Satyagraha

Non-violence works as a strategy to bring about change because it is morally and strategically superior to any other strategy, and because it works for changes that will benefit all people. Non-violence, as a morally and strategically superior method to bring about change is first seen in Document 1. Document 1 is a letter from Mohandas Gandhi to the English governor in India where Gandhi explains why he plans to use non-violence and how doing so will make British recognize the “wrong they…

As a society, we try to see good in people wherever we are. Our societal norm is constructed and based on the common good and working for others not because we have to but because we want to and need change. I have come to learn and admire now one of my favorite social justice icon that has worked for the poor and by the poor for a change in the social justice system. Dorothy Day (1897-1980), started her life as a simple journalist. For her time, she was considered as a very outgoing and a…

Non-conformists Mahatma Gandhi once said “Be the change that you want to see in the world” (Gandhi). If there is a single quote that can summarize the idea of going against the status quo this is that quote. The phrase “Be the change” suggests that someone as an individual must go against the norm in order to make a difference. Gandhi saw problem in the world he lived in and instead of doing nothing in order to stay out of trouble he made himself stand out. He spoke out when nobody else would…

Osama Bin Laden and Mahatma Gandhi were very different men who led very different lives. These men both had a large impact on the world in such dissimilar ways. Mahatma Gandhi was a pacifist and a supporter of peace and compassion; Osama Bin Laden was an extreme militant and an advocate for war and intolerance. Gandhi was the primary leader in India’s independence movement. He was a small man that had a great heart, and when people saw this they felt the need to follow his…

Mohandas Gandhi was the first person to use the civil disobedience, against the british for salt. He protest against them without violent and gain independe. We encourage people to use nonviolent as a great weapon against injustice. Government are making law that is not right and people should stand against it because it is wrong, and people should demands for better law from government. Government are making illegal laws more illegal. They are making laws more illegal because they don’t want…

Peaceful resistance, which is a way in an attempt to accomplish goals such as social change, through nonviolent protest. I personally believe that nonviolent resistance impacts our free society, in a positive way. I see it this way because in short, simple words, it is least likely to get someone killed and set a good example for the future generations. This sets a good example because it shows that problems can be solved without blood shed, but instead with words and actions. In the article…

In Kevin J. O’Brien’s article, Rightful Resistance, the methods of rightful resistance are described as resisting by using legal and non-violent means, exploiting promises made by political elites, and exerting political pressure. The article argues that rightful resistance is the ideal way to protest against the political elites, and attempt to gain new rights. O’Brien begins his argument by first discussing popular resistance. He describes a sort of stereotypical view of popular resistance…

There has been peaceful resistance in the world for hundreds, if not thousands of years. While there is a debate between whether or not peaceful resistance does more harm than good, many people, both leaders of these resistances and laymen, have weighed in on the matter. According to figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali, peaceful resistance is necessary in order to positively impact a free society. While many reactions to peaceful resistance are negative, this negativity is…

Gandhi begins with Gandhi’s assassination in 1948. Following his assassination, the state funeral he had in his honor is shown. The movie then goes back in time to 1893 when a young Gandhi is riding on a train. Despite being a Western-educated attorney, the conductor kicks him off for being “colored”. He and another fellow Indian then protest by burning travel passports that all Indians had to carry. Gandhi is then arrested. Soon, newly enacted laws were passed the breached Indian civil rights.…

Throughout his life Mahatma Gandhi transformed a social movement during British Imperialism. He enforced the ideas of non-violent, passive resistance and civil disobedience by meeting with politicians, fasting and launching campaigns to protest in order to regain rightful ownership of Indian self-government. Mahatma Gandhi once said that, “ Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of a man.”…