Nonviolence Essays (Examples)

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Polands Solidarity Movement 1980 1989

Pages: 5 (1353 words) Sources: 4 Document Type:Essay Document #:29966337

SEM 416
As XXXX points out from the onset, the attendance of nonviolence is a daily effort. This is to say that nonviolence is not an automatic response, but rather a deliberate and considered course of action. There are numerous nonviolent movements that have been active … deliberate and considered course of action. There are numerous nonviolent movements that have been active in the past. In seeking to demonstrate that nonviolence is indeed achievable, it would be prudent to highlight two of these movements. The two movements that will be discussed in this text … of expression and encourage discourse on divergent perspectives. However, one key distinguishing factor an all the operations of Solidarity was the call for nonviolence (ICNC, 2020). From early on, the movement embraced the nonviolence principle and pursued a wide range of nonviolent approaches including, but not limited to, protests and strikes, slow-downs, distribution of underground……

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Howlett, C.F. (1984). Nicholas Murray Butler\\\\\\'s Crusade for a Warless World. The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 67(2), 99-120.

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict – ICNC (2020). Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution (1989). Retrieved from  https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/czechoslovakias-velvet-revolution-1989/ 

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict – ICNC (2020, January 13). A Force More Powerful - English - Denmark / Poland / Chile (high definition) [Video]. YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM695veBSUU 

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Mahatama Gandhi

Pages: 2 (655 words) Sources: 4 Document Type:Essay Document #:95292861

… legacy of a peaceful struggle against British colonialism and India’s ultimate freedom from colonial rule. One simply cannot underestimate the motivation provided by Gandhian nonviolence tactics to all kinds of freedom struggles to later crop up, right from the US Civil Rights Movement, other wars against colonialism (e.g., ……

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Ahmed, T. (2019). Mohandas Gandhi: Experiments in civil disobedience. USA: Pluto Press. Retrieved from  https://s3.amazonaws.com/supadu-imgix/plutopress-uk/pdfs/look-inside/LI-9780745334288.pdf 

Anthology. (n.d.). World war II and peace 1939-1945.

Isalska, A. (2018). A French village committed to deception. Retrieved from  http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180806-a-french-village-committed-to-deception 

Sinclair, I. (2017). Resisting the Nazis in numerous ways: nonviolence in occupied Europe. Retrieved from  https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/non-violence-against-nazis-interview-with-george-paxton/ 

 

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