Nonviolent Protest Protests

Since the beginning of american history there have been peaceful and non peaceful protests. These protests have had valuable effects on American society such as Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks have impacted society greatly and for the better. In my opinion peaceful protests still have negative effects though they are immensely more appropriate than non peaceful protests because peaceful protests often turn violent because people don't know how to act for example Trump Protests.

Protests are a way that many citizens have historically exercised their right to freedom of speech and as to voice their opinions on current matters in the U.S. as well as other nations. Protests help the uninformed get informed on specific issues, and try to persuade fellow citizens. What were some of the effective aspects of the protests that were portrayed in “The Matrix”, “Battle in Seattle” as well as those in “The Letter from Birmingham Jail”? What were the downfalls? An effective protest is one where an advocated idea gets across to the intended audience. Peaceful protests tend to have a better outcome than those that lead to violence.

In the United States, the protest has always been an important tool of democracy, a way for the minority to let itself be heard. Take the Civil Rights movement. Today's race relations are better than they were fifty years ago because a relatively small group of people convinced enough of the country that racism was a disease that would kill everything that made America special.

Through protesting people can express their beliefs in a nonviolent way in order to raise awareness and possibly gain support from

Civil disobedience is possibly the most influential form of protest in order to change of laws. Throughout our nation's history there have been multiple examples where the people would disobey the regular norms of society to force a change in law. Even when we started off as colonist, the people refused to pay unjust taxes on British imported goods just so Great Britain could pay for their costs on the Seven Years' War. The people or the colonist, as I should say, thought it was unfair for the them be taxed as they had no representation in England to represent the people. Another peaceful protest would be the sit-ins at Woolworth. At this event, young African Americans went to a diner and sat at the front counter. This would never happen because

Many decisions had to be made when approaching discrimination and segregation; many wanted this to end. The debate on what was best to approach the dangers of fighting for what you believed was weighed down to two options; violent protests or nonviolent protests. In the graphic novel titled “March” written and experienced by John Lewis himself with designs by Nate Powell, depicts the struggles of civil rights and the fight to earn it. The novel goes off to show mostly nonviolent protests, but outside of the novel during the 1960’s depicts and describes a different approach; Violent and free Protests. Two of the most impactful civil rights leaders Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael despised the clean and peaceful protests as they thought it was

For contemporaries, many do not understand why the right to protest the government is important, and if they do so they do not carry out a protest to advocate for their cause. The reasons why many groups like the Black Lives Matter and Women’s Rights groups protest in today’s world is to try and better a corrupted system. The government is deeply flawed currently as there is a lot of power and money to be gained by passing certain legislation or by overlooking the natural born rights of an American citizen. With lobbyists throwing millions of dollars behind candidates, it is hard for the money not to go to the head of an elected official, and most likely as time goes on politicians begin to pass nefarious legislation at the cost of the American public. The public needs to realize that when they suffer at the hand of corrupted legislation, “[i]n the meantime politicians will find his opinions and interests [more important]… and those of other young people all too easy to ignore” (“Not Turning Out”).

Although such protests are considered inconvenient, they publicize minority views. They compel people to stop, listen, and think. The public can better form solutions when people are aware of the issues at hand. Then, the people can vote to amend or create a law more fitting to modern

Social protests are a way for people to come together in support of a subject, such as a protest on black rights, or police brutality, or it could be about a pipeline running through native land. People make protests to get their point across to try and make something or get something taken down. But what some people don’t know is what makes a certain protest effective or ineffective. How do you make a protest change something, make a difference in this country we live in. The protests I will be looking at today are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter to Birmingham Jail, Josephine Baker’s speech at the March on Washington,

African-Americans have been oppressed since their arrival in America in 1619. Due to their differences in physical characteristics, Whites considered them an inferior race and therefore treated them as property, disregarding their human rights. After many years of exploitation and abuse, in 1791, slaves on the small island of Hispaniola revolted against French rule and successfully gained their freedom in 1804. It gave hope to African American slaves who, in turn, decided to stand against their masters and gain their freedom. Every one of those rebellions was extremely violent. They were so passionate about the cause and have been oppressed for so long that they targeted

Taking a stand against a regime is a strenuous task. Jen showed bravery and fought for what she believed in. Even though the outcome was unexpected she still fought for not only her rights, but for all of the other shadow children's rights also. Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, and MLK Jr. They all used nonviolent protests to present an issue. With MLK Jr. his outcome was just like Jen’s. They both knew that getting shot was a possibility yet they still fought for their beliefs. Some people might say that you are risking your life for an achievement that can take years but once you do it once you can never take it back. It starts a movement that can’t be

H2 (Splintering): Repression and leader decapitation causes organizations to splinter, and splinters to use violent tactics.

From the Boston Tea Party of 1773, the Civil Rights Movement and the Pro-Life Movement of the 1960s, to the Tea Party Movement and Occupy Wall Street Movement of current times, “those struggling against unjust laws have engaged in acts of deliberate, open disobedience to government power to uphold higher principles regarding human rights and social justice” (DeForrest, 1998, p. 653) through nonviolent protests. Perhaps the most well-known of the non-violent protests are those associated with the Civil Rights movement. The movement was felt across the south, yet Birmingham, Alabama was known for its unequal treatment of blacks and became the focus of the Civil Rights Movement. Under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., president of

This is why I’m going to explain when it comes to protesting why it is important to know and understand the philosophy behind each protest and which principles they used during their protest which made it effective. There are many different views on rather which principles work best when it comes to protesting. However there more nonviolent protest happening in society then violent protest. That is why I believe protest who practices nonviolence has proven to have more of an effect on the world.

Protests and social movements usually take place within state systems. State authorities and decision makers concerning the change and reforms responding to the demands of protestors are usually the intended targets. Whilst the majority of social movements and protests within the 21st century are aimed at the state, it is still known for protestors to occasionally challenge non state establishments like religious organizations and university administrations (Johnston, 2011:1). Social movements includes a range of political activities including but not limited to demonstrations, marches, protests, press conferences, strikes, presentations and even sometimes violent confrontations (Johnston, 2009:8).