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“I heartily accept the motto, — ‘That government is best which governs least’; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.”

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"If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth — certainly the machine will wear out… but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine."

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"All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to and to resist the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable."

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“Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.”

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“Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?”

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Provides context to the civil disobedience example (what happened, who was involved, what was being protested, how/why it is considered civil disobedience).

Discusses the event's direct connect to the words/ideas/philosophies of Thoreau.

Explains the impact of this civil disobedience -- Was it effective?  What made it effective/ineffective?

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Georgia Legislator, Park Cannon, demonstrated civil disobedience when standing at the door of a congressman who was signing a very dangerous voter suppression bill. She was arrested and removed from the capitol building by police. Cannon knew that this bill would disproportionally affect black voters and it went against her principles to have unequal elections. Her act of civil disobedience is refusing to leave the congressman's door until there was "transparency of the bill signing". Thoreau would applaud Cannon for her civil disobedience because she didn't let outside influence, including her colleagues and government officials, affect what she knows is right. She held herself to her own standards and therefore can only truly be punished by outside sources. The effects of this act led many sports companies and artistic creators to refuse visiting the state of Georgia. Cannon's act of civil disobedience inspired many others to fight for equality within their governments. Cannon makes her own claim supporting civil disobedience, saying, "I am not the first Georgian to be arrested for fighting voter suppression. I’d love to say I’m the last, but we know that isn’t true, but someday soon that last person will step out of jail for the last time and breathe a first breath knowing that no one will be jailed again for fighting for the right to vote"

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Nationwide people are protesting to abolish ICE due to their policies that often lead to parents and children being separated. Illegal immigrants who are caught are often taken by ICE and separated, or sometimes put in jail cells/cages. Protestors block streets, entrances, storefronts, etc. in order to force people to listen to their message. This connects to Thoreau's idea that people should not conform to a corrupt society and if something violates their personal morals, they should detach from it and make a difference. ICE was not abolished so this civil disobedience was sort of ineffective, but it did draw awareness to the issue.

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This summer, we saw protests, examples of civil disobedience, all over America. In Minnesota, a man by the name of George Floyd was disregarded as a human being when a Minneapolis police offer restrained him for using counterfeit money by pressing his knee to his neck and ultimately suffocating him. As news of this event spread across the nation, millions took over the streets for their voice to be heard. This is considered civil disobedience because many people took to the streets peacefully in order for change to secured against a system with fatal flaws. Especially with the government and higher up authorities such as policemen, people are very afraid to speak out and voice their opinion so they follow in line and stay quiet. However, in this case, a new age of revolution came as the people were not afraid anymore and chose to not follow the norm and voice their opinion. They let the government know that these murders would not be tolerated and that something needs to change in order for them to respect the system and get out of the streets. This example of civil disobedience was effective. After the many protests, information and knowledge was spread throughout America. Since this information was spread, Americans have now been able to join forces and help black people stand up to unfair systems that target them. All of the voices and the strong black leadership helped this civil disobedience possible as they did so much knowledge spreading and event holding.

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In 2017, on Donald Trump's first day in office, thousands of people took part in a protest for women's rights following the president's inappropriate remarks. Many women felt disrespected and objectified by the president and wanted to make it known that they would not back that behavior. They did this by holding a peaceful protest against their oppressors. I consider this civil disobedience because it was a nonviolent protest against the government.
This event is easily connected to the main ideas of Thoreau. One of his most influential ideas is not thinking about if we should stand up against society if it doesn't stand for what's morally right, but how we should go about standing up to society. Basically saying if you have a moral objection to something in your society you should share it, but in a peaceful and respectful way. We can see the same ideas at play in the women's rights march.
This march was a big step for women's rights. The fact that it was the largest single day protest in history, meant a message was sent to the government about what the people would and wouldn’t support. The thing that made it effective was how they delivered this message. They held a peaceful gathering and stated their problems with how things were run, which has proved effective.

