Arderne clarence biography of mahatma gandhi
Speaking truth to power
Non-violent political tactic employed by dissidents
Speaking truth to power is a non-violent political tactic, employed by dissidents against the received wisdom or propaganda of governments they regard as oppressive, authoritarian or an ideocracy. The phrase originated with a pamphlet, Speak Truth to Power: a Quaker Search for an Alternative to Violence, published by the American Friends Service Committee in 1955. Speak Truth To Power is also the title of a global human rights initiative under the auspices of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
Practitioners who have campaigned for a more just and truthful world have included The Hebrew Prophets,Apollonius of Tyana, Vaclav Havel,[1]Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mahatma Gandhi, Bacha Khan, and the Dalai Lama.[2]
History of the concept
In classical Greece, "speaking truth to power" was known as parrhesia. The tactic is similar to satyagraha (literally, "truth-fo About mahatma gandhi!