Dr. King and Socrates: A Nonviolent Campaign In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation‚ self-purification and direct action. Socrates‚ a man hailed as one of the greatest philosophers of all time‚ and Doctor Martin Luther King‚ known to the world as one of the greatest public speakers and advocate of civil rights‚ both utilized nonviolent campaigns by voicing their opinions in intelligent ways and surrounding
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Civil disobedience is using nonviolent protest to boycott government in an attempt to influence the legislation to change the policy. Henry David Thoreau created a writing called "Civil Disobedience"‚ talking about its meaning and how he had experienced civil disobedience. He had been sent to jail for not paying a poll-tax for six years (Thoreau par. 7). When he was released‚ he paid the tax; obeying the law‚ but had still thought that government is biased for making him pay it (McElroy par. 2).
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Peaceful action allows a community to not only highlight the injustices of society‚ but to create a solution to the problem. To ensure the success of a nonviolent campaign‚ one must consider the sources of power of the opponent and the need for unity among the protesters. For example‚ in her Ted Talk‚ “The Secret to Effective Nonviolent Protest‚” Jamila Raqib employs a graphic of a block tower‚ representing ISIS‚ with each block representing a necessary component of ISIS’s power‚ such as skilled
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made the world pause and think about our past‚ present and future. When reading this novel we all must take the time to think of the possibility that Orwell ’s world could come to pass. Orwell presents the concepts of power‚ marginalization‚ and resistance through physical‚ psychological‚ sexual and political control of the people of Oceania. The reader experiences the emotional ride through the eyes of Winston Smith‚ who was born into the oppressive life under the rule of Ingsoc. Readers are encouraged
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Afro Cuban communities have been resisting slavery and oppression since people of African origin were first taken to the island to work as slaves. According to Gabino La Rosa Corzo (2003)‚ the resistance of Afro Cubans can be separated and analyzed in periods; the first period can be characterized by colonial rule‚ and the second period can be characterized by the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The first period of Afro Cuban resistance to slavery occurred during the initial circumstance
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3. Define and discuss King’s explanation of “nonviolent direct action.” King first explains the idea of a nonviolent campaign by stating the four basic steps that it consists of‚ “Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action”(337). Kings says that negotiations made by the merchants of Birmingham to take down humiliating signs were never fulfilled‚ so they became the victims of a “broken promise”. This is why they began to prepare
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Capitalism‚ Sport and Resistance Adrian Budd South Bank University Introduction In the late 1970s the non-racial sports movement in South Africa adopted the slogan‚ coined by Hassan Howa of the South African Cricket Board‚ ’no normal sport in an abnormal society’. It later became a standard defence of the sporting boycott of apartheid. That black cricketers like the West Indian Alvin Kallicharan could only compete as honourary whites rather confirmed this view‚ as it did that of the
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McIntosh‚ P. (1989). White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack. Peace and freedom‚ 10-12. McLaughlin‚ A. (2002). Social work ’s legacy: Irreconcilable differences? Clinical Social Work Journal‚ 30(2)‚ 187-198. Mullaly‚ B. (2010). Challenging oppression and confronting privilege (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. National day of service. (2013‚ February 27). Retrieved from http://action.2013pic.org/page/event/detail/4jg7c XXX neighborhood. (2013‚ February 27). Retrieved from http://www
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Native American Oppression Santucee Bell Case Western Reserve University Native American Oppression Introduction & Focal Population Imagine living in a world that consistently devalues your existence and is heavily populated with individuals who are quick to use and abuse your resources‚ but are slow to share the wealth that is accumulated from those resources. How would you feel? Unfortunately‚ certain populations do not have to visualize the disparity that is pictured above. This is because
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There have been many disputes over whether or not Afghan women have been liberated from oppression. After the Taliban regime fell‚ President Karzai signed the Declaration of Essential Rights of Afghan Women. This stated that women must receive equal protection under the law. This brought about signs of hope and lessened the oppression of women however the Taliban are resurgent and people do not feel safe. Still‚ in some villages there is violence against women‚ arranged marriages and high maternal
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