Cuba: Nonviolent Strategies for Autonomy and Independence, 1810s-1902 (Chapter 17 from ‘Recovering Nonviolent History’)
[…] we study more widely the historical record of Cuban
struggles for self-determination led by civilian-based political and civic
movements during the Spanish control of the island, countless yet unsung
nonviolent efforts can be found. These were defiant struggles to oppose
colonialist restrictions and abuses, and to achieve full constitutional rights
and political autonomy without armed conflict. […]
From the book ‘Recovering Nonviolent History: Civil Resistance in Liberation Struggles’, 2013