RCS Posts vocabulary and governance: The Irish Land Wars are the sources of the introduction of this powerfully useful word into the English language.
The Irish Land wars are an example of cause and effect in action. In 1850 Irish persons formed the Tenant Right League to demand reform to the land law of Ireland; a law not of democratic origin. This organization and demand was followed by about 40 years of unrest in Ireland and to some learning and reform.
Check the Home Rule League of Ireland online. Doing so could contribute to your political education. Check out Gandhi on the use of resistance and organization. Well reasoned and presented protests have been a powerful social power. The Irish National League may be interesting to check out, but may prove complicated.
One thing to learn is that you are responsible for ruling yourself. In Ireland self-rule has been called Home Rule. It does seem best to begin at home. You can blame your father, wife, mayor, or President, but that is a waste of energy and undemocratic. Where you are concerned you are
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word in question was the name of a landlord so disliked by his tenants
that he was denied labor to harvest crops, as well as refusal of
services to shops, laundries, and other facilities. The social
excommunication of Mr. Boycott, led to his name being used to describe
it. Boycotts have worked well as a nonviolent protest measure.
Please don't boycott these blogs.
Test questions:
* What is an example of a nonviolent protest measure that you know of?
* Is refusing your labour violent?
* What's democratic?
* Why has often been said that it is best to begin at home?
* Why haven't you checked "responsibility" online?
When you have really tried to answer all these questions you have passed this test.
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