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Five university students were demonstrating civil disobedience while protesting against  Florida House Bill 1. The Florida House Bill makes it unlawful for a person to assemble with more than two people with a common intent to compel or induce another person by force or threat of  assumption or abandon a viewpoint.” The students knew that the bill was aimed at the black and brown communities in an effort to shut down their freedom of speech. Students for Democratic Society said that they were targeted and their rights were violated. David Thoreau would congratulate students for their civil disobedience because they were standing up for truth and their right to assemble peacefully. We won’t be aware of how effective it is but it’s drawing attention to a law that infringes on our freedom to assemble. 

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Five university students were demonstrating civil disobedience while protesting against  Florida House Bill 1. The Florida House Bill makes it unlawful for a person to assemble with more than two people with a common intent to compel or induce another person by force or threat of  assumption or abandon a viewpoint.” The students knew that the bill was aimed at the black and brown communities in an effort to shut down their freedom of speech. Students for Democratic Society said that they were targeted and their rights were violated. David Thoreau would congratulate students for their civil disobedience because they were standing up for truth and their right to assemble peacefully. We won’t be aware of how effective it is but it’s drawing attention to a law that infringes on our freedom to assemble. 

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In Schenck v. United States, Thoreau's belief that individuals have the right to refuse allegiance to and resist the government was exemplified. In 1919, Charles Schenck was arrested for handing out pamphlets encouraging men who had been drafted into the First World War to disobey through peaceful action. His case went to the Supreme Court where he was subsequently convicted under the pretenses of the clear and present danger test that his First Amendment right of freedom of speech did not include that of promoting unlawful behavior. Schenck's actions of encouraging individuals to follow their own morals and to peacefully disobey social constraints implemented by government show Thoreau's idea that individuals not only had the right to, but also could openly "refuse allegiance to and resist the government". Both Schenck and Thoreau would argue that entering the First World War was for the benefit of the government and that by forcing individuals to be drafted, they were essentially conforming individuals under their agenda / values. Despite Schenck's conviction, his efforts paved the way for those who disagreed with government policy and were willing to disobey laws in order to adhere to their morals and what they believed was important.

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Nelson Mandela and the South African civil rights movement. In south Africa until 1994 there was a racist system of segragtion and oppression called Apartheid. Under this system black people were not allowed to do much of what white people were allowed to do. They couldn't live in certain places, have certain jobs, or get married to an opposite race. Nelson Mandela was a revolutionary who modeled his movement for civil rights closely to Dr. Kings. He and his followers used peaceful protest and civil disobedience to help change the racist system put in place at the time. Thourough says that everybody has the right to revolution if the government is tyrannical and unendurable, and for people of color in South Africa that was the case however they still wanted to keep the movement civil and not become violent because that makes the rest of the public take away its support so he and his followers did non-violent protests. This was very effective and lead to the ending of aparteid as well as Mandela becoming president.

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In 1955, a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man after he asked her to move so he could have the seat. she never gave in and was ultimately taken off the bus by police officials and arrested. she did this to protest Montgomery, Alabama's racial segregation laws. she used non violent actions to send a message to fellow people of the community that these laws should no longer be in place. this action from Rosa Parks caught the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. where he enforced the message more amongst the black community and started a peaceful boycott against the Alabama bus systems. this was caused the bus systems to take a major financial hit due to the large amount of African American bus riders. In 1956, the U.S. supreme court struck down Alabama state and Montgomery city bus segregation laws. In this quote Thoreau says,"...and to resist the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable." he is talking about that humans should have the right to express their opinions and emotions and not follow the government's orders when they recognize some sort of violation of human rights. This is exactly what Rosa Parks did as she saw that when she was arrested due to not giving up her seat because of her race, her right to the equal protection clause that is stated in the 14th amendment was violated. this is what ultimately led her and Dr. King to make a significant change.

