Saturday, February 6, 2010

Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience has been a popular form of nonviolent resistance since long, and has surfaced again and again in various parts of the world. All of us know about the role of this in the Indian struggle for independence, though, this was not hte first time civil disobedience was used as a means to revolution. The Egyptians had done this in 1919 against the same opposition. Since then, there have been numerous instances of this type of movement, like the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, the SouthAfrican Apartheid movement, with the Orange Revolution in Ukraine being among the most recent..

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7 comments:

B N T said...

all these public movements start up on a very slow and cautious note. in case, if the momentum gains, many people jin and in turn it results into a successful movement many a times. if not, the movement may be not so influential or successful in creating any kind of impact. the naxalism and maoism are examples of not gaining gthe momentum at the needed time and thatresulted in what naxalism and maoism is today.

February 7, 2010 at 12:06 AM
sarahsn said...

civil disobedience is generally adopted when the group suppressed is weaker than the oppresseors be it in the form of fewer resources,manpower or technology as clearly seen in the Indian civil disobedience movement. here we were technologically weaker and gandhi when he started the movement knew that weapons would never be able to create the same impact which mass mobilisation would. It was this foresight and vision which made this movement an unprecedented success.

February 7, 2010 at 4:08 AM
Arpit Shah said...

Apart from week opposition one more thing that oppressed have in common is that the oppressed groups are indispensable for the oppressors. Also, these movement shakes the core of oppressors, as they realize that if they dont garner support of the weak, they will perish. So, Civil Disobedience, I feel is one of the best non violent way to achieve success.

February 7, 2010 at 6:16 AM
Pulkit Gaur said...

I think such kind of a movement requires a strong test of patience and character of those participating. It is actually a compassion in the form of respectful disagreement and at the heart of the concept of 'Satyagraha'. Taking the path of violence is not that difficult but that of compassion towards those against whom you are pitched is a big ask.
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February 7, 2010 at 6:26 AM
rajat said...
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February 7, 2010 at 6:55 AM
rajat said...

@Arpit: The oppressed groups being indispensable for the oppressors is the case in most of the cases that you may come across.. It is the path chosen by the oppressed that dictates which way the movement goes, violent or non-violent. Civil Disobedience is no doubt one of the most effective ways of Nonviolent protest, as it hits the oppressors where it hurts the most!

rajat, 30029

February 7, 2010 at 6:56 AM
Anshuman kumar said...

rather than creating a situation of" Civil Disobedience" why don't we create a situation where there is no scope of civil obedience. Either in civil disobedience or creating a situation for not having a civil disobedience, these both need collective action and co-operation. Now you decide what would you like to have if given an option to choose one?

February 7, 2010 at 1:31 PM

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