Making it Real
Actions Speak Louder than Words page 2.
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4. Karen Silkwood
was an outspoken union activist, worked at a Plutonium Plant in Oklahoma. She was exposed to deadly levels of plutonium. In 1974 she decided to blow the whistle on her employers to highlight serious safety violations in the industry. She arranged to meet a New York Times journalist with her proof, but on the way the 28 year old died in a car “accident” with evidence she'd been drugged and run off the road.
5. Ken Saro-Wiwa's
homeland in the Niger Delta was targeted for crude oil extraction and had suffered extreme environmental damage from decades of petroleum waste dumping. Saro-Wiwa led a nonviolent campaign, rallying 300,000 to peacefully march against the multinational petroleum industry, especially Shell, and criticised the Nigerian government. In 1995 Saro-Wiwa was arrested. After being imprisoned for months without trial, he was tortured, hastily tried by a military tribunal, and hanged with 8 other activists on false charges.
6. Mohandas Gandhi.
spearheaded the Indian freedom struggle against the British. He used civil disobedience and non-violence to fight for the freedom of the Indian people and his passion for equality in the Indian society put him behind bars many times. Opposing untouchability and poverty; he fought to recognize religious friendliness and the emancipation of women. His ideals of truth and non-violence have inspired many, such as Martin Luther King (see number ).
Quotes:
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's
greed.”
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
“All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.”
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
Gandhi
Film by Richard Attenborough 1982
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