Laura Thornton, a senior director for global democracy programs at the McCain Institute, calls on protesters in Georgia to turn their protests into civil disobedience and strikes

“Advancing the movement from nightly protests to the stage of day-long, nationwide civil disobedience and strikes – garbage not collected, bank tellers not going to work, truck drivers staying home - would paralyze the economy and greatly enhance the pressure on the Georgian Dream. In the end, it is often a game of numbers – the massive onslaught that overwhelms and ultimately shames those in power”, - writes Laura Thornton in the Op-ed for Civil.ge.