This slide covers the methods of nonviolence and also covers methods adopted by Martin Lurther King Junior and mahatma gandhi and also looked into the methods of nonviolence adopted in the Egyptian revolution of 2011.
3. INTRODUCTION
Nonviolence is seen as a viable alternative to violence
There are several nonviolent methods
Gene sharp gave 198 methods for nonviolence which will be categorized
into three; nonviolent protest, nonviolent cooperation and nonviolent
intervention
The Arab spring, nicknamed the copy-cat effect brought to the spot light
methods of nonviolence and its relevance.
Egyptians adopted several methods of nonviolence which will be
categorized into three; non-violent protest, non violent cooperation and
nonviolent intervention
There are serval peace activist who are regarded as the father of
nonviolence methods, such as Gandhi and Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
4. GENE SHARP 198 METHODS OF
NONVIOLENCE
Gene sharp came up with 198 methods of non-
violence, they have been categorized into;
1. non-violent protest and persuasion
2. non-cooperation both political and economical
3. non-violent intervention
5. NON VIOLENT PROTEST AND
PERSUATION
Formal statements which are; symbolic public acts, displays of flags and
symbolic colors, Pressures on Individuals; which are drama and music,
processions, honoring the dead, public assemblies, withdrawal and
renunciation ostracism of persons, noncooperation with social events,
customs, and institutions such as boy cott of social affairs and social
disobedience , withdrawal from the social system.
7. Non-cooperation
Actions by Consumers such as; consumers boy cott, and rent
withholding, action by workers and producers such as;
workmen’s boycott, and producers’ boycott, action by
middlemen, action by owners and management such as:
merchants’ “general strike” action by holders of financial
resources such as; withdrawal of bank deposits, such as
refusal of a government’s money, action by governments,
symbolic strikes, agricultural strikes, strikes by special groups,
ordinary industrial strikes, restricted strikes, multi-industry
strikes, combination of strikes and economic closures
8. NON COOPERATION
Economic noncooperation
The methods of economic noncooperation: economic boycotts
Actions by Consumers such as; consumers boy cott, and rent
withholding, action by workers and producers such as; workmen’s
boycott, and producers’ boycott, action by middlemen,
Action by owners and management such as: merchants’ “general
strike” action by holders of financial resources such as; withdrawal
of bank deposits, such as refusal of a government’s money,
Action by governments, symbolic strikes, agricultural strikes, strikes
by special groups, ordinary industrial strikes, restricted strikes,
multi-industry strikes, combination of strikes and economic closures
9. NON COOPERATION
Political non cooperation
Rejection of Authority, citizens’ noncooperation with
government citizens’ alternatives to obedience such
as; hiding, escape, and false identities, civil
disobedience of “illegitimate” laws,
action by government personnel such as; selective
refusal of assistance by government aides, blocking
of lines of command and information, domestic
governmental action, international governmental
action
11. NON VIOLENT INTERVENTION
Psychological Intervention such as hunger strike, Physical Intervention such
as sit-ins, and stand in Social Intervention such as Speak-in, Guerrilla
theater, Alternative social institutions, Alternative communication system
Economic Intervention such as Reverse strike, Stay-in strike, Nonviolent
land seizure and Seizure of assets
Political Intervention such as Work-on without collaboration, and Dual
sovereignty and parallel government
12. NON VIOLENT METHODS
To gain a more broader scope and
understanding of the non violent methods
examples will be used such as the Egyptian
revolution of 200 that took place during the
Arab spring
13. The use of non-violent methods in
Egypt
The non violent methods used in Egypt will be
categorized into three namely;
1. Non violent protest
2. Non violent cooperation
3. Non violent intervention
14. Non violent protest in Egypt
The Egyptians marched in small groups along Nile Corniche from the
districts of the North and south. The Egyptians chanted and waved boards
and posters. Posters were carried and they were “Mubaraq is Criminal”,
people hate you Mubaraq, also Egypt will rise, Mubaraq must go, Walk like
an Egyptian on January 28, also a man was seen standing on a lion statue
holding and waving the Egyptian flag, also a man held a Paper on it written
Revolution tool; Ak-47, Machete cancelled out and twitter Facebook was
marked with a green a marker, and a picture saying Mubaraq exit, while
camping the demonstrators
15. NON VIOLENT PROTEST IN EGYPT
Egyptians holding
their countries flag
Protest in Tahir
Square in Egypt
16. NON VIOLENT COOPERATION IN THE
EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION
Egyptian labor unions went on a nationwide strike,
adding momentum to pro-democracy
demonstrations in Cairo and other cities around
20,000 factory workers stayed away from work
(Aljazeera, 2011). Schools and the stock exchange
closed on February 2nd
17. NON VIOLENT INTERVENTION IN THE
EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION
Activist Hani Hanna, known to many as the preacher of the
revolution for leading Christian prayers in Tahrir Square
during the 18 days that led to the ouster of former president
Hosni Mubarak, has been on hunger strike since 9 April to
protest what he says is prevailing injustice. Hanna, who
entered his seventh day of the hunger strike on Tuesday, took
to Facebook to denounce a rise in killings and hatred across
the country, as well as unjust laws and gaps between the rich
and poor
19. Peace activist and Non-violence
pioneer; nonviolent methods
There are several nonviolence pioneer, who are regarded as the father of
nonviolence
They created their methods of nonviolence and used them successfully
They have been uses and its effectives cannot be undoubtedly undeniable
These methods that were used will be looked into. They are;
Mahatma Gandhi
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
20. Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi had a commit to Satyagraha.
The salt march was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India
to produce salt from the sea water in coastal village of Dandi which was
practiced when the British put a taxation on salt in India, during Gandhi an
economic and political boycott was used during this period Gandhi was
named time magazine man of the year. Politicians and workers were told
to leave their work and come and joined the march, economic boycott was
used during this period, the Indians were told not to buy clothes produced
by Britain ,d Indians walked for 320 kilometers
22. DR Martin Luther King Nonviolent
Method; Non-Violence Resistance
The Montgomery bus boycott, which lasted for over a year from 1955-
1956 The protest began, on Dec. 1, 1955, after African-American Rosa
Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white
person. Dr Martin Luther king organized a boycott the next day and it
proved very effective, causing the transit system to lose a lot of money.
He also organized boycott of shops
Dr. King’s most famous act as a civil rights leader came during the March
on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, on Aug. 28, 1963.
to whom King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps
of the Lincoln Memorial. Brinham 1963.