Nonviolent resistance

It is my view that peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society, if those laws or the government enforcing them are believed to be unjust. In any true democracy, the people have a right, and an obligation, to rebel against an unjust government. As Harris G. Mirkin has written, “The Declaration of Independence, a document that Jefferson claimed was merely an ‘expression of the American mind,’ declared that it was the ‘Right of the people to alter or abolish’ any government, and…

Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts our society and reinforces the democratic convictions that America was built on. Although citizens throughout this great nation turn their noses against crowds in the streets, people fight for what they believe in, passive protesting is one of the only endeavors that Americans can embark upon to share their opinions on a national platform. The injustices that people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and women have faced throughout the years…

Everyone has a different opinion on how people should protest. Some say peaceful, violence, or not to protest at all. But either way, there's always going to be someone that's going to disagree with that opinion. If the Government is taking advantage of the power that they have, the people should protest peacefully, if that doesn’t work; they should use violence. Which would the citizens most likely be persuaded with peace or violence. Most people would choose the peaceful option, they wouldn’t…

Over the many years of humans inhabiting Earth, there have been an abundance of protests and wars fighting for justice, equality and freedom. While using violence as an approach of reaching social change has shown to be effective in the sense of scaring others into surrendering, nonviolence is by far the best way to bring a revelation by corresponding with religious people, and showing effectiveness and results. A reason off the bat that nonviolence is better than violence is religion. There…

People can best respond to conflict by being nice and polite. Some people call this peaceful protest, showing that they stand against something without involving violence. This is what happens in both I am Malala and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The characters stand against the violent ways of resolving conflict even though violence is happening around them. People should respond to conflict by not being violent, but instead showing compassion and kindness. The reason there is conflict in I…

Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. We, as Americans, have seen this countless times in our history. Peaceful resistance has spurred the passage of multiple amendments to the Constitution, as well several Acts of Congress. Not only do the people today see it as a means of speaking out to a Congress trapped in a bubble of D.C. politics, our founders found it a useful means for expressing their grievances. Thomas Jefferson “thought of rebellion as an element in forcing…

Protesting is a form of activism around the world. It can be a way to bring change into the world. Protesting is a worldwide act, and there are many different ways to do it. Just a few examples are boycotting, marches, sit-ins, petitions, strikes, riots, and rallies. Although some forms of protesting can be controversial, it is an American right to stand up for what you believe in. Protesting is an important thing in society because it raises visibility about the cause, it unites people under…

Zinn once said, “Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” His views on peaceful resistance relate to those of Martin Luther King Jr. during the United States civil rights movement, Mahatma Ghandi in India’s push for independence, Nelson Mandela during the South African apartheid, and my own. Peaceful resistance is critical to make substantial changes within the government. In pursuit of successfully changing a law or standard, many important…

from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. argues that his people are using nonviolence over violence. Lines 382-384 King states “Rather, I have tried to say that this normal and healthy discontent can be channeled into the creative outlet of nonviolent direct action.” This tells me that King is saying if you use any type of threat the supremacist will take violent action and King doesn’t want that. Basically, King…

Civil disobedience, the act of peacefully disobeying a law that someone feels is unjust, is an act that has been going on for centuries and still occurs today. When a law is acted against without violence, it can have huge impacts on the society and country. While the government has checks and balances, there can still be bias and could cause some controversial laws to be put in place. We saw this happening in history, with Muhammad Ali and Rosa Parks, and we have seen it recently with some…