Diversity of tactics, yo. Different situations call for different actions. I would say you won’t find any revolutions that were wholly either violent or nonviolent. Strikes and work stoppages are not inherently violent, but are powerful revolutionary tools all the same. Yes, capitalism will almost invariably react with violence, which the people must absolutely be prepared to defend themselves against.
Diversity of tactics, yo. Different situations call for different actions. I would say you won’t find any revolutions that were wholly either violent or nonviolent. Strikes and work stoppages are not inherently violent, but are powerful revolutionary tools all the same. Yes, capitalism will almost invariably react with violence, which the people must absolutely be prepared to defend themselves against.
They are in many ways more powerful than violence. See the failure of the Kapp Putsch to see them in direct opposition.