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Tactics (category hub)

Summary

The tactics category covers the concrete actions a campaign can take: public protest, noncooperation, intervention, creative disruption, direct action, and other moves chosen to serve a strategy [source: commons-tactics-toolkit].

Body

A tactic is a move, not the whole plan. The Commons Tactics Toolkit defines tactics through practical guides that explain what each action is, its benefits and challenges, how to run it, and examples or case studies for learning [source: commons-tactics-toolkit]. Gene Sharp’s 198 methods remain a core taxonomy for nonviolent action, grouping methods into nonviolent protest and persuasion, social/economic/political noncooperation, and nonviolent intervention [source: commons-198-methods].

Modern campaigners rarely choose tactics from a list at random. They match the move to the target, the audience, the base’s capacity, the risk level, and the campaign’s escalation path. Beautiful Trouble is useful for creative-action tactics and the principles behind them, while ICNC and CANVAS provide civil-resistance and movement-planning frames that connect tactics to strategic discipline [source: beautiful-trouble] [source: icnc] [source: canvas].

Use this hub to move from broad categories to specific pages: methods-of-nonviolent-action for the taxonomy, the-tactic-star for choosing among tactics, escalation for sequencing, structure-tests for testing power, and nonviolent-direct-action for high-commitment action design.

Use it for

Choosing the next action in a campaign; comparing possible moves; documenting a worked example; designing escalation that serves the strategy rather than spectacle.

FAQ

What is the Tactics category?

The Tactics category is the wiki’s grouping for the concrete actions a campaign can take: public protest, noncooperation, intervention, creative disruption, direct action, and other moves chosen to serve a strategy [source: commons-tactics-toolkit]. A tactic is a move, not the whole plan.

What does the Tactics category include?

The Commons Tactics Toolkit defines tactics through practical guides that explain what each action is, its benefits and challenges, how to run it, and examples or case studies for learning [source: commons-tactics-toolkit]. Gene Sharp’s 198 methods remain a core taxonomy for nonviolent action, grouping methods into nonviolent protest and persuasion, social/economic/political noncooperation, and nonviolent intervention [source: commons-198-methods].

How are tactics chosen?

Modern campaigners rarely choose tactics from a list at random. They match the move to the target, the audience, the base’s capacity, the risk level, and the campaign’s escalation path. Beautiful Trouble is useful for creative-action tactics and the principles behind them, while ICNC and CANVAS provide civil-resistance and movement-planning frames that connect tactics to strategic discipline [source: beautiful-trouble] [source: icnc] [source: canvas].

How does this hub help move from broad to specific?

Use the hub to move from broad categories to specific pages: methods-of-nonviolent-action for the taxonomy, the-tactic-star for choosing among tactics, escalation for sequencing, structure-tests for testing power, and nonviolent-direct-action for high-commitment action design. The hub is for choosing the next action, comparing possible moves, documenting a worked example, and designing escalation that serves the strategy rather than spectacle.

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