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In December 2008, one of the most infamous acts of civil disobedience in modern times took place when Utah college student Tim DeChristopher bid on controversial land leases being auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management. Much of the controversial auction was invalidated, however, and Tim was convicted of two felonies in March 2011 for ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 January 2025. 1849 essay by Henry David Thoreau Civil Disobedience First page of "Resistance to Civil Government" as published in Aesthetic Papers, in 1849. Author Henry David Thoreau Language English Publication place United States Media type Print Text Civil Disobedience at Wikisource This article ...
Berel Lang argues against the conflation of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience on the grounds that the necessary conditions for an act instancing civil disobedience are: (1) that the act violates the law, (2) that the act is performed intentionally, and (3) that the actor anticipates and willingly accepts punitive measures made on the ...
This was an event in which Indians suspended businesses and went on strikes and would fast, pray and hold public meetings against the 'Black Act' as a sign of their opposition and civil disobedience would be offered against the law. Mahatma Gandhi bathed in the sea at Mumbai and made a speech before a procession to Madhav Baug temple took place.
Despite being a significant event in the history of the civil rights movement, the New York City school boycott does not appear prominently in U.S. history textbooks, perhaps because it runs counter to the dominant narrative that important historical events in the civil rights struggle mostly took place in the South. [4] [2]
By the middle of the year, the sheer number of people that had been arrested made it one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Canadian history. [26] The court injunction being read to protesters, August 1993. Many residents of Tofino and Ucluelet worked in the logging industry and felt that the 1993 protests threatened their livelihood ...
Political theorist Christopher Finlay wrote a book based on just war theory articulating when he believes armed resistance is justified. [18] A specific example is the Palestinian right to resist the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories , which is denied by Israel.
The Marijuana Policy Project has organized several acts of civil disobedience. These efforts have included posting cease and desist letters at Drug Enforcement Administration buildings [9] and smoking cannabis at Congressional offices. [10] In at least one instance, the charges were dropped. [11]