A Non-Verbal Symbol For Our Cause

[Charles Drago]

A method that won Gandhi India.

"Innocence" should never be attacked in its entirety.

Be specific as to the "method" you reference.

And what, specifically, is "innocent" about true non-violent protest?

Next, why doesn't Mr. Prior share his understanding of and insights into satyagraha with us?

I'm a humble newcomer to the teachings of Gandhi (thank you, James Douglass), so perhaps I can benefit from such an exercise.

Now why, you may ask, should I expect Mr. Prior to be capable of conducting it?

Well ... He is the self-anointed leader of the Planning for the 50th brigade, if you will. As such, I expect him to be well-versed in the history of political protest in general and non-violent protest in particular.

Thrill me with your acumen, Agent Prior ...

Gandhi taught, "I have drawn the distinction between passive resistance as understood and practised in the West and satyagraha before I had evolved the doctrine of the latter to its full logical and spiritual extent. I often used 'passive resistance' and 'satyagraha' as synonymous terms: but as the doctrine of satyagraha developed, the expression 'passive resistance' ceases even to be synonymous, as passive resistance has admitted of violence as in the case of suffragettes and has been universally acknowledged to be a weapon of the weak. Moreover, passive resistance does not necessarily involve complete adherence to truth under every circumstance. Therefore it is different from satyagraha in three essentials: Satyagraha is a weapon of the strong; it admits of no violence under any circumstance whatsoever; and it ever insists upon truth. I think I have now made the distinction perfectly clear."