disobedience

Example Sentences

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Other groups are providing nonviolent civil disobedience training, for example, which organizers describe as calling attention to the injustice of the current policy.

From Salon

"Glasgow's long history of civil disobedience and meaningful change has been a barometer throughout the making of this film," he said.

From BBC

They knew civil disobedience must be civil, peaceful resistance peaceful.

From The Wall Street Journal

Acts of civil disobedience have a long and sometimes noble history, but the actors must also face the legal consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal

Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.

From BBC