we mean both pacifism and nonviolent action we are not communicating clearly we list pacifism in the introduction we would be better off listing nonviolent action or both many people think pacifism means being passive not doing much just accepting injustice we mean the whole gene sharp the politics of nonviolent action approach organizing our fellow citizens the civil rights movement people power speaking truth to power all that all those many many methods in which we can do a great deal indeed please let us go ahead and say it