Satyagraha

What do satyagrahi's refuse to do?

Harm an adversary

Why did Mandela believe satyagraha was more of a useful tactic than moral principle?

He believed it was more useful as a tactic and not moral principle because the peaceful resistance only works if your opponent follows the same rules as you. But Mandela's opponent met peaceful protest with violence. That meant the strategy was simply ineffective.

How did satyagraha impact MLK?

He used it as a guiding principle for many of his civil rights campaigns (bus boycott, etc)

Agraha

Insistence

What do satyagrahi try to awaken in the wrongdoer?

Their sense of justice, they want to convert the wrongdoer

What do Satyagrahi believe their tyrants will never hold power over?

Their soul - the soul can "remain un conquered and unconquerable even when the body is imprisoned"

Satya

Truth

What must untruth be targeted with?

Truth

Satyagraha definition

A Sanskrit term that combines the principle of satya (truth) with agraha (insistence), holding fast to a truth or cause

What did all MLK supporters have to sign?

A commitment card

Nelson Mandela

Anti-apartheid activist President of South Africa's first multiethnic government

Two similarities between the commitment card and the Satyagraha Pledge

Both documents stress the importance of obeying commands of people in charge of the movement Both documents say to be willing to lose a lot for yours cause "personal wishes", "undergo all other sufferings and penalties"

What did MLK mix satyagraha with?

Christianity

Two differences between the commitment card and the Satyagraha Pledge

Commitment card says to meditate daily on Jesus' teachings, the "Satyagraha Pledge" is not religious whatsoever Commitment card says nothing about going to jail for the cause, the "Satyagraha Pledge" discusses the necessity of being open to going to jail for the movement.

What must violence be targeted with?

Non-violence

What did Gandhi believe that injustice could be overcome by?

Nonviolent resistance

"Birthplace" of satyagraha?

South Africa

What did all people have to sign?

The Satyagraha Pledge