Revolution









Revolution ( революция )  is event of sharp, strong change in some process that usually is supposed to show smooth evolution.

Usually the term refers either to the important update og the scientific knowldge (scientific revolution) or to the crash of the administrative system, dictatorship, mafia in some country (Social revolution). Initially, the last case was expected to be out of scope of TORI, but evidences of the destruction of science in RF (Уничтожение науки в РФ) at the beginning of century 21 by the growing corruption and failure of the civilized attempts to recover the constitutional order indicate, that for the development of science, the social and administrative processes also should be considered. Such a consideration is supposed to be performed within the same TORI axioms, which were formulated initially for applications in the natural science and, especially, for the Laser Science. The term social revolution is applied not only to Russia; examples of civilized, non-barbarian misplacement of the corrupted governments are of special interest.

Terroristic action
The French Revolulution (1789-1799) is characterised with the mass terror and violence, "justified" by the need of reform of the state system.

The Russian catastrophe in 1917 led the country to the totally fascistic regime of bolshevism, terror and slavery.

Attempts of the Russian and siberian citizen to fight against bolshevism can be traced through all the history of the USSR, but they are not successful; USSR continues until the most of its creative population happen to be killed or escaped, emigrated to other countries.

Since century 21, the terroristic methods of revolutionary replacement of the state system are considered as non–efficient. However, no other (peaceful) realistic scenario is suggested for such countries as Russia or the North Korea in century 21. Attempts to write such a scenario lead to utopias.

Non–violent action
http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/resources/nonviolent/methods.php Gene Sharp. 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action.

Formal Statements
1. Public Speeches ( Публичные выступления )

2. Letters of opposition or support ( Письма протеста и письма поддержки )

3. Declarations by organizations and institutions ( Декларации организаций или институтов)

4. Signed public statements ( Подписание публичных петиций )

5. Declarations of indictment and intention ( Декларация подозрений или намерений )

6. Group or mass petitions ( групповые или массовые петиции )

Communications with a Wider Audience
7. Slogans, caricatures, and symbols. (Слоганы, карикатуры, символика)

8. Banners, posters, and displayed communications. (Баннеры, постеры, публичные коммуникации)

9. Leaflets, pamphlets, and books. (Листовки, брошюры, книги)

10. Newspapers and journals. (Газеты и журналы)

11. Records, radio, and television. (Видеозаписи, аудиозаписи, выступления по радио и телевидению.)

12. Skywriting and earthwriting. (Надписи на небе и на замле)

Group Representations
13. Deputations

14. Mock awards

15. Group lobbying

16. Picketing

17. Mock elections

Symbolic Public Acts
18. Displays of flags and symbolic colors

19. Wearing of symbols

20. Prayer and worship

21. Delivering symbolic objects

22. Protest disrobings

23. Destruction of own property

24. Symbolic lights

25. Displays of portraits

26. Paint as protest

27. New signs and names

28. Symbolic sounds

29. Symbolic reclamations

30. Rude gestures

Pressures on Individuals
31. "Haunting" officials

32. Taunting officials

33. Fraternization

34. Vigils

Drama and Music
35. Humorous skits and pranks

36. Performances of plays and music

37. Singing

Processions
38. Marches

39. Parades

40. Religious processions

41. Pilgrimages

42. Motorcades

Honoring the Dead
43. Political mourning

44. Mock funerals

45. Demonstrative funerals

46. Homage at burial places

Public Assemblies
47. Assemblies of protest or support

48. Protest meetings

49. Camouflaged meetings of protest

50. Teach-ins

Withdrawal and Renunciation
51. Walk-outs

52. Silence

53. Renouncing honors

54. Turning one’s back

Ostracism of Persons
55. Social boycott

56. Selective social boycott

57. Lysistratic nonaction

58. Excommunication

59. Interdict

Noncooperation with Social Events, Customs, and Institutions
60. Suspension of social and sports activities

