The Tactics Of Nonviolent Action

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unjust” (Banks 1). “Principle four – accept suffering without retaliation for the sake of the cause to achieve the goal – this characterizes that nonviolent resistance is a willingness to accept suffering without retaliation, to accept blows from the opponent without striking back; accept the violence, if necessary; but to never inflict violence on another” (Banks 2). “Principle five – avoid internal violence of the spirit, as well as, external physical violence – a nonviolent resister not only refuses to fight or shoot his opponent, but he also refuses to hate him; at the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love for one another” (Banks 2). “Principle six – the universe is on the side of justice – this basic fact pertaining to nonviolent resistance is that it is based on the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice which is positive peace, consequently, the believer in nonviolence has a deep faith in the future and therefore, can accept suffering without retaliation. There is a creative force in this universe, that by whatever name we decide to call it, it works to bring the disconnected aspects of reality into a harmonious whole; a universal wholeness for each of us to share with one another and that nonviolence is both the means and the end” (Banks 3). Dr. King also had a couple of

Kings main objective is to show that violence and complaisance do not resolve issues, but that nonviolent resistance is

many tools to confront my past. Learning about karma within Hinduism, I gained awareness of

Harassed, beaten, jailed. Three great leaders fought for their rights through thick and thin, without physically hurting the opposition; these men were Gandhi, Mandela, and King. Here they each faced the problem of inequality and achieved their goal peacefully moreover without harm to their oppressors. They drew attention to their respective plights and converted others to help their cause. Nonviolence implies that the participants will protest without the use of harm to their opponents notwithstanding of what harm falls upon them; they will not even raise a hand to protect themselves from said harm. Nonviolence works because King, Gandhi, and Mandela applied economic pressure, performed civil disobedience, and appealed to conscience; which

Well taking a look at events like the Greensboro 1976 KKK protest where after violent altercations between the marchers and members of the KKK hate group, the white supremacist group pulled guns and shot and killed five very important marchers consisting of nurse and civil rights activist, Sandi Smith, Doctor James Walker, Doctor Michael Nathan, and Bill Sampson, a Harvard graduate. Not only did both groups loss, the whole nation loss that day. So although nonviolent protest are not always effective they either impact the whole nation for the better or they only impact few people but violent attacks such as the Paris attack recently, or the 911 terrorist attack they impact so many people, so many households and maybe even the person that would

The world has been driven by a force of civil disobedience by many different well known leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. , Rosa Parks, Alice Paul, and Mahatma Ghandi. Civil disobedience, the act of disobeying the law in a peaceful manner for one’s own rights and thoughts, has been used for the greater good for centuries past and will most likely continue to do this through the many centuries to come. The Constitution itself states that congress can make no law prohibiting religion, media, speech, the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances and the right to peacefully assemble. Civil disobedience is also shown vividly through the Civil

Peaceful Resistance has had its place in many societies around the world for centuries. Examples of this powerful political tool exist from the Roman Plebeians refusing to work in order to bring change to the harsh Roman consul to the notorious Indian Independence movement led by Mohandas Gandhi. Peaceful Resistance is not only effective through its influential and compelling tactics, but it is absolutely necessary when those in power refuse to acknowledge the issues in front of them. In order to advance anything, attention has to be brought to the issue at hand. Without people willing to be peacefully passionate, there will be no LASTING change. Laws are put in place to protect people, however when that protection discriminates or takes away

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.

The contemporary scholar of political perspective on passive protest Gene Sharp views that nonviolent struggle may reflect a moral commitment to pacifism by leaders or activists in a movement such as Martin Luther King Jr and Mohandas Gandhi.

Michelle Alexander’s book is a contribution to nonviolent social change in the sense that she educates readers about the reality of America’s mass incarceration and racial caste system. According to Martin Luther King Jr’s “Six Steps of Nonviolent Social Change”, the first two steps towards a nonviolent movement are information gathering and education; this is what Alexander achieves through her book. Information gathering is about understanding and collecting all vital information about the issues or injustices facing people or communities. Education focuses on informing others, including your adversary, about the issues; this step is imperative in minimizing

In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people who have been following nonviolent direct action. Nonviolent direct action is, according to Vellacott, “refraining from violence on grounds of principle.” This paper will briefly describe examples of nonviolent direct actions which was carried out by Gandhi, King, and the campaign for women’s suffrage in Britain. It will also address their purpose or goal of the nonviolent action. Additionally, it will explain the methods and strategies which was used to accomplish the goals and then talk discuss a key element of the philosophy of each of the leaders. In closing, it will state the difference between the suffragists and the suffragettes.

A peaceful resistance is the purpose of achieving a goal through a nonviolent act. For example, some historic events may include, Rosa Parks and her story. In 1955 Parks was sat on a bus awaiting her stop until a white group of people had requested the bus. When the driver had realized that there were no more seats, he told the Parks and the other African American sitting on the bus, to get off. Instead of picking a fight and forcefully fighting to get her way which was to stay on the bus; she simply just didn't move. She kept to herself and refused to get off the bus until she was physically forced by a police officer. Because of her act of refusal, she caused other people in the area to receive the same idea until eventually the African

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

In the Role of Power in Nonviolent Struggle, Sharp’s consent theory of power in a state is divided in two groups, the rulers and the society which they govern. His main idea is that the ruler’s power is rooted in the consent of the society the ruler governs. In Liberia’s civil war conflict, President Taylor controlled the government, police and military. Moreover, President Taylor controlled the natural resources, e.g. diamond mines, which gave him the wealth to buy weapons for his military forces. The women’s peace movement worked because they withdraw their obedience and cooperation from Taylor’s bureaucracy. The army of women held nonviolent demonstrations in defiance to the ruler, they marched together in solidarity and staged silent protest