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Peaceful protest against the three farm bills passed by parliament. 2020–2021 Thailand 2020–2021 Thai Protests: Ongoing peaceful protest to reform the Thai Monarchy and coup-installed government. 2021–present Turkey 2021 Boğaziçi University protests: Ongoing peaceful protests against the rector appointment without election 2022–present
a protest in Romania in April by Bucharest students who demanded a non-communist government. The protests ended in bloodshed after an intervention of miners called in by President Ion Iliescu (June 1990 Mineriad). 1991: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt: led to the effect of a revolution, was mostly non-violent.
April 22. Mass anti-war demonstrations sponsored by National Peace Action Coalition, People's Coalition for Peace and Justice, and other organizations attracted an estimated 100,000 people in New York City, 12,000 in Los Angeles, 25,000 in San Francisco, and other cities around the U.S. and world. [48] [49] [50] Frankfurt am Main, Germany, May 11.
Unlike the protests at the Democratic Convention in Chicago in August 1968 which led to a police riot, the Moratorium marches on October 15 were completely peaceful, attended by families and people of all ages and faiths, with the main theme being grief and sorrow over the war, instead of anger and rage. [7]
Pacifism covers a spectrum of views, including the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved, calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war, opposition to any organization of society through governmental force (anarchist or libertarian pacifism), rejection of the use of physical violence to obtain political, economic or social goals, the ...
An anti-Vietnam War protest in Netherlands in July 1966. February – a group of about 100 veterans attempted to return their military decorations to the White House in protest of the war, but were turned back. March 26 – anti-war demonstrations were held around the country and the world, with 20,000 taking part in New York City.
Violent ways of punishing criminals and prisoners of war was not explicitly condemned in Buddhism, [133] but peaceful ways of conflict resolution and punishment with the least amount of injury were encouraged. [134] [135] The early texts condemn the mental states that lead to violent behavior. [136]
More than this, since only people act, only a person can act unjustly. When the government knocks on the door, it is a person in the form of a postman or tax collector whose hand hits the wood. Before Thoreau's imprisonment, when a confused taxman had wondered aloud about how to handle his refusal to pay, Thoreau had advised, "Resign".