South Africa:
- already in SA Gandhi fought for the rights of the Indiand people, who were oppressed by the Apartheid system
India :“ no participation”
- 1920 he started the non-violent resistance in India against the British Colonial power with the INC (Indian national congress)
- The Indian stopped working, and therefore fought against poverty and surpression trying to boycott the British “asahayoga” stands for “ no participation”
- Firstly Gandhi stopped wearing British clothe, instead he wore traditional Indian ropes. – Gandhi requested that everybody should produce their own fabric by using spinning wheels, he himself yarned and therefore the spinning wheel is used as a symbol for political and economical independence on the Indian flag.
-Ghandi himself was imprisoned often but because of not resisting he was released every time and more and more people supported and followed Gandhi
Quotes:
-Mein Glaube an die Gewaltlosigkeit verpflichtet mich zu äußerster Entschlossenheit. Da bleibt kein Raum für Feigheit oder Schwäche.
-Es gibt nur einen Weg, durch Gewaltlosigkeit Unabhängigkeit zu erreichen: Wenn wir sterben, leben wir, wenn wir töten, niemals.
-Gewalt ist die Waffe des Schwachen; Gewaltlosigkeit die des Starken.
