Examples Of Nonviolence Today

The history of violence in the world is well documented. However it is also possible to use non-violence to bring about change. This DBQ will look at two countries where a non-violent movement was successful.

Non-violence is a peaceful strategy people used in the 1900’s to revolt against the government. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Mohandas Gandhi had the most success in changing the way we live today. How did they get nonviolence to work? Well they were very disobedient, disciplined, and determined to make a change in society.

Throughout history, there have been many unfair rules all over the world. There are people who like the rules and people who dislike the rules. Sometimes everybody dislikes the rule and wants change in them. Whenever there is a request of change of the government, the people find many solutions/methods to make the change. One of the solutions is protesting and this method is commonly used for a change. There are two types of protests, violence, and nonviolence. One example of a violent protest is the Birmingham Civil Rights Protest in 1963 and an example of a nonviolent protest is Gandhi’s nonviolent protest for independence. It is believable that nonviolent protest if the most effective way to protest for society because it leaves a great

Martin Luther King Jr. is looked up as a hero and a role model because of his use of nonviolence. Around the world, many people were using violence to solve their problems, but King, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, decided that the problem around segregation in the United States would not be solved with guns but with words of harmony. This article, published by Cesar Chavez conveys the powerful effect nonviolence has in resolving conflicts by using comparisons, historical evidence, and powerful vocabulary.

One example of non violence is The March on The Pentagon. The March on The Pentagon occured on October 21st, 1967. The March on The Pentagon was when 50,000 surrounded the Pentagon and protested the U.S military action in Vietnam, (Birth of Flower Power 1). This is a strong example of non-violence because the protesters surrounded the pentagon not with weapons but with flowers, these people faced guns pointed out and held flowers to peacefully protest. This shows that civil disobedience can have less bloodshed and loss than if they stormed the Pentagon with weapons, which would have got them all killed but just staying there and peacefully protesting saved all their lives and was equally affective rather the violence, for example Martin Luther King led his March on Washington a peaceful protest which led to the Civil rights laws being passed with no

In the 1950s till present day we still use nonviolent resistance to stand up for what we believe is right. Nonviolent resistant protests were one way for Civil Rights leaders used to advance their cause in the 1950s and 1960s. These protests lead to the Civil Rights act of 1964. This act outlawed discrimination based on color, race, religion, sex, or national origin. It starts with civil disobedience, which is the act of opposing a law one considers unjust and peacefully disobeying it while accepting the consequences. This was the case in some protests where they felt laws were unfair, unjust, and unconstitutional. I believe that peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society using the Montgomery Bus Boycott, The March on Washington, and the Salt March as my three examples of nonviolent resistance protests that positively impacted a free society.

What is nonviolent disobedience and what events have exemplified Dr.King's message? Nonviolent civil disobedience is a type of political action that relies on deliberately breaking laws. By doing this, people are calling attention to the unjust laws and punishments of pursuing a just cause. For example, for two weeks in April of 1947 volunteers for the Congress of Racial Equality rode 26 busses in Southern States. Many of them were repeatedly arrested, while others were mobbed by angry whites. On January 29, 1961, James Meredith, an African American and air force veteran submitted an application for the all white university of Mississippi. He was refused by the administration until the NAACF brought a suit against the University. As a result,

Protesting is one of the many ways to get someone to listen to you, it helps a group of people to easily voice their opinion when they feel something is not right. Protests can either be effective or ineffective based on the way they’re handled. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an advocate for a type of protesting that called for patience and steadfastness over anger and violence. There are many others that have used nonviolence to promote their ideology, such as Henry David Thoreau, Mohandas Gandhi, and Rosa Parks. All their protests worked because they could create sentiment from their argument using nonviolent means. The nonviolent protests used by Dr. King would be effective in these times because they create sentiment, enhance legitimacy and they also show a level of education and maturity from the movement.

