Title: Vital Conceptual Dstinctions
1disruptive focus on socio-political change
hands-on personal riskself-sacrifice
covert, illegalunacceptable
physicallynon-violent
freedom fighters revolutionaries, agents
provocateurs, suicide bombers, liberationists
(Irgun, PLO, IRA, ETA,Continental Congress,
Earth First)
covert violent defence of own agenda covert
ops, destabilizationof competing initiatives,
state-supported terrorism, counter-revolution,
SAS, etc
personal gain
7-8
8-1
6-7
change agents, missionaries, strikers,
alternative activists,sects, demonstrators
(Greenpeace, Women in Black, VSO)
gangs, warlordism, terrorists , bullies,
hooligans, harassment (gratuitous violence)
(7)
(8)
realpolitik
(6)
(1)
macro-systemic other focus
micro-systemic self focus
crime
non-profit
1-2
5-6
exploitativecriminality (capitalism with dirty
tricks organized crime fronting for Mafia,
Triads, Yakusa banditry)
humanitarian NGOs,pro-active charities,
conscientious aid-givers, tithing, voluntary
action bleeding hearts
(5)
(2)
for-profit
(3)
(4)
partnerships (multi-stakeholder) safeguarding
own livelihood lifestyle (modest aid-giving,
tied-aid agencies, service clubs, foundations)
exploitation of labour non-renewable natural
resources, ignoring consequences for
others(responsible capitalism)
2-3
4-5
3-4
hands-on personal riskself-sacrifice
personal gain
covert, illegalunacceptable
physicallynon-violent
inhibiting focus on socio-political stasis
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