I do not want your personal opinion, I want hard objective facts!
2006-07-09 02:16:10 · 6 answers · asked by Jonas 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Tibet, Burma, Falun Gong, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Mandela, the orange revolution... There has been, and are many nonviolent fights for freedom and democracy. Has nonviolence ever failed?
2006-07-12 00:21:57 · update #1
I'm not sure why you're asking since you've answered you're own question:
Tibet? Burma? Successful? I hardly think so. The Tibetans and Burmese continue to live under tyranny.
Gandhi's effectiveness was not solely his own, but was mediated by a coexistent violent struggle (Subash Chandra Bose anyone?). And the British withdrawal was largely a result of a) WWII and financial collapse and b) Gandhi's inability to control rioting and violence by his supporters.
Mandela's struggle was also far from non-violent. Umkhonto we Sizwe - the armed wing of the ANC? He founded it and led it (just read his autobiography).
2006-07-15 03:57:55 · answer #1 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No nonviolent action succeeds without help of the controlling power. Gandhi was a Brahman, Booker T. Washington got donation from wealthy businessmen.
2006-07-09 09:22:35 · answer #2 · answered by King Rao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No ever one know the objective fact of any thing,You ask a question and you are looking for any answer, you can't force people how to answer your question
2006-07-09 09:21:48 · answer #3 · answered by boy_jam_arch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They always fail and that is why you can only find a violent ones
2006-07-09 09:34:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Name just one non-violent freedom struggle.
I am at a loss to your question.
2006-07-09 09:21:41 · answer #5 · answered by babo02350 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
due to production of arm factory
2006-07-13 11:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