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Source: VOA News "Press Conference USA"

Roundup

8-28-05

The power of nonviolent resistance

Peter Ackerman, Chairman of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, talks about the power of nonviolent resistance to oppression throughout history and across cultures on the 25th anniversary of the Polish Solidarity movement with Jaroslaw Anders, editor in VOA's Eurasia Division, and host Carol Castiel.

Read entire article at VOA News "Press Conference USA"