Satyagraha

He was full-heartedly against violence, yet his death was incredibly violent. Gandhi called his protest method Satyagraha, which means truth and firmness. Gandhi believed violence should never be used during protests, but protesters should also never give in. This can be seen in his famous Salt March where he marched 241 miles to the ocean to harvest salt in order…

took this moment to help even more indentured servants that have similar cases to Balasundaram and described it as “the best opportunity of learning their joys and sorrows.” The Mahatma would then return back to India after 21 years and start his “satyagraha” or passive resistance movement in India against British rule. One such passive movement such as the Salt March was an important one because salt was “the only condiment of the poor” and Gandhi believed that the salt belonged to the people…

Gandhi talks about what nonviolence means to him. He talks about how important it is for him and his people to fight with the method of nonviolence. He talks about how nonviolence is a part of his life and how important it is for his movements like satyagraha, noncooperation, and civil disobedience. He also says non violence is the only way India can gain freedom. I believe that he is right, India gained their freedom, because of Gandhi and his non-violence method of fighting. Many people…

The United States had seen its fair share of violence, moreover in the southern states where segregation was enforced and met with African Americans campaigning for civil rights; to have basic human rights and to be treated equally. Gandhi’s Satyagraha ideology was adopted, in addition to organizing, being patient and learning to be noncombatant when faced with their oppressors (pg. 307). They peacefully boycotted sit-ins in white owned business, therefore drew much attention and grew in numbers…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Riceville High School John Miller Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gandhi was a civil rights activist in the country of India that was controlled by Great Britain prior to World War II. If not for Gandhi, India may have not gained their independence from Great Britain. India was not the country it is today. The city was just awful, everybody was going hungry, people were being enslaved for no reason, but Gandhi cured that. Gandhi didn’t attack the…

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the world blind” Mahatma Karachand Gandhi or simply known as “Gandhi” was a revered activist in Indian immigration in South Africa within the early 1900s. He dedicated the greater part of his life to civil rights within his country and gradually worked up to influencing the world. Gandhi became a leading model in expressing India’s struggle with Britain and challenged authority in several accounts. He’s fought against the masses with the help of his…

Some people believe that complete freedom will bring chaos to individuals because humans need some sort of leadership, and some believe that freedom brings only opportunities to show how great some people truly are. These two contrasting views on freedom are explained through the philosophical texts and views of Martin Luther King Jr and Thomas Hobbes. Martin Luther King Jr enlightened the entire world with his views in Love, Law and Civil Disobedience and Thomas Hobbes showed the world a new…

Equality and the means of obtaining fair treatment of all people has always existed as a controversial topic of debate. Even just the mention of civil rights generates heated discussions and usually leads to aggression. All the hostility and violence ensued from outraged activists destroys thousands families and towns. W.E.B. Du Bois, an equal rights revolutionary during the early 1900s, advocates for these vicious and fierce fighting tactics, in which the end results justify the mode. On the…

On October 2 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India. As his mother was devoted to religion, his lifestyle was heavily impacted on by teachings of mutual tolerance non-injury toward living things and the practise of vegetarianism, coming from the beliefs of Jainism. His father being Chief Minister of Porbandar, meant that Gandhi was fortunate enough to be born into a high caste of Indian society. Gandhi received a thorough education however proved to perform no better than…

As mentioned earlier Dr King believed that non-violence and civil disobedience are the only ways to fight for freedom. During my research on Dr. Martin Luther King and his attributes towards non-violence, I found his book “Stride toward freedom”. In this book Dr. King outlined his way of nonviolence. He tells the story of the Montgomery movement and his own personal journey, and then offers six basis points for nonviolence. Dr. King lived and taught these essential ingredients of active…