Protest in the park was sickening sight Nov 25, 2008
To see that was sickening enough to make me think of performing an act of what Henry David Thoreau in 1849 called Civil Disobedience. While I agree with the protesters right to voice their opinions, I strongly disagree with giving them as a venue the park named for the very people these protesters so vehemently accuse, revile and despise. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
* Taiwanese need to bone up on their Thoreau Oct 31, 2008
When 600,000 people gathered along Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei to vent their anger at the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (^E) and flashed a laser image onto the Presidential Office building that read incompetent, I recalled US author Henry David Thoreau, who said in his essay Civil Disobedience, published in 1849, that all men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Thoreau is rediscovered as a climatologist Oct 28, 2008
Henry David Thoreau endorsed civil disobedience, opposed slavery and lived for two years in a hut in the woods here, an experience he described in "Walden." Now he turns out to have another line in his r. sum. (International Herald Tribune)
Walden Pond spurs tribute play Oct 24, 2008
With the civil disobedience and ecological movements they realized Thoreau s writing had more depth, Blanding said. And Thoreau as a spiritual thinker is coming out more now. (Concord Journal, MA)
Idolatry and compassion Sep 24, 2008
As a matter of principle, Thoreau committed civil disobedience. He refused to pay the poll tax and was put in jail in Massachusetts. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Respect conscience as a moral guide Sep 5, 2008
Thoreau, in "Civil Disobedience," said, "Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.". And he argued that although I am under no obligation to try to fix all injustices, I am under something like an absolute obligation to not push forward things that I regard as unjust, to not participate in things I regard as wrong or gratuitously hurtful. (Albany Times Union)
THS Valedictorian, Salutatorian offer advice to their peers Jun 13, 2008
Another important quote that I want you all to remember comes from Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau ... The next quote also comes from Thoreau's Civil Disobedience. (Thorndale Champion, TX)
COLUMN: How does one excuse priest attacking Hillary from Trinity's pulpit? Jun 6, 2008
King took the road advocated in Henry David Thoreau s essay Civil Disobedience and Mohandas Gandhi s subsequent use of it to free India from British rule. Terry McCullough, a former editor of the JG told me he thought King the greatest American of the 20th Century. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Granny Did Not Get Run Over by a Tank Apr 6, 2008
This is the chance to do what Henry David Thoreau did by his act of civil disobedience, which gave him a night in the jail and a good meal. Many a freshman has been inspired by reading his essay on civil disobedience, especially under the tutelage of a radical professor who forgets to mention that only under a civil government is civil disobedience possible ... I think these grannies were taught the same things about civil disobedience during their teach-ins on campus. (Townhall.com)
Four blogs to watch next year Dec 31, 2007
While Thoreau is mostly known for titles such as "Walden, or Life in the Woods" and "On Civil Disobedience," his main output as a writer and the source material for his many books was his journal. So each day (with a hiatus here and there as the blog is a volunteer effort), Perry gleans a few paragraphs for a corresponding date in the journals. (Missoulian, MT)
EDITOR’S MAILBAG Dec 17, 2007
The civil disobedience Thoreau espouses is in sharp contrast to the uncivil disobedience in abundance today. Larry A. Smith, Shedd. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Banned books get readers' attention Nov 6, 2007
"The Awakening,' Kate Chopin "The Merchant of Venice," William Shakespeare "The Canterbury Tales," Chaucer "Leaves of Grass," Walt Whitman "Candide," Voltaire "Civil Disobedience," Henry David Thoreau "The Call of the Wild," Jack London Offensive content can cover a range of concerns. The Harry Potter series has drawn criticism from people concerned the books glorify witchcraft and the supernatural and arouse fear in children. According to its Web site, the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom... (The St. Augustine Record)
Letters for Monday, October 1, 2007 Oct 1, 2007
The Superferry protests are part of the great American tradition of civil disobedience ... In 1849 Henry David Thoreau wrote in Civil Disobedience that all men recognize the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable ... I m not saying it isn t your right to protest, but these two, especially Yukimura, have called for civil disobedience. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Letters: Not all share in the view from on-high Jul 23, 2007
Henry David Thoreau s theory on civil disobedience focused on the issue of slavery in the 1800s with hopes that civil disobedience would stimulate all opponents of slavery to act on their convictions, and he claimed the only negative consequences of civil disobedience were triggered by the government s reaction to it ... Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on an Alabama bus to a white passenger in 1955, and the Tank Man who stood in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989 are... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Paying taxes, a la carte Jul 17, 2007
This is typically framed as an act of civil disobedience, not unlike Henry David Thoreau s one-night stand in the Walden jail for refusing to pay a poll tax because of his opposition to the Mexican-American War. Thoreau got a lot of mileage out of his brief incarceration, which inspired an essay later embraced by the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. and Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi. (Montana Standard, MT)
Unlearning preconceptions May 17, 2007
In class, the students have struggled together through "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau and "Discipline and Punishment" by Michel Foucault, which prompted 32-year-old Teddy, an inmate who grew up in Leverett, to say, "This Foucault guy has never been to prison." He did not want his last name used. The students all identified with the lead character in the "Life and Times of Michael K.," by J.M. Coetzee, a novel about a man struggling to define himself outside the politics of war-torn... (Boston Globe)
AMY GOODMAN: Be a patriot: Stop violence, here and in Iraq Apr 19, 2007
He spoke about patriotism: "What is patriotism, and what is not? Who is patriotic, and who is not?""Patriotism is about dissent. It's about criticism and civil disobedience," Zinn began ... Thoreau wrote "Civil Disobedience," which profoundly influenced Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Zinn continued, "He was arrested for not paying his tax because he was protesting the Mexican-American War in the way there are tax resisters today for protesting the war in Iraq." Thoreau went to jail. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Goodman: Hang Up on War Apr 11, 2007
Henry David Thoreau promoted it in his essay "Civil Disobedience" to fight slavery: "If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood.". . (Zmag.org)
Students celebrate heritage Mar 29, 2007
Rajmohan Gandhi discussed how his grandfather's theory of nonviolence was Martin Luther King Jr.'s inspiration for civil disobedience during the 1960s civil rights movement in the United States, Ullagaddi said. "Even people who have lived in India and have come here don't really understand how much of an influence India has had on the world," she said. (The State News, MI)
Unconstitutional coloursAddMyLinkImage("/news/181_1926190,00120001.htm", "Unconstitutional colours"); Feb 13, 2007
It means we must abandon the methods of civil disobedience, non-cooperation and satyagraha ... When you attempt to alter the workings of the system by means of violence or civil disobedience, this, it seems to me, can have only one of two implications: either you do not believe in democracy at all and consider that society ought to be governed by enlightened minorities such as the one to which you, of course, belong; or you consider that the present system is so imperfect that it is not truly... (Hindustan Times, India)
Duo earn awards for Dr. King essays Jan 30, 2007
King practiced the same principles of civil disobedience that Gandi used. On August 28, 1963, King gave a moving speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that was titled, Have a Dream. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Freshman Congressman Claims Bold Confrontations with Rove, Cheney... Jan 13, 2007
Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849 ... That act of conscience-driven civil disobedience earned the World War II veteran a two-month stay last spring at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oxford, Wis ... HD Thoreau, Civil Disobedience. (The Drudge Report)
