Satyagraha

WE THE STUDENTS ESSAY “The Art Of Civil Disobedience” In April of 2016, members of the Sioux Native American tribe began protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. After being funded $3.7 billion dollars, the 1,172-mile-long oil-based project announced its plans to be positioned through the Bakken oil fields in northwest North Dakota and travel south-east through South Dakota and Iowa, and end at the oil tank farm near…

The idea of a governing body is essentially the process of people ruling over other people. If people are inherently bad, then humans cannot rule humans without a balancing effect. We have the system of checks and balances not only to hold the branches accountable of each other, but also to evolve the representative democracy we hold. Civil Disobedience positively affects the free society because of the evolution of rights, the balance of power, and the David and Goliath effect. The government…

Thesis: The barbaric acts committed by the British allowed a belief of justice through non-violence which could attract anyone in which Gandhi’s passive resistance movement proved be successful. The belief of justice strengthened Gandhi’s followers by allowing them to disobey laws which were against their beliefs. In Document A which is titled Mohamdas Gandhi on Religion, the main points are two quotes that he has said. The two quotes refer to his views on his beliefs and what he believes the…

Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most iconic revolutionary figures of all time. This iconic figure received worldwide fame by attacking British-ruled India while abiding by his moral codes of peace. He was never known for being financially affluent, but was widely embraced for his focus on moral growth. Through his ability to appeal to his audience’s credibility, emotion, and logic Gandhi was able to connect with them effectively. In Mahatma Gandhi’s speech, “Economic and Moral Progress,” he…

The Futility of Passive Resistance American civil rights activist Cesar Chavez once said, “There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.” Those who advocate for passive resistance, a form of peaceful protest against established standards, often echo this sentiment. Additionally, a wholehearted belief in the ultimate effectiveness of this method reflects the optimism of transcendentalist philosophers such as Henry David Thoreau. His mid-nineteenth-century work Resistance to Civil Government…

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…

Have you ever wondered how to try to get rid of injustice in this world? Well, it’s almost impossible, but some people did try. Both Mandela and Gandhi attempted. Mandela changed from a prisoner to a president. Dramatic change right? Yes. Well, they strove to change the world for freedom rights. Some similarities that Mandela had in common with Gandhi was that they both tried to find peace, both learned the meaning of courage, and they both got scared at some point in their lives. That’s not all…

"My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realizing Him," said Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest revolutionary leaders in history. Though some people, like Malcolm X, during the Civil Rights movement did not agree with non-violence, non-violence is always the smartest and safest way of protesting. This is what Robert Kennedy wanted to teach the people with his speech on the day Martin Luther King Jr. died: that violence does not lead…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was a revolutionary Indian leader who used his great power for social reform. He played an active role in the struggle for independence of India by resisting through mass non-violent civil disobedience. Through his efforts, the Indian community broke free from British rule, after being subjected to discrimination and unjust ruling for centuries. After facing racial discrimination in South Africa in the late nineteenth century, he decided to devote his life…

Gandhi’s policy of non-violence extends from his life into his writing, carefully constructing his sentences with positive words, only using violent diction to refer to the actions of others; even when describing acts of great violence, or using the diction of aggression. Gandhi uses these words in the inverse implying both the denouncement of aggression and the aversion to violence involved in the philosophy of non-cooperation. Thus, in addition to using softer diction, Gandhi cleverly…