Electronic civil disobedience

As the internet’s ever expansive growth continues, the activity of hacktivist groups advances. Although hacktivists have been targeting different governmental websites and networks, their actions are an act of protest and civil disobedience. In addition, the idea of a hacktivist has become misconstrued by the deceived public. The idea of a hacktivism needs to be made more transparent and the actions of these hacktivist groups need to be made more clear and differed from cybercrime or cyberterrorism. Hacktivism is a way to foster change and protection in the modern world, by allowing those who find themselves without a voice able to speak and messages to be sent across the globe. Hacktivism emerged with the birth of the internet and using computer viruses and worms as means to spread their messages. One of the first instances of early hacktivism was “Worms Against…

I, however, believe this to show Malcolm X’s sense of urgency toward the civil rights situation at hand. Countless times in this address he calls to his fellow African Americans to inform themselves to the “ballot” or political atmosphere of their community. In place of violence, Malcolm X believes “that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community”. He wants his fellow black citizens to better themselves and improve their communities using political…

people they are not for what everyone else wanted them to be. Therefore, King’s way is the correct way to go because his way provides equality to for the community. Epictetus is only keeping things the same and forcing the people who a treated unfairly to deal with the unjust laws. In conclusion, both of their opinions are valid because they both give logical reason that will amount to the desired outcome. The only objection I would raise is what happen if in the future all laws become just…

protest tactics, but, through civil disobedience, is appropriate to engage in illegal behavior to reverse a harmful policy or change public opinion about the status quo. Engaging in violent protest tactics overshadows the message that interest groups or protestors want to project. The Media will focus more on the actual violent actions of these groups, rather than the message they are attempting to portray. Acting out in a violent way is not always going to give these groups positive attention…

ethics. There was a shy young boy, who was not courageous that paved the way in history all the way till today. Growing up as a young boy Gandhi would not be able to speak to anyone and would run home from school. This young boy I am referring to is Mohandas Gandhi, who became a leader of non-violent civil disobedience that changed the world. Throughout the 20th century, Gandhi’s life displayed discipline, honesty, spiritualism and most of all non-violence throughout his anti-war philosophy that…

“Letter from Birmingham Jail” Primary Source Analysis Martin Luther King, Jr. seldom had time to answer his critics. But on April 16, 1963, he was confined to the Birmingham jail, imprisoned for participating in civil rights demonstrations. “Alone for days in the dull monotony of a narrow jail cell,” King pondered a letter titled A Call for Unity that fellow clergymen had published pressing him to drop his crusade of nonviolent resistance and to leave the battle for racial equality to the…

the United States. The movement was a reaction to the protest against the general state of intellectualism and spirituality. There were three main philosophers that spread the word of transcendentalism across the United States. These three men were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman. The views of these men spread quickly and were adopted by many people. These views set the foundation for transcendentalism and during times of civil rights, were strongly spoken by people…

When an object is in motion and continues down a slope, it tends to gain speed and momentum – the same goes for the civil rights movement that has continued into the 21st century, only changing its name from 1954 to present. Being spearheaded by many great activists like Malcom X, Martin Luther King Jr, and James Baldwin, the outcry for justice was lead to success and to a less violent course. With civil unrest rising in today’s society, can we rely on another Baldwin or Malcom X to rise from…

Intro: In agreement to both Thoreau and King, one must transgress a physical change towards an unjust law with the ideals of civil disobedience. Both leaders had the same concept of ideas about civil rights but, show their point of view differently. Fighting for equal rights in the United States was never easy. The “Declaration of Independence” written by Thomas Jefferson discusses the ideas of equal rights for both men and women. Jefferson explains every single person has the right to be…

This is the situation that Martin Luther King experienced during the time of racism and Jim Crow views towards people of color. While fighting to lift the curse of Jim Crow laws in the United States, as the world looked at it, King was incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for his Civil Rights movement, which was considered extreme for its great social and political changes that were evidently salient from the beginning of the peaceful protest. In “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” King addresses and…