Salt Satyagraha

The free world has deep roots in civil disobedience. From Nelson Mandela in South Africa to the Keystone Pipeline in North Dakota, the planet as a whole has its heart in civil disobedience. The world is consistently changing, being pushed forward constantly. Governments change all the time, as do their country’s cultures and laws. Some may find themselves in opposition to a law deciding it is undeserving of their compliance. Civil disobedience is part of the process and progression of our world…

To What Extent can Gandhi be Considered an Opponent of imperialism? When an individual such as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi fought against the British empire, with non-violent tactics, could be considered an opponent to imperialism in india. He defended his people with skills he had learned from his childhood and his time in both london and Africa. He was a man of acceptance of most no matter what religion, sex, age and lifestyle was. His way of life and how he wanted india to be an…

This afternoon, we have the opportunity to hear one of the most innovative and visionary leaders in the history of our world. The leader to peace, and the father of India’s nation, Mahatma Ghandi. Through nonviolent civil disobedience, Ghandi was able to lead India to independence as he controlled the civil rights movement against the British. He surely is insightful when it comes to humanity. All through the road to freedom and peace, all through the struggles and pain, all through the blood…

In 1980, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh came to Oregon in hopes to spread love and enlightenment. However, on September 17, 1984 a report was filed to the Wasco County Health Department regarding a food poisoning at local restaurant in a town called The Dalles. Reports of food poisoning kept coming and within a week there were 750 cases of illness. The Centers for Disease Control, or also known as CDC, later determined that the poisoning was not linked to poor worker hygiene, but was a deliberate…

government assumed leadership over India in 1857 and started a government called the “Raj”. In 1919, Britain passed the “Rowlatt Act”. It stated that the Raj could put people in jail for being suspected of sedition with no trial. Gandhi declared satyagraha, which means “devotion to truth” against the Raj, which launched a campaign of nonviolent disobedience. Gandhi then became the face of the movement. Gandhi addressed the A.I.C.C. at Bombay on August 8th, 1942, outlining his plan of action.…

“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.” -Mahatma Gandhi. In this quote Gandhi is pointing out that by using violence, we destroy what little bit of humanity we have left. By using our words and not violence we get our point across not only in a more respectful manner but with less destruction after all. Chavez was using this same exact method when he talked to the farmer workers ,…

multiple hunger strikes in hopes of helping these “children of God”, as he called them. Another reform he led was the infamous Salt March. In 1930, the British government imposed a tax on salt, an extremely useful ingredient to India. On March 12, 1930, Gandhi and 78 other peaceful protesters began their treacherous 240-mile march to the sea to get their own untaxed salt. Word began to spread, and a large crowd was forming before his eyes. When Gandhi reached the coast, there were tens of…

In both cases, these leaders encouraged followers to encourage progress and their freedom by breaking laws that opposed their beliefs. These included the Indians lack of rights to make salt and the annexation of India by Great Britain. In Martin Luther King’s case, African American’s did not have the same rights as whites. In both cases, peaceful resistance led to freedom such as India self-rule and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Yet, in…

His peaceful protests and nonviolent demonstrations led to India’s and Pakistan’s Independence in 1947 from the British empire. He led 78 followers 241 miles to the beach where the British had their salt production to start his peaceful protests. His nonviolent demonstrations included protests, hunger strikes, and pacifism. This activism is loosely what Dr. Martin King Luther Jr. based his own movement off of. Gandhi proved that the only way to bring…

In Document 1, Gandhi writes a letter to an English governor and Gandhi asserts that, “ Even the salt [ the peasant] must use to live is so taxed as to make the burden fall heaviest on him.” This statement implies the racism and inequality the British put on Gandhi’s people. Thus, in order to retaliate against the British Gandhi would protest constantly…