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Civil disobedience
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.The term "civil disobedience" characterizes the active refusal to obey
certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying
power without resorting to physical violence.In seeking an active form of resistance, those who practice civil
disobedience may choose to deliberately break certain laws, such as by
forming a peaceful blockade or occupying a facility illegally.Civil disobedience has served as a major tactic of civil rights movements in the US and nationalist
movements in former colonies in Africa and Asia prior to their gaining
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In Hong Kong we have had, protests, riots, strikes, a few students being carried out of the secretariat but never a planed and executed moment of simply breaking the "law" in a peaceful way to make a point.
For me an act like that is powerful and resonant. For other’s it’s just plain scary.
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1) Ghandi Salt March
2) Carlos and Smith at 1968 Mexico Olympics
3) Thich Chan Hy in Vietnam 1960s
4) Flower Child, Vietnam War Protest
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Even though I work for government in the enforcement of laws, I love the idea of civil disobedience, the theory of it. It strikes me as a pure form of human expression, almost like artistic expression, when done for a just cause.
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Artist expression.. I like that. i think so. Performance art is seen as a protest form, to do with bodies and space mostly. Civil disobedience I suppose it the political protest that can be seen as an artistic form. I choose those photos (there is a better one of Ghandi holding the salt in the air but I cant find it) coz of the beauty of the physical expression of the political cause. I could think of like five more other instances of it. But really that’s just clutter.
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hey tom,is it easier to die on your feet or live on your knees? i wonder if civil disobedience is more courage than artistic expression,depending on which country you live in.
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Hmm, courage. That’s a good point too. Can it be both?
Art intrinsically takes guts as well. I actually had this really long lecture from a guy I have never met in my life and probably will never meet again the other day, coz he asked me what I do, and I said, “Oh, my own art mostly, otherwise I just work to make a living. but I don’t really talk about that.” And somehow he decided to tell me that if I was an artist, it was also my duty to let others view my work and tell my friends about my work, and explain it to them, so they understand. What’s the point of doing political art to change people if you can’t even say it to your friend?? I was stunned but grateful. So for the last few days I have been in one breathe telling all my friends about my projects and ideas, and they have been very receptive and kinda proud and curious. And then I realized I was being a coward for the last few years, I could take rejection from random strangers, but I couldn’t cope with the idea my friends thought I was kook in terms of my politics. So art takes courage as well…
(I probably just wanted to tell my story and found a way to incorporate it here 🙂 )
yan
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last sunday we buried a friend.he took his own life,f###ing drugs.after the funeral his brother played some recorded music for everyone.it blew us all away when he told us who wrote and recorded and produced it.we never knew how tallented our dead friend was,he never played his music for anyone not even his family.i guess it hurt me that he didnt share his tallent with me,but he is not a coward neither are you yan.it does take courage to bare yourself to the ones who mean a lot to you.i cant get the image of a man standing in front of a tank refusing to let it pass out of my mind,courage or artistic expression? the line is blurred.
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Draper. I already wrote you…
but I do want to say the talk about whether civil disobedience is art/courage/performance. Is so so so amazing. I liked it so much I copy and pasted it into my person “ideas” art diary. Its the best convo we’ve had on Glutter for a long long long time.
Thanks both.
yan
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3) Tibetan Monk Self Immolation 80s …
I believe that’s the protesting monk of The Vietnam. President Kennedy saw the picture of the monk burining and shortly after involved the U.S. military in the Vietman confict.
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I was wondering why I couldn’t find any information on it, and had to resort the rage against machine cover. It’s been changed thanks!
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