon wherein a social movement makes periodic use of force for disruptive or defensive purposes, stepping beyond the limits of nonviolence, but also stopping short of total militarization. It also refers to the theory which asserts this to be the most effective strategy of civil disobedience for social change. Diversity of tactics may promote nonviolent tactics, or armed resistance, or a range of methods in between, depending on the level of repression the political movement is facing. It sometimes claims to advocate for "forms of resistance that maximize respect for life".
context_section_description: Diversity of tactics is a phenomenon wherein a social movement makes periodic use of force for disruptive or defensive purposes, stepping beyond the limits of nonviolence, but also stopping short of total militarization. It also refers to the theory which asserts this to be the most effective strategy of civil disobedience for social change. Diversity of tactics may promote nonviolent tactics, or armed resistance, or a range of methods in between, depending on the level of repression the political movement is facing. It sometimes claims to advocate for "forms of resistance that maximize respect for life".
caption: Subcomandante Marcos with members of the Zapatistas, who combine nonviolence and more militant forms of resistance
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