| Samenvatting: | For forty years Mohandas Gandhi led the people of India in a nonviolent uprising against the powerful British Empire. Using nothing but their bodies, their minds, and their wills, Gandhi and his followers challenged a well-armed military force that had occupied their country for three hundred years. The world had never seen anything like it. Over the last century brave people across the world have taken a stand against violence and oppression. Against all odds their actions have toppled governments, challenged unjust laws, and rebuilt societies. This is the power of nonviolent resistance. This is the legacy of Gandhi. From individuals like Muhammad Ali, whose refusal to be drafted helped galvanize American resistance to the Vietnam War, to movements such as Argentina's Mothers of the Disappeared, whose courageous vigils for their missing children contributed to the fall of the military government responsible for the kidnappings, After Gandhi profiles some of the major figures of nonviolent resistance from around the world. Highlighting a variety of causes, cultures, and time periods, these stories will inform and inspire a new generation of activist citizens. |
| Trefwoorden: | Gandhi, Muhammad Ali, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam, Verenigde Staten, Zuid Afrika, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Australië, Aboriginals, Charles Perkins, César Chávez, Mairead Corrigan, Betty Williams, Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Dwaze Moeders, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Argentinië, Noord Ierland, China, Tiananmen Plein, studenten activisten, Desmond Tutu, Vaclav Havel, Tsjechoslowakije, Wangari Maathai, Kenia, civiele verdediging, protestacties, demonstraties, geweldloze weerbaarheid, geweldloze acties,
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