passive resistance

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Let's hope we see more passive resistance coming from the rest of the federal employees.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

District Judge Marco A. Hernandez barred police from firing less-lethal FN303 and 40-mm launchers and using pepper spray on people engaged in passive resistance.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2023

He took his pacifism to the civil rights movement, where he helped solidify the Gandhi-like strategy of passive resistance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Bringing this up elicits a lot of anger or passive resistance.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022

At the ANC annual conference in Bloemfontein, the organization adopted the league’s Program of Action, which called for boycotts, strikes, stay-at-homes, passive resistance, protest demonstrations, and other forms of mass action.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela