Non Violence : Both Ends And Means

Mahatma Gandhi changed India’s history forever through disobedience. Even though he disobeyed the law he had a good reason to. India was under the British rule and the people were doing as british were telling them to do because they had no other option. Gandhi was the one who didn’t do as the british said, but instead stood against it because he knew that what they were doing was unfair. As he have said, “A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act”. He disobeyed the british laws to free

In the 1960s, many of the colonial nations of Africa were gaining independence. The ANC was encouraged and campaigned for democracy in South Africa. They were mild campaigns at first, but as the government became more hostile, so did ANC protests. In November 1961, a military branch of the party was organized with Mandela as its head. It authorized the limited use of arms and sabotage against the government, which got the government’s attention—and its anger! Mandela went into hiding in 1964, he was captured, tried, and sentenced to life imprisonment. It was a sad day for black South Africa.

Mohandas Gandhi’s methods not only led to India’s independence from Britain but also had victories over racial

While when discussing the history of the world’s power forces, violence makes for stimulating discussion, other tactics were put to good use, one of these alternatives being non-violence. With the guidance of three worldwide heroes - Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela - with contagious optimism and high spirits, it became apparent just how much of a difference could be made carried out through non-violent terms. Mankind was introduced to another way to resolve major problems just as effectively, if not more, than violence could.

British rule was tough on many Indians. Gandhi, an Indian born lawyer, believed in freedom and peace for his people. He once experienced racism when he was kicked out of a train in Europe. He changed people’s point of view without breaking the law, which was tough for him. Gandhi made his nonviolent movement work through the use of determination, peaceful civil disobedience, and being a powerful leader.

When people think about nonviolent movement leaders, the first person people think of is Mahatma Gandhi. Born in October 2, 1869, Gandhi is known for his accomplishment for freeing India from Britain in 1947 with no violence. But how did he do it? His nonviolent movement worked because he had mass appeal, compassion, and clever planning helped him free India.

M.K. Gandhi was an Indian who protested successfully against Britain and ultimately influenced future events around the world. Gandhi’s most successful tactic to gain Indian independence was “Satyagraha” or passive resistance because the majority of society would disagree with the opponent, they will continue to protest no matter what, and it was successfully used in the Salt March. Firstly, using this tactic, about 80 Indian citizens were publically brutalized by British authorities which greatly influenced the world against them because an eyewitness wrote and sent thousands of newspapers, talking about British police brutality, around the world. For example, in Source 3 the text says, “Webb Miller’s eyewitness account was published in over a thousand newspapers around the world.”

In Gandhi’s On Civil Disobedience speech he said, “ We made it clear to the government that we would never bow to the outrageous laws.” He fought for Indians in South Africa for seven years and helped India gain their independence from the British in 1947. If it was not for Gandhi who knows if India would have gain their independence. Although India did suffer from internal turmoil as religious factions fought for power, circumstances could have been much worse for people who lived in India if Gandhi did not stand up for what he believed in and did what he

“An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment.” (Mahatma Gandhi) Since Americas independence until today people try to find different approaches to defeat the inequality and the oppression. An old traditional thought is that violence can only be treated with violence, there is no room left for an analysis of the situation and try to approach it differently. Yet, there are ways like Gandhi quote states if we have to break the law and accept the consequences to counter violence by non-violence might as well accept this method; either way people suffer the consequences for “breaking the law”. On the onther hand, a nonviolence movement will shift people view on the positive side rather than the negative side; demonstrating that nonviolence method will achieve justice in a peaceful way without the consequences of violence. The best method to advocate justice is by fostering a Non-violent character to people and to stand up against the enemy with intelligence.

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

Aroused by the massacre of Amritsar in 1919, Gandhi devoted his life to gaining India’s independence from Great Britain. As the dominant figure used his persuasive philosophy of non-violent confrontation, he inspired political activists with many persuasions throughout the world (Andrews 23). Not only was Mahatma Gandhi a great peacemaker, but also his work to achieve freedom and equality for all people was greatly acknowledged. Gandhi’s unconventional style of leadership gained him the love of a country and eventually enabled him to lead the independence movement in India.

The definition of non-violence is using peaceful ways to get a solution and not use force. It can be used in many different ways whether it is a protest like how Martin Luther King, Jr led his non-violent protest during the fight for the african americans civil rights. i believe in vietnam a buddhist monk peacefully sat down and and burned himself to death to bring attention to how the government in south vietnam controlled the people. Which lead to a turn in the way many think. Or how i mentioned earlier when MLK,Jr first started out he asked all the people as he led the Montgomery bus boycott to peacefully not ride the busses and to just walk and although the boycott lasted for over a year they accomplished what they wanted and desegregated

Some believe a few reasons for thinking why nonviolence could potentially be better rather than violence is because it is less harmful to people, their country, and the world. But most times when a war starts, it is violence that will make it come to an end. Yes, when using violence in war it is going to harm innocent lives, and although this will happen, it will also essentially wipe out the nation you are fighting against. Violence shouldn’t ever have to be the answer, but when it comes to defending yourself you don't have any other choice at that moment. Violent methods are better than non-violent methods because they can end wars. The first example to prove our argument is the Holocaust. They couldn’t have been stopped using non-violent methods since the Nazis were extremely

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is one exemplification of proving people are good. He was a tremendous help to India, which is why the Indian people refer to him as “Baptu,” which means father. The Indian Independence Movement was led by Gandhi, and he also helped to repeal the Indian removal Act plus the Indian Relief Act. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was tension between Britain and India. To try and gain independence, and to show the British a form of rebellion, Gandhi led protests, fasted, and even undertook Jail Bharo Andolan. Jail Bharo Andolan is a method of peaceful protest which the Indians used against the British. The protesters would voluntarily go to jail, so they could fill the jails up. Another way he peacefully protested was through marches. The Salt March was in 1930 and was led by Gandhi. This was a 240 mile march from Ahmedabad to the coastal town of Dandi. The people did this as a form of peaceful protest due to being taxed and

Blessed is the man who can perceive the law of ahimsa (nonviolence)" (Gandhi's Philosophy of Nonviolence). He believes that violence is never the answer and that people should stay away from it. Violence will create another violence and there would be no end. Also, the government takes the violence resistant harshly. They ignore people who cause disturbance to the society and to the citizens. Having a peaceful resistance, the government sees the people and consider their resistance and try to come with a solution to satisfy their citizens.