nonviolent resistance
Refusal to obey a law considered unjust; civil disobedience.
Notes for nonviolent resistance
Notes for nonviolent resistance
African-Americans in the civil rights movement often practiced nonviolent resistance in the South in the 1960s — for example, by sitting-in at segregated lunch counters to provoke arrest and draw attention to their cause. (See segregation and sit-ins.)
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How to use nonviolent resistance in a sentence
Not all successful cases of nonviolent resistance have earned distinctive names.
Disobedience of the rules is a mainstay of nonviolent resistance.
Love Trumped Rules for Fired Methodist Rev. Frank Schaefer | Gene Robinson | December 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHere he puts forward his radical notions about nonviolent resistance to evil.
These are not the Palestinians being held without charges or as political prisoners for nonviolent resistance.
Palestinian Prisoners Are Released And No One Cares | Maysoon Zayid | August 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe spoke of the anti-occupation tool of massive nonviolent resistance.
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