Nonviolence

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.” This is a quote from Martin Luther king Jr an activist for equal rights for african americans during the 1960’s until he got shot in 1968. This quote means that people have to do something for change, they have to push against the grindstone and when it doesn’t move just keep pushing until it…

Equality for all, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, and culture, has been the goal of many people and organizations throughout history in order to better one’s self, country, and world. On the other end of the spectrum, there are people and organizations dedicated to imposing fear and dominance over one another’s culture. A perfect example of the latter is on the twelfth of April, in the year 1963, in the midst of racial conflict and the taking back of African American rights, a public…

The Gandhi movie deepened my understanding of Satyagraha and other Gandhian principles in many scenes. One scene that impacted my understanding of Satyagraha was when they went on the Salt March. Satyagraha is a policy of passive resistance against political policies or rules. The Salt March deepened my understanding of this because they deliberated disobeyed the British rule that all Indians had to buy salt from the British. Instead, Gandhi led other Indians on a march to the ocean to make…

Disobedience is something that is really common amongst youngsters. Every young kid goes through this stage whereas they become stubborn and usually disobey orders from the older people. As stated by Irish Oscar Wilde, he/she believes that disobedience promotes social progress. How do i believe this? Well, personally, disobedience leads to maturity and so on. At first people do not know what they are actually doing until they hit puberty; until they see the real image. In my personal aspect, i…

Was Mahatma Gandhi really a racist?Gandhi was killed.Nathuram Vinayak Godse on January 30, 1948.He was killed in New Delhi, India,because of his beliefs and politics.The assassination of Gandhi was unjust because he was a non violent leader and he fought for people’s rights;However some people believe that Gandhi was a hypocrite. Gandhi was a non violent activist born in India.He believed in what he spoke .He did what he spoke of and started a huge movement for his country all for…

Martin Luther King Jr. and Henry David Thoreau were both advocates for and against using civil disobedience to inflict change. Civil disobedience is using nonviolent actions to to induce a change in the world. While it is effective in some situation, in others it is just as ineffective as talking to a wall. It is up to the people to decide if change is necessary and if they need to stand up for themselves against the governments or the oppressing parties. How they decide to handle each event is…

Civil disobedience is in fact a positive thing in our society. Our founding fathers gave us the 1st amendment right to petition our government. I believe that the founding fathers understood that times change, society progresses, technology advances, and we are an ever changing culture. This is why we call this a living document. It never stays the same. For example our country has not seen debt in the United States since Andrew Jackson. This is due to the fact of the Federal Reserve banking…

Peaceful resistance is defined as making a statement without any violent interactions. Violence just tells people what they already assume, that the resistance is not something worth fighting for. There is a view on violence that suggests it is used by people who are willing to hurt anybody for anything. The Law views violence with negativity and several repercussions. Peaceful resistance, however, do not contain any violence whatsoever. Therefore, the law is more inclined to listen and…

What is freedom? Is it being mistreated or doubted for your lack of an education? Is it being kicked to the back of the line because of your skin color or is it being beaten for standing up to what you believe is right. In “The Speech at the March on Washington” by Josephine Baker and “From Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin” by Mahatma Gandhi, each article passionately argues about the equality and power of an education along with the mistreatment of those who stand up for what they believe is right…

Every American knows of the civil rights leader Marther Luther King Jr., but not many people know about the man who inspired MLK to employ the passive resistance technique as a way of protest. That man is Mahatma Gandhi, he is also known for having this idea that "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." Some people believe that there is no correlation between finding yourself and committing yourself to helping others, but that way of thinking is simply…