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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Civil disobedience is the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. It is one of the primary methods of nonviolent resistance. In its most nonviolent form (in India, known as ahimsa or satyagraha) it could be said that it is compassion in the form of respectful disagreement. One of its earliest massive implementations was brought about by Egyptians against the British occupation in the nonviolent 1919 Revolution. Civil disobedience is one of the many ways people have rebelled against unfair laws. It has been used in many well-documented nonviolent resistance movements in India (Gandhi's campaigns for independence from the British Empire), in Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution and in East Germany to oust their communist dictatorships, in South Africa]] in the fight against apartheid, in the American Civil Rights Movement, in the Singing Revolution to bring independence to the Baltic countries from the Soviet Union, and recently in the 2004 Orange Revolution and 2005 Rose Revolution, among other various movements worldwide. Following the Peterloo massacre of 1819, poet Percy Shelley wrote the political poem The Mask of Anarchy later that year, that begins with the powerful images of the unjust forms of authority of his time — and then imagines the stirrings of a radically new form of social action. It is perhaps the first modern statement of the principle of nonviolent protest. A version was taken up by the author Henry David Thoreau in his essay Civil Disobedience, and later by Gandhi in his doctrine of Satyagraha. Gandhi's passive resistance was influenced and inspired by Shelley's nonviolence in protest and political action. In particular it is known that Gandhi would often quote Shelley's Masque of Anarchy to vast audiences during the campaign for a free India. Thoreau's 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, originally titled "Resistance to Civil Government", the driving idea behind the essay was that of self-reliance, and also how one is in morally good standing as long as one can "get off another man's back"; so one does not necessarily have to physically fight the government, but one must not support it or have it support one (if one is against it). This essay has had a wide influence on many later practitioners of civil disobedience. In the essay, Thoreau explained his reasons for having refused to pay taxes as an act of protest against slavery and against the Mexican-American War. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How does the action of hebrew midwives show the legitimacy of civil disobedience like the civil right movement? Q. How does the action of Hebrew midwives demonstrate the legitimacy of civil disobedience such as the civil rights movement? Asked by chicken_spicy - Wed Jan 14 21:54:20 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. answer: they were ordered to kill all male children 2 yrs and under or report who had male children 2 yrs and under. The refusal to do so in the story of Moses was about the women going against orders of the government (Pharaoh) and disobeying him because his orders were unjust. Treating people as second class citizens was unjust. Answered by D Aravah - JBC - Wed Jan 14 22:00:44 2009 What are the civil disobedience effects in the war of Iraq? Q. What are the Civil Disobedience effects on the war in Iraq? What are the good side effects and bad side effects of being at war? Asked by mario86 - Mon Aug 11 13:29:47 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Mario the worst thing about Iraq is that Saddam was sitting on a powder keg of many, many, small retaliatory attacks inside the country that amounted to TeenAgers (gang)Fighting for a street Corner, For centuries. The loss of young lives, for centuries, long before the US intervened to try to bring a halt to the revenge killings between all parties. Answered by deskwalker@sbcglobal.net - Mon Aug 11 13:40:20 2008 How is civil disobedience distinguished from direct or revolutionary attacks on constituted authority?
Q. besides the fact that the government weakens as a result because people do what is morally right to them? thanks, will give best answer !! =) Asked by kayycakess - Tue Jan 20 22:18:53 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. If you haven't already, you probably should read Henry David Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience," which explains all the aspects of the concept. The essence of civil disobedience is nonviolence. You choose to disobey a law you consider unjust, but your act can never be of a violent nature. Thoreau refused to pay taxes, and Rosa Parks sat in a whites-only section of the bus. An essential component of civil disobedience is accepting whatever consequences there may be to violating the law. Thoreau allowed himself to be arrested and to spend several nights in prison. In the case of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, the protesters even set themselves up to be beaten or killed--but they didn't engage in any violence themselves. The provocation… [cont.] Answered by marbehraglaim - Tue Jan 20 22:58:44 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "civil disobedience"
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