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    set up our democracy was to ensure the government would forever be by and for the people. Sometimes legal means for ensuring America stays true to its original purpose prove inadequate. If such is the case in the instance at hand‚ turning to civil disobedience can have a positive impact on a free society.

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    multiple instances in history where civil disobedience changes the world.. The idea of opposing laws to make a clear message to either ordinary citizens or politicians has played huge impacts into society. Instances like the Salt March in March of 1930‚ the General Textile Strike in 1934‚ and the José Bové versus McDonald’s situation in 1999. All three of these examples perfectly describes the idea of civil disobedience. One of the most infamous examples of civil disobedience in history is the Salt March

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    Civil disobedience in our country have continuously been a topic of controversial value. With two opposing sides‚ there are stories told by people who believe‚ or don’t believe‚ in breaking the law to get their point across. Activists and fellow civilians concerned with their life‚ and the lives of those who will have a voice in future‚ feel that clashing with what the law proclaims in order for change is mandatory. They feel as though their voices may never be listened to unless they show the world

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    There are many examples of civil disobedience throughout time. But a modern example of this is the organization PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) who use multiple forms of civil disobedience to make a change to laws and acts that are harmful and unfair towards Animals. Since they do not have a voice of their own PETA works through protests‚ social media‚ and posters to make a draw attention towards the issues of testing on animals‚ wearing fur and leather‚ eating meat and animals products

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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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    do I support peaceful resistance to laws‚ but I believe that it is necessary for citizens of a free society to exercise their civil liberties in this way. Civil disobedience‚ only when it doesn’t incite violence‚ proves to be effective and empowering. A famous example of civil disobedience is Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March‚ which inspired the peaceful protests of the Civil Rights Movement of the late 20th century. When a government enacts a law that results in the oppression of groups of people‚

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    Civil disobedience will always positively impact a society that calls itself free‚ because a free society must allow for dissent. Peaceful resistance to law creates dialogue between people on both sides of the issue. Famous boxer Muhammad Ali peacefully protested the Vietnam war and the draft be simply refusing to go to war. He didn’t try leaving the country or going to college to avoid the draft. Instead‚ he made powerful statements explaining his thinking. He questioned the way things were‚ questioning

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    Civil Disobedience Our nation’s laws have been formed based on civil disobedience. The idea of disobeying laws is what leads to progress being made in our country. When a community of people demonstrate peaceful disobedience‚ it makes the community aware that an unfair or unjust law may need attention. For example‚ women would have never earned the right to vote‚ and the 19th amendment would have never been passed if women had not peacefully protested. Women marched and would hold up signs in

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    In "Civil Disobedience"‚ why does Thoreau refuse to pay his poll tax? In Thoreau’s essay "Resistance to Civil Government"‚ Henry David Thoreau outlines a utopian society in which each individual would be responsible for governing himself. His opposition to a centralized government is an effort to disassociate with the American government‚ which at the time was supporting slavery and unjustly invading Mexico. While the individual rule would work well for Thoreau who is a man of conscience‚ it does

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    Dannheisig 1 Jan-Hendrik Dannheisig Susanne Hamscha‚ M.A. Re(dis)covering America: Emerson‚ Thoreau‚ and American Democracy 10 April 2012 Transcendentalism in "Civil Disobedience" Thoreau’s Politics of Individuality and Nature Dannheisig 2 Contents Introduction 1. Transcendentalism a. Nature b. Introspective Conscience and Politics 2. Political Individualism a. Ethical and Political (In)justice b. Critique of Democracy Conclusion Bibliography 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dannheisig 3 Introduction

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