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Gandhi, born in India in the 1800's. During the 1800s, India was under strict control by Britain. A main thing in the Indian diet was salt, but Britain put strict control on the Indian salt and had a law that prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt. Gandhi refused this and had a peaceful protest against it, he showed civil disobedience by rejecting the Britain salt act but did it in a peaceful way. Gandhi saw the salt act as morally wrong and he voiced his opinion on it, ideas that Thuero believed as well.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929. He grew up to become a pastor and graduated high school at 15. He grew up in a segregated world, and started many protest and boycotts. He wanted to be heard peacefully. Many people opposed him but he still had a huge following that were all peaceful people. He was soon assassinated for his actions, even though he didn't resist for start anything bad.

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In France of 1999, peasant farmer, José Bové, dismantled a half built McDonalds one brick at a time to combat globalization and the loss of food sovereignty to multinationals. His efforts was supported by other farmers throughout Europe. He became further praised after being arrested and jailed. His efforts and support by thousands allowed for the creation of the Confederation Paysanne, the Associations for the Maintenance of Peasant Agriculture and La Via Campesina, the international peasants movement. These organizations were created to demand protection for human rights, including the right to control the supply and safety of one's food. Through a small act, José Bové changed the outcome of farmers who were under the influence of multinational incorporation power. He demanded that all farmers are treated fairly and compensated well for their work, also, that they are protected from any unsafe methods desired by these incorporations. As a result, other peasant farmers are protected and rights that were once infringe are now recognized and upheld under government.

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On December 27, 1900, a woman of the name Carrie Nation smashed a number of liquor bottles with the intent of showing her Prohibition activist beliefs. This incident caused thousands of dollars worth of damage in which lead her to be arrested. For these action her name became some what famous. Nation didn't stay in jail for long and once she was out her actions continued, in an even more damaging matter. These actions taken by Carrie Nation has showed the United States that women have used this civil disobedience method in order for their voices to be heard especially since women didn't have nowhere near the same rights as men. As Nation gained more followers, she continued to travel and smash up places that continued to sell "intoxicating drinks" and eventually passed away in 1911, only 9 years before the nationwide Prohibition act was enacted.

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On August 28, 1967, over 200 leaders of the NAACP group in Milwaukee led a 200 day march against fighitng for equality over the living restrictions of living within the inner core for African Americans. There was a substantial differenc of living conditions and job opportunity from outside the Inner Core. Although these protests were banned after the first few days by the forbade of the government, who enforced Mayor Henry Maier to take charge and stop these marches. By means of civil disobedience the NAACP leaders refused to comply with the forbade and continued to fight for equality through their actions by marching at night. Thoreau believed that one should trust their own thoughts and not follow other around you who have been blinded by society. In this case this march relates to exactly that because the government still is in tact of discriminating against african ameriicans, and this protest goes against societys blindness as they speak up for their own thoughts and for what is right for equality.this march was effective because it was a span of over several months. Which makes peoople realized how important this is and that their problems need to be heard.

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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence. The Boston Tea Party shows the impact of the civil al disobedience because se in this case this was the start to the American revolution and American gaining their freedom and independence.

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Protesters in Hong Kong chanting the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong" because of their opposition towards a bill the government just put forth called the "Extradition Bill." This bill allowed China to arrest political voices in Hong Kong. After it was proposed, it caused widespread opposition among citizens of Hong Kong. These protests were effective, while gathering the attention of people across the globe, they were able to make Hong Kong Legislators withdraw the bill last September.

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On January 6th, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed and broke into the United States Capitol in an attempt to attack Congress and overturn Donald Trump's presidential election loss. The rioters believed that Donald Trump  had rightfully won the vote and that the election was being stolen from them. They fully believed their cause and attacked the capitol in a last attempt to change the outcome of the election. This act of civil disobedience did not make a difference in the outcome of the election, and only made Donald Trump seem even worse, prompting him to be impeached by the house of representatives for the second time in his presidency.

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sits ins were part of the civil rights movement in the 60s. where many African American people would enter white only areas and peacefully sit. Many people called the cops and abused them with words or physically. Its considered civil disobedience because they peacefully and civilly apposed the law and pushed back. Thoreau ideology that connects to this is break the rules if you don't believe in them and fight hard if you love them.