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Nonviolence (or non-violence) is a set of assumptions about morality conflict that leads its proponents to reject the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political goals. While often used as a synonym for pacifism, since the mid 20th century the term nonviolence has come to embody a diversity of techniques for waging for social change without the use of violence, as well as the underlying political and philosophical rationale for the use of these techniques.
As a technique for social struggle, nonviolence is most often associated with the campaign for Indian independence led by Mahatma Gandhi, and the struggle to attain civil rights for African Americans, led by Martin Luther King. The former was deeply influenced by Leo Tolstoy's Christian anarchism ideas of nonresistance based on the Sermon on the Mount.
On November 10th, 1998, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the first decade of the 21st century and the third millennium, the years 2001 to 2010, as the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World.
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Spoke to @yoanisanchez. She was on her way to a march for nonviolence on 23 y G in Havana when she was detained by 3 regime agents, beaten
AramisLPerez (Aramis L. Perez) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:27:30 -0000
Spoke to @yoanisanchez. She was on her way to a march for nonviolence on 23 y G in Havana when she was detained by 3 regime agents, beaten
#stoptheviolence It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
TheProphicide (Sharmin Begum ) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:40:20 -0000
#stoptheviolence It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
RT @gonzogal Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon http://bit.ly/x5GvL #Gaza #Palestine #HumanRights LA Times #bds
Yam7 (Carolina Pine) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:30:03 -0000
RT @gonzogal Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon http://bit.ly/x5GvL #Gaza #Palestine #HumanRights LA Times #bds
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DRrarepearl83 (M) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:16:30 -0000
RT @TiffanyNHouston RT @brokesocialite: Yay. My newest baubles arrived! http://yfrog.com/j7pyoj(shanking! Care 2 share source?)<#nonviolence
RT @gonzogal: Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon http://bit.ly/x5GvL #Gaza #Palestine #iranelection #HumanRights
T4Tx (ECSmith) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:13:53 -0000
RT @gonzogal: Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon http://bit.ly/x5GvL #Gaza #Palestine #iranelection #HumanRights
Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon http://bit.ly/x5GvL #Gaza #Palestine #iranelection #HumanRights
gonzogal (K.R.) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:12:38 -0000
Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon http://bit.ly/x5GvL #Gaza #Palestine #iranelection #HumanRights
Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peace - The foundation is involved in activism, research studies, and international peace education. A portal service with links to other Gandhi sites and a mailing list are also available.
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Philosophy of Nonviolence - By David McReynolds. These notes are an effort to summarize the basic philosophy of nonviolence. It is much more than a mere technique, it is a 'one-edged philosophy' which cannot easily be used to defend or advance injustice, and which is of value only if tested in the real world.
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