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    this quote‚ and it connects directly to the idea of civil disobedience. In order to change the world‚ people have to take action. Standing idly by and allowing injustice to occur‚ even if the majority fails to see the injustice‚ will not change the tides of history. Those who do stand to fight injustice in the law are remembered for their deeds for changing the world for the better. Henry David Thoreau is known for his work "Civil Disobedience" in which he explains the importance of opposing what

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    Civil disobedience is one of the most emotional‚ moving‚ and‚ powerful acts that can come from a group of individuals. Peaceful resistance is one of the only things the majority of people have to exercise their freedom and their want for a just society. Civil disobedience gives the invisible people‚ a voice‚ and a way to be heard in a sea of perceived unjust laws. Peaceful resistance is a refreshing approach to rebellion; it defies the aesthetic of rebellion but maintains its core values. People

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    the same conditions and fight for the same causes‚ therefore‚ both forms of civil disobedience are justifiable. Historically‚ marginalized groups‚ especially black communities in the United States‚ have experienced terror by the hands of police for centuries. After centuries of harassment‚ black communities have taken a stance against the injustices committed by those who are sworn in to protect them. Civil disobedience‚ whether violent or non-violent‚ is universally a justifiable method to achieve

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    Civil disobedience is the peaceful refusal to comply to a law or regulation if this law is considered unjust. Throughout history‚ certain individuals and groups have displayed civil disobedience to be heard and acknowledged. Often times‚ civil disobedience gives suppressed people a voice. It allows said people to shed light on an issue that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. As long as these actions stay peaceful‚ there is no harm in civil disobedience. In fact‚ to significantly impact a free society

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    Civil Disobedience In the 1960s‚ America was going through a new set of political and consciousness movements‚ where people rebelled‚ protested‚ and demanded what they though it was their right to have. However‚ some protestors‚ especially in the African American community‚ where seeking a new transformation and a change in consciousness‚ by fighting for segregation‚ unemployment‚ and poverty by using non-violent civil disobedience‚ while others supported self-defense and their right to bear arms

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    Period 4 January 1‚ 2013 Civil Disobedience and Antigone Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech focuses on the importance of freedom and brotherhood in a nation and is intended to rally Americans to demonstrate their anger at the injustices of segregation and racism through “creative protest.” While King’s passion and anger at the status quo is obvious in the text‚ he specifically states that they “must not allow [their] [protest] to degenerate into physical violence.” He is pushing for defiance

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    hatred for the force being fought against. Tragic events like the Los Angeles riots of 1992 are a perfect example of people joining together out of hate for violence. Typically‚ when discussing civil disobedience the heroic story of Martin Luther King Jr. fighting segregation in the South comes to mind. However‚ the best example of civil disobedience is Mahatma Ghandi peacefully protesting in India. From disagreement to triumph‚ Ghandi stuck to satyagraha‚ or devotion to truth. Ghandi protested many unjust

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    an issue. These incidents are known as civil disobediences‚ an act performed by a group of people‚ usually civilians‚ to protest a law imposed on them by a governing body or fight for something they believe in. This act differs from something like a violent protest or a revolution is that civil disobediences firstly put emphasis on the rule of law while disobeying the one specific law they seek to abolish. Second‚ the people that practice civil disobedience will plead guilty to any violation of the

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    Mexican-American War wrote “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience”‚ where he states that civil disobedience is the deliberate defiance of a law to in order to change government policy or enact social reform. Civil disobedience was a major proponent in the women’s suffrage movement‚ Mohandas Gandhi’s campaign for independence in India‚ the civil rights movement in the USA‚ and the abolition of apartheid in South Africa. However there is a school of thought that sees civil disobedience as a major problem due to it

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    alter it‚ doing so through means of civil disobedience.

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