Peace Theme 3: Promoting

• What is Nonviolence?

• Why Nonviolence?

• Nonviolent Direct Action

• The Goals of Nonviolent Action• The Steps in Doing Nonviolent Action

Mohandas Gandhi

was the preeminent leader of the Indian

independence movement in British-

ruled India. Employing nonviolent

civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and

inspired movements for civil rights and freedom

across the world.

As long as people accept exploitation, both exploiter and exploited will be

entangled injustice but once the exploited

refuse to accept the relationship, refuse to cooperate with it, they

are already free.

“Nonviolence and cowardice do not

work together. Possession of arms implies an element

of fear, if not cowardice”

“A person and his/her deeds

are two different

things. Hate the sin but love

the sinner”

“If we fight back (in a violent way), we will become the

vandal and they (oppressors) will become the law”

“An eye for an eye will make

the whole world blind”

“Nonviolence is more powerful for

converting the opponent and

opening his ears which are

otherwise shut to the voice of

reason”

“Nonviolence demands that the

means used should be as pure as the end sought. Two wrongs

will not make one right. If the end is

good the means must also be good”

Martin Luther King Jr.

an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and

leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the

advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil

disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.

Nonviolence does not seek to defeat or

humiliate the opponent but to win his friendship

and understanding.

Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not

people.

Nonviolence thrives on love

rather than hatred.

Nonviolence requires

willingness to suffer and amazing

discipline in midst of

provocation.

Nonviolence holds that

suffering can educate and transform.

• Extreme poverty•Economic inequality•Human Rights Violation•Oppression

Peace Education tells us that it is the best

to pursue social change through

peaceful means as violence only begets

violence.

Why Nonviolence?

It is both an ethical and

moral choice.•Jainism – “a wise person does not kill, nor cause others to kill, nor consent

to others killing by others.•Lao Tzu - “weapons are instrument of evil and not of a good ruler”

•Buddhism- “no one has the right to take the life of another”

Ten Commandment

s“Thou shall

not kill”

Destruction is not the law of

humans.Aggression is not inherent but is

learned in the process of socialization and thus, may be unlearned. It is not

in human nature nor is it programmed in our genes to kill. Humans, under

normal circumstances, prefer cooperation to aggressiveness.

Nonviolence is a practical

choice. Tools and effects of violence are

costly.

.Nonviole

nce Works!

Nonviolent Direct Action

--refers to efforts to persuade with action via methods of protest, noncooperation, and intervention without using physical violence.

Nonviolent Protest and Persuasion

Produce awareness of the dissents

Nonviolent Noncooperation

Presents the opponents difficulties in maintaining the normal operation of

system.(Consumers’ boycott, General Strike, Civil

Disobedience)

Nonviolent Intervention

Challenges the opponent more directly

Goals of Nonviolent Actions

• to dramatize the issue (of injustice) to put pressure on the adversary to confront the issue.• to create tension/crisis that would force the adversary to open the door to negotiation.• to create a situation that would liberate victims from silence and helplessness.•To gain attention, and consequently, support from larger community

Steps in Doing Nonviolent

Direct Action

1.Gather Data

2.Raise Consciousness of People about the

Issue.

3. Organize Constituents and Build Coalitions

4. Employment of the various method of nonviolent action

Thank You &

God Bless!Mary Christine Calansanan Ignacio

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