Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. According to dictionary.com, nonviolent resistance is the “refusal to obey a law considered unjust” (dictionary.com). Throughout history, this type of resistance has been used in a positive manner to help maintain a free society. Ranging from walking for salt to taking bus seats, these protests resulted in positive changes for the many and proved to those still facing oppression that violence is never the answer. Mohandas Gandhi is one of the best known examples in history to demonstrate the idea of peaceful protest. In the 1930's, Britain was in control of India, thus allowing them to pass the Salt Acts. These acts “prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple
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The people of Cuba are still being denied their basic rights, so they formed groups, known as dissidents, to peacefully find ways to change their situation. While Fidel Castro was alive and in power, the Human Rights Watch noted that “thousands of Cubans were incarcerated in abysmal prisons, thousands more were harassed and intimidated, and entire generations were denied basic political freedoms” (hrw.org). These groups aimed to change this by marching, just as Martin Luther King and Mohandas Gandhi had done, for their human rights. The participants of these marches did not and do not care if they are arrested and detained. The participants of these marches did not and do not fight against it. The participants of these marches only peacefully protest for what they want: their human rights. With Castro’s death, they now see hope. They think there might be an end to their peaceful protests in sight with the new leadership. However, they will continue to peacefully protest until their mission is complete, until they have their human rights that they have been denied of for so long. Peaceful resistance to the laws definitely impacts a free society, as evident by the Civil Rights Movement, Gandhi’s march to the sea, and currently, the fight of the Cuban dissidents. Becoming a free society is all about trust. If the government makes a law that the people do not agree with, they
The people of Cuba are still being denied their basic rights, so they formed groups, known as dissidents, to peacefully find ways to change their situation. While Fidel Castro was alive and in power, the Human Rights Watch noted that “thousands of Cubans were incarcerated in abysmal prisons, thousands more were harassed and intimidated, and entire generations were denied basic political freedoms” (hrw.org). These groups aimed to change this by marching, just as Martin Luther King and Mohandas Gandhi had done, for their human rights. The participants of these marches did not and do not care if they are arrested and detained. The participants of these marches did not and do not fight against it. The participants of these marches only peacefully protest for what they want: their human rights. With Castro’s death, they now see hope. They think there might be an end to their peaceful protests in sight with the new leadership. However, they will continue to peacefully protest until their mission is complete, until they have their human rights that they have been denied of for so long. Peaceful resistance to the laws definitely impacts a free society, as evident by the Civil Rights Movement, Gandhi’s march to the sea, and currently, the fight of the Cuban dissidents. Becoming a free society is all about trust. If the government makes a law that the people do not agree with, they