# Fighting with nonviolence

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxExeter
- Speaker: Scilla Elworthy
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/scilla_elworthy_fighting_with_nonviolence)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations and individuals -- to fight extreme force without using force in return. To answer the question of why and how nonviolence works, she evokes historical heroes -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- and the personal philosophies that powered their peaceful protests.

## Lectures

1. [Fighting with nonviolence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/scilla_elworthy_fighting_with_nonviolence/f15be9130f3a), 16 min (TED's player)