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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 what are some examples of civil disobedience that i can do against the PATRIOT act? Q. it is for a english essay, im not really going to do this, but i need some examples of civil disobedience that i would do if I was against th patriot act..which i am btw. please ive examples and also explain it like why would you do those things, whyu do you feel so strongly about it? 10 points to whoever answers. Asked by braber5 - Sat Oct 18 11:20:02 2008 - - 4 Answers - 1 Comments A. There are sixteen sections of the Patriot act. You need to do some research and find out what the act says (as opposed to what people _think_ it says). Much of the complaints about a loss of civil liberties is based on urban myth and a distortion of what the act says. And have you noticed that nobody who is telling you how evil the patriot act is can _quote_ the sections of the act they are complaining about? Here are some of the things you can protest that none of you are probably aware are even in the Act: Increased funding for research into new law-enforcement and emergency medical technologies. Funding grants that made the radios of all emergency response agencies compatible with each other. Grants for the training of volunteer… [cont.] Answered by MikeGolf - Sat Oct 18 14:54:33 2008 Desperately need answers to questions about Civil Disobedience. Can you help? Q. Alright, I have a few questions about Thoreau's Civil Disobedience. You can answer any or all with as much or as little specificity and you'd like. 1. What institution does Thoreau liken to corrupt clergymen, and in what area of the text? 2. What metaphor does Thoreau use to describe his night in jail, and in what area of the text? 3. In what area(s) of the text does Thoreau speak about his views on the relationship between the majority and the minority? Thank you so much! Asked by Doubled - Wed Jan 9 19:17:47 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Please reference the link below. That's as much of your homework as you'll get done for you. ;> Answered by darkvictoryarmory - Wed Jan 9 19:22:30 2008 How did Thoreau's "Civil disobedience" lead to womens equality movement,the movement against slavery and...?
Q. How did Thoreau's "Civil disobedience" lead to women's equality movement,the movement against slavery and the temperance movement? Asked by Sage Shotts - Thu Mar 26 17:02:00 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. he really didn't. this is just hype from the left Answered by Corkey - Thu Mar 26 17:09:48 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "civil disobedience"
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