Pacifists - Anarcho-Pacifists, Conscientious Objectors, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Jose Bove, Martin of Tours, George Woodcock, Eugen Relgis (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 93. Chapters: Anarcho-pacifists, Conscientious objectors, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Jose Bove, Martin of Tours, George Woodcock, Eugen Relgis, Leo Tolstoy, Jacques Ellul, Gustav Landauer, Bernard Bolzano, Amal Hijazi, Jaime Garzon, Paul Goodman, Dorothy Day, Johan Galtung, Bianca Jagger, Emile Armand, Colman McCarthy, Han Ryner, Younus AlGohar, Maya Keyes, Ammon Hennacy, Osvaldo Bayer, George Lennon, Alex Comfort, Louis Lecoin, Leymah Gbowee, Maria Lacerda de Moura, Celestin Freinet, Lilian Wolfe, Starhawk, Amilcar de Sousa, Karl Evang, Eduard Fimmen, Bermudians Against the Draft, Bart de Ligt, Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, Ingjald Nordstad, Oscar Pedersen, Eric Aldwinckle, Einar Li, Amparo Poch y Gascon, Jens Galaaen, Yakoub Islam, Anna Hutsol, Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, Joffre Stewart, Louis Moreau, Comfort Freeman, Abraham Yehudah Khein, Gerd Greune, Geoffrey Ostergaard. Excerpt: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: Hindi: , pronounced; 2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948) was a pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha, resistance to tyranny through mass civil resistance. His philosophy was firmly founded upon ahimsa (nonviolence). His philosophy and leadership helped India gain independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma (; Sanskrit: mah tm or "Great Soul" (magnanimous), an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore). In India, he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: , b pu or "Father") and officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation. His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence. Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 by Nathuram Godse. Gandhi first employed...