1. Bob’s Guide to Non-Violent Action
Sit down on one of our inexpensive
chairs and learn about the history of
non-violent civil disobedience.

2. A Religious Foundation
“Sitting is good. It prevents violence
as once you find a good chair people
are less likely to get up, thus avoiding
a fight.”
--From Bob’s Chair Business Catalog

3. Wu wei Action that does not
involve struggle or
excessive effort

4. Ahimsa Do no harm.

5. Mettā To liberate one's self,
Mahavira taught the
necessity of right faith,
right knowledge and right
conduct.
Right conduct includes five
great vows out of which
first is Nonviolence
(Ahimsa) - to cause no
harm to any living being in
any manner

6. Cain and Abel
God: Where’s Abel?
Cain: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Bob: Uh, yeah!

7. Jesus of Nazareth “You have heard that it was said,
'An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth.' But I tell you, do not
resist an evil person. If someone
strikes you on the right cheek,
turn to him the other also. And if
someone wants to sue you and
take your tunic, let him have
your cloak as well. If someone
forces you to go one mile, go
with him two miles. Give to the
one who asks you, and do not
turn away from the one who
wants to borrow from you.”

8. Modern Writing and Actions
It’s time to stand up for sitting down!

9. Henry David
Thoreau

10. Mexican-American War
1836: Texas declares
independence from Mexico;
defeats Mexico and becomes
Republic of Texas.
1845: United States admits
Texas into the union. Mexico
reclaims Texas.
1846: United States declares
war on Mexico.
1848: Mexico defeated, signs
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexico cedes:
•Texas
•Nevada
•Utah
•California
•New Mexico

11. Henry David
Thoreau
Emerson: What are you doing
in there?
Thoreau: What are you doing
out there?
Bob: Snap! That just blew my mind (although it
probably did not actually happen).

12. Emma Goldman

13. Mohandas K.
Gandhi

14. Martin Luther
King, Jr.

15. The Other View

16. Malcolm X “I believe it's a crime for
anyone being brutalized to
continue to accept that
brutality without doing
something to defend
himself.”

17. George Jackson “The concept of
nonviolence is a false ideal.
It presupposes the
existence of compassion
and a sense of justice on
the part of one's adversary.
When this adversary has
everything to lose and
nothing to gain by
exercising justice and
compassion, his reaction
can only be negative”

18. D.A. Clark Non violence must be,
“Practiced by those who
could easily resort to force
if they chose.”

19. Peter Gelderloos Nonviolence is generally
advocated by privileged
white people who expect,
"oppressed people, many
of whom are people of
color, to suffer patiently
under an inconceivably
greater violence, until such
time as the Great White
Father is swayed by the
movement's demands or
the pacifists achieve that
legendary 'critical mass.‘”