Boycott worked for South Africa. One of the main reasons apartheid failed (that, and the Cubans, Angolans and SWAPO)
a good primer on non-violent resistance here:
https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/...ica-1912-1992/
not sure if a definitive history of the armed resistance has been written, anyone know of one?
so, no, they shouldn't play