Social movement learning about violence

The article analyses learning related to experiencing violence in social actions and movements. Activists may experience physical abuse from individuals organised entities such as the police, both accidentally a form of intentional repression. Applying movement approach analysis individual experience, collective responses violence, preparations for eventuality its occurrence allowed us identify functionalities protest culture towards de-escalation violence. offers review literature well an empirical data our previous research projects. result is model movements about linking suffering with potential change.