Nonviolence resistance has been used to achieve many goals in the past, whether it is a political goal, a social goal, or an economic goal. According to Clausewitz, war is the continuation of politics by other means, and the reason why nonviolence resistance can be considered a type of warfare is because the goal is to get what they desired. A well-known example of this was the Civil Right’s Movement, whose goal was to end segregation and discrimination against African Americans. This movement encompassed three broad categories created by Gene Sharp: nonviolent protests and persuasion, noncooperation (economic and political), and nonviolent intervention. A few groups that were involved in this movement and that displayed these categories were the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Despite being nonviolent called nonviolent, though, there are some occasions where violence is present. However, because it is called a nonviolent resistance it can be confusing for others to even consider this as a type of warfare.

One of the best memories in the history of nonviolent resistance was when Martin Luther King Jr., known as the advocate of civil disobedience through nonviolent resistance, said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” When the African Americans were struggling with equality and racism, and they were being treated poorly by the rest of society, Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t give up. One of King’s ideas as a young man was obtaining growth through struggle. He showed the rest of the world that using violence is not the way to fight back. He wholeheartedly believed that the world could overcome its struggles through this method of nonviolence, but at the same time too many people would just keep absolutely silent, hoping someone else will fix the problems. Through the examples of Martin Luther King Jr. and the dedication of his life towards the success of the African American Civil Rights Movement, nonviolent resistance has been proven the best approach to handling racism, discrimination, segregation and other acts of inequality, like the African Americans faced.

AI believe that peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it allows people to say how they feel, and they do not have to go to extreme measures to feel like they are being heard. A lot of violence that goes on in other countries occurs because the people just want to be heard by their government and want to have a say. Peaceful resistance has been around since before Mahatma Gandhi's time, however he strongly believed in it. He believed in peaceful resistance because he thought that the government would listen more and be more open to change if the people were not attacking their soldiers and killing others. By using the tactic of peaceful resistance, one is opening up the fight to those who are young, old, or disabled and otherwise

Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. Examples of how peaceful resistance is effective are shown with well known leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Gandhi. Probably the most prominent figure in the United States was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was able to turn a prejudice and intolerant society of three centuries into one where finally all races could come together. He made this tremendous change with the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement was nonviolent and solely sought to peacefully give rights to everyone regardless of race or ethnicity. A key example of how he achieved his dream is in how people live today. Everyone regardless of color goes to the same school, stores,

All religions called for nonviolent principles that are based on peaceful strategies to reach goals. Nonviolence seeks understanding and justice instead of riot or tumult. In fact, the first time for someone to use this method was in India by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948), he believed that he can stand against the British and bring independence to India using civil disobedience. Also, Anwar El Sadat used the non violence method with Israel when he signed the “ peace” agreement in order to avoid a war. Therefor, the non violence technique is very effective which lead Luther king Jr. to call upon Gandhi's method and make use of it to attain equality between black and white people. In my opinion, applying the non violence method is truly

There are many ways that people can act non-violent Gene Sharp one of the leading scholars on nonviolence he says "nonviolent actions tends to turn opponent violence and repression against his own power position, weakening it and at the same time strengthening the nonviolent group. because violet action and nonviolent action possess quite different mechanisms , and induce differing forces of change in the society , the opponent's repression.... can never really come to grips with the kind of the power wielded by the nonviolent actionists. peaceful resistance is always the best choice . other example is how The American colonist mounted three major nonviolent resistance campaigns against British rule because were against the stamp act of 1767, the Townsend Acts of 1767,and the Coercive Act of 1774 resulting in de facto independence for nine colonies 1775. the use of nonviolence can change society and cause people to come together I think that we should stop using violence to solve political things that you don't agree with because violence only cause enemies and pulls a society apart it can

To begin with, nonviolent protests have been successful, Martin Luther King, gained the support of some of the whites  by using the non-violent methods of Gandhi. Unfortunately, some people did not see it that way and decided to take action. For example, Bloody Sunday