Success in South Africa: Return to India and the Year of Silence I

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Contents

00:00—02:36
02:37—08:55
08:56—10:24
10:25—15:25
15:26—16:58
16:59—18:19
18:20—19:16
19:17—25:16
25:17—29:54
29:55—36:43
36:44—40:36
40:37—44:38
44:39—53:22
53:23—55:22
55:23—57:32
57:33—58:00
58:01—1:04:16
1:04:17—1:06:59
1:07:00—1:10:40
1:10:41—1:13:10
1:13:11—1:16:17
1:16:18—end




 Announcements
Question: Was what Gandhi organized really new to human history? Is martyrdom nonviolence? 
Commentary on course being a mix of history and nonviolence concepts
Gandhi and the paradox of repression in the South Africa struggle
Commentary on the participation of children in the Civil Rights Movement
Person power and the concept of ‘leadership’ in nonviolent movements 
Paradox of repression and decentralized models of leadership in nonviolence 
Gandhi, 1909-1912: Move to Tolstoy Farm, Gandhian economics, Nai Talim
Gandhi 1912: visit by Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q&A: relationship between Empire and India, imprisonment of Satyagrahis, Empire’s use of force
Gandhi 1913: Gokhale con’t, invalidation of non-Christian marriages, paradox of repression
Gandhi on women and Satyagraha, women’s challenge to the immigration laws
Newcastle miners strike in solidarity with Indian women, swadeshi, not mixing issues
Newcastle March (“The Great March”), concrete vs. symbolic action
The Great March, the Salt Raids and the “Nonviolent Moment”
Story: Gandhi presenting the evidence against himself in court
Crackdown on movement, role of reference public, Gandhi on democracy and the individual
Gandhi declines on principle to join British commission on the status of Indians 
Gandhi calls off Satyagraha during British rail strike, principle of non-embarassment
Satyagraha and intention towards the opponent, Story from Mahabarata
Question on whether there are people who cannot be reached, comments on terrorism
End of South Africa struggle, comments on how it may have influenced later history

Readings

Continue with Easwaran, Gandhi the Man

Additional Resources

Recommended film: Mighty Times: The Children’s March
The Starfish and the Spider
All Men are Brothers (Gandhi)