Non violence overcomes oppression

Non violence is Jesus’ teaching of turning the other cheek and loving your enemy.
Gandhi used Satyagraha (Sanskrit: insistence or holding firmly on to truth) as nonviolent resistance or civil resistance to persuade the most powerful nation of its time to grant independence to India.
He first used it pre-1918 in racist South Africa and the government gave in, despite having overwhelming power.
Nations with overwhelming military power are helpless against unarmed, non violent mass protestors