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Civil disobedience is known as passive resistance, refusal to obey the orders of government, without vigorous actions of opposition. Civil disobedience remained a main philosophy of the nationalist movement in India and Africa. Other movements include labor movements in America, anti-war, and social movement in other countries. From the history, for the rights of Black, Martin Luther King, Jr. was never compromised his objectives (Menand). He used all of his effort to demonstrate justice and equality. There were many other popular collective actions and protest against political orientation. Fox\’ conservative party and National Action Plan, was to respond to cover mass civil disobedience (Wilkinson). In 2015, nine African Americans were killed by a White supremacist, Dylann Roof (Aljazeera). It was happened in a church in South Carolina. This was a worse example of inequality of rights based on racism.
Why does Cobb list so many modern examples of protest? What PURPOSE do those details serve in his argument?
Cobb used so many modern examples of protest to make it clear that why different groups of people or parties engaged in protests. There were different reasons like inequality of rights, differences based on race or country background, and conflicts based on different individual and/or party reasons. Cobb gives history of African-Americans, Latinos Immigrants, Muslims, Environmentalists, Unionized labor, and people with disabilities (Cobb). He used all these details to make his topic clear for the readers, that how various movements of civil disobedience leads to democracy in the streets, in Trump era.
Is this a balanced conversation about the topic? What could be added (or what questions could be raised) to help balance the discussion?
This is a balanced discussion on the past movements, results, the legislation and institutional setups. To make it more impressive, I think, there is need to discuss the present situation. More details about the changing situation in Trump era may help the readers to understand what they need to do now. As in the modern society, ways to protest are changing. Now people have right to select their political parties. Public can influence their leaders and systematic changes may bring positive results. So, in this situation, traditional way to protest may not lead them to success. Campaigns by the use of media and institutions may resolve the issues. I think such details need to add in this article.
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References
- Aljazeera. \”\’There were black Confederates too\’: Bargaining with US history.\” Aljazeera (2019): 1-10.
- Cobb, Jelani. \”The Return of Civil Disobedience .\” The New Yorker (2017): 1-7.
- Menand, Louis. \”When Martin Luther King, Jr. Became a Leader.\” The New Yorker (2018): 1-10.
- Wilkinson, Daneil. \”Democracy Is in the Streets.\” The Naion (2004): 1-6.
