The Evolution of Civil Disobedience “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will‚” declares Mahatma Gandhi as he gallantly strides in the Dandi Salt March of 1930. From being a modest lawyer to a revolutionary activist‚ Mahatma Gandhi’s actions illustrate the boundless power organized civil disobedience has on society’s progress. To guarantee India’s Independence‚ Gandhi empowered suppressed Indians to march for their right to produce salt. His idea of
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by Native Americans at Standing Rock in attempt “to stop a natural gas pipeline operator from bulldozing what they say are sacred sites to construct a 1‚172-mile oil pipeline‚” (Leah Donella). Preceded by many successful fights for sacred lands in Native American history‚ protesters are expecting to prevail. This particular battle has been going on for seven consecutive months. However‚ once the bill was passed for Keystone XL and the pipes were prepared to be in place‚ Native Americans went
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James A. Baldwin‚ an American novelist and social critic‚ stated that‚ “I love America more than any other country in this world‚ and‚ exactly for this reason‚ I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” The right to stand against our country and protest against what’s wrong makes us powerful diverse people. We‚ the American people‚ are in charge of our country and we must make her forever progressive and right. Part of this forward motion is civil disobedience. Civil disobedience was used
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The government is the people’s representation: our protector and our voice. It is what we turn to in our time of need‚ the one we look up to. However‚ there are times when the government turn against the people‚ acting as an enemy instead of an ally. In those times‚ the people must until and stand together against our government. When the government becomes corrupt‚ common citizens have the right to take actions. Peaceful resistance to law positively impacts all societies in the world‚ no matter
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the American people. From the 2016 presidential election‚ to the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines‚ we can see that the United States government has been intruding on individual and state rights‚ and that we the people need to become more engaged in asserting our rights. To better
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Cited: "Dirty Fuels - Tar Sands." Sierra Club: Explore‚ Enjoy and Protect the Planet. Sierra Club. Web. 24 Nov. 2011. <http://www.sierraclub.org/dirtyfuels/tar-sands/default.aspx>. "Key Facts on Keystone XL." Tar Sands Action "Planning What ’s Next for the Climmate Movement." Tar Sands Action. Tar Sands Action‚ 28 Nov. 2011. Web. 28 Nov. 2011. <http://www.tarsandsaction.org/>. "Responsible Development — Suncor." Suncor.com "Stop the Tar Sands
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Is hydrologic fracturing a suitable form of energy production? Over the past 85 years‚ the American Petroleum Institute‚ API‚ has been developing and refining engineering standards and practices for the industry. The past decade has brought about a new practice which involves hydraulic fracturing in order to produce oil and natural gas in places where conventional technologies are ineffective. This is a rather in depth process. Firstly‚ a production drill is drilled through the rock layers to intersect
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Canadian/ U.S. Business Response Paper The United States and Canada developed a business interconnectivity between their nations in the early building processes because each country had resources and services that the other country didn’t have. With the introduction of the Industrial Revolution in America‚ new forms of transportation were created to ship goods across nations. The United States was able to find cheaper labor in Canada‚ while Canada was able to spread their goods into a larger
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his first week President Donald Trump’s first days in office could be considered well spent in terms of issuing several executive orders. On his second full working day‚ he signed an order that gave green light to two controversial pipeline constructions‚ the Keystone XL and Dakota Access‚ and was immediately followed by an order countering several provisions of Obamacare. On Tuesday‚ he reinstated the ban on international counselling‚ froze federal government hiring‚ and withdrew from the trans-Pacific
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Run Away from Oil – Not even Trump can Save the Oil Industry Millions of people displaced‚ starving‚ and fighting each other to survive. This is the future of humanity in a world ravaged by climate change’s effects. Without taking action‚ powerful storms‚ droughts‚ and food shortages will only grow more severe; experts predict that 250 million will flee their countries by 2050. Sea levels will rise by almost two feet‚ flooding major coastal cities and leaving millions without access to food‚ water
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