Before we get started, I would like to point out the specific word “non-violent” in the definition above because I’ve been tired of pointing that out for a long time by now.
It is a fave tactic of the right and authoritarian regimes to bastardize this term & that bugs me.
It is a fave tactic of the right and authoritarian regimes to bastardize this term & that bugs me.
Let’s start at the very AMERICAN and PATRIOTIC beginnings of the fully developed ideals of “Civic Disobedience” with a short read:
Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper2/thorea…
Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper2/thorea…
What Is Civil Disobedience? - Definition, Acts & Examples - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com study.com/academy/lesson…
192 Methods of Nonviolent Actions-classified into categories: nonviolent protest & persuasion, noncooperation & nonviolent intervention:
(Note: not all of these are actually #CivicDisobedience but many are.)
(Note: not all of these are actually #CivicDisobedience but many are.)
5 of the Most Influential Protests in History time.com/3741458/influe…
Thinking About Committing Civil Disobedience in the Age of Trump | The Nation thenation.com/article/thinki…
Civil Disobedience in the Trump Era | Harvard Political Review harvardpolitics.com/united-states/…
I’ll end the thread with my fave #CivilDisobedience quote:
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