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    GANDHI’S SOCIO-POLITICAL THOUGHTS BY NON-VIOLENCE *Meenu Sharma Research Scholar, Dept. of History, Meerut College, Meerut Abstract— In the study of history of human civilization it is found that there was a continuous trend of torturing the weak by more powerful individuals or groups, exploitation of the poor by the rich and landed people, neglect of the illiterate by the educated people, socially overpowering women by men and as such injustices. Such social injustices are a constant source of

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    The dancers were employees of Circle C. In page 920-921 of chapter 35, it states that the Supreme Court in Community for Creative Non-violence v. Reid, 490 U.S. 730 (1989) articulated thirteen factors in determining under the common law of agency whether an individual is an employee or nonemployee agent. Informally called the “Reid factors”. While the dancers did pay for their own costumes and padlocks, the amount varied from dancer to dancer. One dancer spent a total of 600 dollars per month while

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    and children’s fiction comes out with another award-winning book The Crossover. The author received the 2015 John Newberry Medal for the novel and the Coretta Scott King Award, which is given to African-American novelists who display peace and non-violence in their books. The Crossover is a mix of free verse and sizzling poetry; furthermore, it is a story of brotherhood and redemption. The novel mainly focuses on twin brothers Josh and Jordan Bell’s lives who are following their dreams of becoming

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    no doubt that civil rights need to be fixed or changed in the United States. Martin Luther King Jr. has given us a speech about his solution to this, the non-violence movement. The non-violence movement, is a movement that involves african americans to peacefully protest their want for equality. MLK’s movement is the best option because if violence is frequent, then it will make things worse. People will start to think we are violent people and that will make it more difficult for us to get civil rights

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    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

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    Mandela: What Made Non-Violence Work? All through history governments and empires have been overthrown or defeated primarily by the violence of those who oppose them. This violence was usually successful however, there have been several situations, when violence failed, that protesters have had to turn to other methods. Non-violent protesting never seemed to be the right course of action until the ideology of Mohandas Gandhi spread and influenced successful protests across the world. Non-violent methods

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    everything that is going on everywhere, and it can tells the world about what you want to say in less than a minute. Also, using social media is part of nonviolent ways, and people believe that using nonviolence to achieve their goal is better than using violence because who use nonviolence usually win and get what they want. The United State is facing some protester who want to end the discrimination of the skin color because

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    Spread Of Violence

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    How Society Should Protect Itself Against Violence. There are many theoretical ways in which society can protect itself against violence, ranging from more violence to kindness. But, the best way a society can protect itself from violence is by limiting the spread of violence. There are multiple ways to limit or stop the spread of violence. One way is to not be hostile to violent people, stopping the amount of violence. A second is to limit the amount of people doing a violent act. Lastly, to remove

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    the beginning of mankind violence has been an integral part of society. It has become a part of human nature to be violent and has allowed us to survive. Whilst violence is not always justified, in certain circumstances it can be. In a contemporary scene, violence is justifiable when the correct circumstances occur. That is, in defence of one’s nation, or an allied nation, and to prevent war crimes or unjust war. I will firstly discuss Realism and its effects on violence. Secondly the Just War Theory

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    Sport Culture 's Influence on Rape and Violence Many cases of athletes committing sexual assault have been present in the media, especially throughout the past 5 years. For example, Steubenville High School football in 2012, Vanderbilt football in 2013, and a Florida State athlete in 2014. Sports team members make up less than two percent of most campus populations, but the comprise about 20.2 percent of the men involved in sexual assault or attempted sexual assault (Flood & Dyson). These cases

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