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Leaflet Nonviolence 100 years .pdf

Remembering Nonviolent September 11

Saltmarch 2005, Reclaim Gandhi, Indian popular movements, global strategy

Saltmarschen in Swedish

 

Nonviolence
and resistance
100 year anniversary
September 11th 2006

 

 

Reclaim
Gandhi

 

1906 Nonviolence 2006

 

Modern collective nonviolence was born on September 1th 2006 in Transvaal in South Africa when Sheth haji Habib, an Indian muslim, declared he would never obey the new discriminatory pass laws and urged everybody else at a mass meeting to do the same.


A nonviolent mass rebellion against racism and the British empire had started by muslims, hindus and sikhs. Mohandas Gandhi who organised the protest meeting soon developed collective nonviolence as a form for popular movement resistance that since then has spread around the world.


At the 100 year anniversary September 11th 2006 it is time to celebrate a century of struggle against oppression and imperialism. Indian mass popular movements and Gandhi used nonviolence to end british colonialism. Todays empires and social inequalities will be brought to an end with the help of the same mass resistance.

Do you have ideas how to commemorate 100 years of popular movement nonviolent resistance, send your comments to: info (at) folkrorelser.nu

 

Webbpage on Nonviolence, Gandhi and Popular Movements

made by the Popular Movement Study Group

 

Read more:

Remembering the Nonviolent September 11, Chaiwat Satha-Anand: http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2005/pi226_Chaiwat_Sept11.html

Last years international action:

Salt marsh jubilee with articles and links on nonviolence, self-reliance, antiracism, struggle or consensus, Indian popular movements, reclaim gandhi, global strategy and more: Saltmarch 2005, Reclaim Gandhi.

You will find more links at the Swedish and Nordic version of this website: Saltmarschen start

 

webbpage made in January 2006 byTord Björk