is undergoing a period of crisis and renewal. New forms of protest movements have started taking form .The recent rise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)‚its surprising success in the Delhi Assembly elections of December 2013 ‚ and the short-lived but dramatic episode of Arvind Kejriwal acting as Delhi’s Chief Minister have some of its roots in the earlier anti-corruption protest movement. The AAP is evolving its own peculiar mix of protest and populism‚ while trying to find a programmatic profile.
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The act of civil disobedience cannot be damaging to the free society if the protest remains peaceful‚ for peaceful protest is a simple right of the people in our society. The height of civil disobedience was arguably the Civil Rights Era. At this time‚ peaceful protest demonstrated the right of the people against an injustice. The Montgomery bus boycotts were peaceful economic protest. The marches from Selma to Montgomery were nonviolent demonstrations. Greensboro sit-ins were
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emphasize the importance of nonviolence protest. Cesar Chavez convinces the audience of the cruel aftermath of violence through his use of diction. “If we resort to violence then one of two things will happen: either the violence will be escalated and there will be many injuries and perhaps deaths on both sides‚ or there will be total demoralization of the workers.” This quote establishes the horrors of the outcomes that will take place in violent protests‚ it vividly shows the reader the possibilities
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Before the risks of civil disobedience can be evaluated‚ first it must be defined. Merriam Webster’s defines civil disobedience as‚ Refusal to obey government demands or commands and nonresistance to consequent arrest and punishment. It is used especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing government concessions and has been a major tactic of nationalist movements in Africa and India‚ of the U.S. Civil rights movement‚ and of labor and antiwar movements in many countries. Civil
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interest in education has created a divide in the nation that must be dealt with without moderation or patience such as alluded to in the Civil Rights Movement of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s era. We must continue to exercise our right of peaceful protest so as to make the general public and our representatives aware of the massive‚ and growing‚ discontent and distrust of the American government. The discontent of the American people concerning the presidency‚ minority and women’s rights‚ and immigration
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The Effect of the Vietnam War on Australia The controversial Vietnam War had a huge impact on Australian society in the 1960’s/1970’s. Australia’s involvement in the key international Cold War conflict of the Vietnam War created instability and a significant shift in the nation’s military‚ social‚ political and economic status. Vietnam was known as a ’TV War’. A great deal of shocking and violent footage of the war was broadcasted right into people’s homes. This caused a lot of social involvement
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deeply divided by the Vietnam War. Numerous people protested the Vietnam War for these and other reasons as well. These protests usually were peaceful and included such things as burning draft cards‚ fleeing to Canada or some other country to escape the draft‚ protest rallies and marches‚ or simply remaining enrolled in college to avoid the draft. However‚ even peaceful protests sometimes turned violent‚ as United States involvement in the Vietnam War divided the United States public. The most
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------------------------------------------------- Use(s) Tents are used as habitation by nomads‚ recreational campers‚ and disaster victims. Tents are typically used as overhead shelter for festivals‚ weddings‚ backyard parties‚ and major corporate events. They are also used for excavation (construction) covers‚ industrial shelters. Traditional Tents have traditionally been used by nomadic people all over the world‚ such as Native Americans‚ Mongolian and Tibetan Nomads‚ and the Bedouin.
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Rapping and Riots For thousands of years‚ the struggling citizen has used social unrest to rebel against the status quo. They fight‚ they loot‚ and they destroy. They are overcome with anger‚ and willing to take that anger out on anything and everything. Their anger often comes from inequality‚ high taxes‚ poverty‚ and an overbearing government. However‚ those in power tend to do whatever possible to keep things the way that they are. The social elite send police or soldiers as a show of strength
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result in a successful goal. Situation where Orr didn’t have a strong-tie with the cause.“I felt confused and thrilled and purposeful all at the same time.” Here Orr used the word “confused” which implies he wasn’t completely sure why he was at the protest. You need a strong-tie to the cause to achieve your goal. Gregory Orr didn’t have that. Another example in Orr’s journey is whre he was in the camp. “Nothing but that intense impilse and a very small voice inside me that aid:’You dnt stand a chance
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