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Civil resistance is a long-standing and widespread phenomenon in human history. Several works on civil resistance adopt a historical approach to the analysis of the subject. Cases of civil resistance, both successful and unsuccessful, include: Mahatma Gandhi's role in the Indian independence movement in 1917–1947
Nonviolent resistance, or nonviolent action, sometimes called civil resistance, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, constructive program, or other methods, while refraining from violence and the threat of violence. [1]
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Aug 4, 2014 · Although the twentieth century was the bloodiest in human history, it arguably also witnessed more civil resistance than any preceding it. The diffusion of unarmed struggle has generated substantial interest in the topic and given birth to an academic subfield.
Aug 22, 2023 · Over 4 million striking students shut down more than 450 educational institutions across the U.S. in the only nationwide strike in the country's history. On May 9, an estimated 75,000-100,000 demonstrators converged on Washington D.C. for the Kent State/Cambodia Incursion Protest. Protests continued throughout 1970.
Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil Resistance in the Late 20th Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Nepstad considers six cases of nonviolent resistance campaigns against socialist (Tiananmen and East Germany), military (Panama and Chile), and personalistic (Kenya and the Philippines) dictatorships.
Jul 28, 2011 · Nonviolent Revolutions: Civil Resistance in the Late 20th Century. Sharon Erickson Nepstad. Published: 28 July 2011. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. In 1989, citizens in China and East Germany rose up, demanding political change.