61. Boycott of social affairs

62. Student strike

63. Social disobedience

64. Withdrawal from social institutions

Withdrawal from the Social System
65. Stay-at-home

66. Total personal noncooperation

67. "Flight" of workers

68. Sanctuary

69. Collective disappearance

70. Protest emigration (hijrat)

Actions by Consumers
71. Consumers’ boycott

72. Nonconsumption of boycotted goods

73. Policy of austerity

74. Rent withholding

75. Refusal to rent

76. National consumers’ boycott

77. International consumers’ boycott

Action by Workers and Producers
78. Workmen’s boycott

79. Producers’ boycott

Action by Middlemen
80. Suppliers’ and handlers’ boycott

Action by Owners and Management
81. Traders’ boycott

82. Refusal to let or sell property

83. Lockout

84. Refusal of industrial assistance

85. Merchants’ "general strike"

Action by Holders of Financial Resources
86. Withdrawal of bank deposits

87. Refusal to pay fees, dues, and assessments

88. Refusal to pay debts or interest

89. Severance of funds and credit

90. Revenue refusal

91. Refusal of a government’s money

Action by Governments
92. Domestic embargo

93. Blacklisting of traders

94. International sellers’ embargo

95. International buyers’ embargo

96. International trade embargo

Symbolic Strikes
97. Protest strike

98. Quickie walkout (lightning strike)

Agricultural Strikes

99. Peasant strike

100. Farm Workers’ strike

Strikes by Special Groups
101. Refusal of impressed labor

102. Prisoners’ strike

103. Craft strike

104. Professional strike

Ordinary Industrial Strikes
105. Establishment strike

106. Industry strike

107. Sympathetic strike

Restricted Strikes
108. Detailed strike

109. Bumper strike

110. Slowdown strike

111. Working-to-rule strike

112. Reporting "sick" (sick-in)

113. Strike by resignation

114. Limited strike

115. Selective strike

Multi-Industry Strikes
116. Generalized strike

117. General strike

Combination of Strikes and Economic Closures
118. Hartal

119. Economic shutdown

Rejection of Authority
120. Withholding or withdrawal of allegiance

121. Refusal of public support

122. Literature and speeches advocating resistance

Citizens’ Noncooperation with Government
123. Boycott of legislative bodies

124. Boycott of elections

125. Boycott of government employment and positions

126. Boycott of government departments, agencies, and other bodies

127. Withdrawal from government educational institutions

128. Boycott of government-supported organizations

129. Refusal of assistance to enforcement agents

130. Removal of own signs and placemarks

131. Refusal to accept appointed officials

132. Refusal to dissolve existing institutions

Citizens’ Alternatives to Obedience
133. Reluctant and slow compliance

134. Nonobedience in absence of direct supervision

135. Popular nonobedience

136. Disguised disobedience

137. Refusal of an assemblage or meeting to disperse

138. Sitdown

139. Noncooperation with conscription and deportation

140. Hiding, escape, and false identities

141. Civil disobedience of "illegitimate" laws

Action by Government Personnel
142. Selective refusal of assistance by government aides

143. Blocking of lines of command and information

144. Stalling and obstruction

145. General administrative noncooperation

146. Judicial noncooperation

147. Deliberate inefficiency and selective noncooperation by enforcement agents

148. Mutiny

Domestic Governmental Action
149. Quasi-legal evasions and delays

150. Noncooperation by constituent governmental units

International Governmental Action
151. Changes in diplomatic and other representations

152. Delay and cancellation of diplomatic events

153. Withholding of diplomatic recognition

154. Severance of diplomatic relations

155. Withdrawal from international organizations

156. Refusal of membership in international bodies

157. Expulsion from international organizations

Psychological Intervention
158. Self-exposure to the elements

159. The fast

a) Fast of moral pressure

b) Hunger strike

c) Satyagrahic fast

160. Reverse trial

161. Nonviolent harassment

Physical Intervention
162. Sit-in

163. Stand-in

164. Ride-in

165. Wade-in

166. Mill-in

167. Pray-in

168. Nonviolent raids

169. Nonviolent air raids

170. Nonviolent invasion

171. Nonviolent interjection

172. Nonviolent obstruction

173. Nonviolent occupation

Social Intervention
174. Establishing new social patterns

175. Overloading of facilities

176. Stall-in

177. Speak-in

178. Guerrilla theater

179. Alternative social institutions

180. Alternative communication system

Economic Intervention
181. Reverse strike

182. Stay-in strike

183. Nonviolent land seizure

184. Defiance of blockades

185. Politically motivated counterfeiting

186. Preclusive purchasing

187. Seizure of assets

188. Dumping

189. Selective patronage

190. Alternative markets

191. Alternative transportation systems

192. Alternative economic institutions

Political Intervention
193. Overloading of administrative systems

194. Disclosing identities of secret agents

195. Seeking imprisonment

196. Civil disobedience of "neutral" laws

197. Work-on without collaboration

198. Dual sovereignty and parallel government

Source: Sharp, Gene. The Politics of Nonviolent Action (3 Vols.), Boston: Porter Sargent, 1973. Provided courtesy of the Albert Einstein Institution.

Keywords
Scientific revolution, Science, Social revolution, Corruption