weapon of the weak

is anything such as arson, boycotts, sabotage, foot-dragging, work-to-rule, or any other means available to one with less power to inflict damage upon one with more power.

Not just arson, boycott, sabotage, but these include other forms of below the radar forms of resistence 'work-to-rule' strikes in Paris, 'foot-dragging or work-to-rule, where workers, determined to strike without striking, decided to follow, to the exasperating letter, all the written rules about work-related behavior' (net)

weapon of the weak, n.All

weapon of the weak