Electronic civil disobedience

“No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.” This was said by Iraqi activist Zainab Salbi. It essentially means that to invoke change you first must advocate against the issues.This is important because . Malala Yousafzai, Arthur Ashe and Mahatma Gandhi all embody this idea. Malala Yousafzai started speaking out against the Taliban and voicing her support for women’s education in 2008. Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian…

provides emotion in his letter and a sense of credibility. “I don’t believe you have so warmly commended the police” (2). King is outraged that the clergymen have been applauding the police for all that they have been contributing to stop the civil disobedience. He uses pathos to make the clergymen think about what they have been supporting. King cannot comprehend what his brothers have been praising: “To preserve the evil sense of segregation” (3). He is making them contemplate what they have…

diet” (Staff Writers). This also placed a moderately large tax on the purchase of salt sold by the British. While a seemingly insignificant law, the origins of a more cohesive Indian unified front unfolded with the occurrence of Gandhi’s mass civil disobedience stemming from his fixation on said law. He took his followers on a two hundred mile march to the sea and “Three and a half weeks later, on April 5, surrounded by a crowd of thousands, Gandhi waded into the edge of the ocean, approached an…

Through an analysis of “Kiss of Love” movement and form, this essay seeks to show how this nonviolent dissent is an example about how youngsters is challenging the continuing restrictions on civil liberties and unruly administration of moral policing in the name of protecting Indian culture from the western culture…

they all do it the same? These individuals all broke the law, some using methods of Civil Disobedience while others with Uncivil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is the deliberate violation of a law in pursuit of some social goal. However, Uncivil Disobedience is when a group of individuals pursue violent means to achieve a movement. In most occasions Civil Disobedience is more effective than Uncivil Disobedience in creating social change. One being fewer lives are lost because no violence is in…

A minority is often considered a weak, small, limited group of people. The majority -- in the context of comparison to the minority -- is essentially society. Society stands as a unifying force among people, connecting them through a structured set of values. King believes that in order to solve his current crisis against racism, the minority should take action. This action does not necessarily need to be in numbers, but in value, voice, and demanding respect. Thoreau agrees with King on this,…

On April 16th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” in response to criticism he received from fellow clergymen. They criticized his leading of nonviolent direct action program of protests throughout the city of Birmingham, Alabama, including sit-ins and freedom rides. Dr. King addresses these concerns by first providing the clergymen with his reason for going to Birmingham- to battle injustice. Dr.King asserts that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice…

Racial friction in the south during the 1950’s and 1960’s was becoming increasingly worse. On April 12, 1963 eight clergymen from Alabama wrote a statement that was published in a newspaper titled “A Call For Unity”. These clergymen criticized Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., saying that his demonstrations were “unwise and untimely.” Urging their black citizens to withdraw their support from the demonstrations being led by Dr. King, an “outsider”, so they said. To solve the problems of racial…

The medium, oral form, has been used effectively to deliver a message of resistance that motivates and draws an emotional connection from the target audience. This analysis will focus on how the flexibility of orality can be used to create a link between the communicating parties. It will also draw attention to speech as a powerful means of communication and dominance. The effectuality of the message by using variations in tone or intensity of the voice, how they talk with fervor and how the…

Thoreau’s essay is also different from King’s because he presents more than one goal. Not only does he describe the government’s unfair laws, but he also teaches his readers how and why to revolt, and tells them to bring an end to the ongoing Mexican War. Despite these differences, both Thoreau and King share strong similar beliefs of morality and justice that are clearly seen throughout the entirety of both essays. Both authors in their respective essays tell the people why and how they…