[ noun ] peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate <noun.act>
nonviolence \nonviolence\ n. The theory, doctrine, or practice of peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.
Syn: passive resistance. [WordNet 1.5]
"We're talking about principles" to enhance the investment climate and thus "can't be advocating divestment," responds Rev. Sean McManus, national director of the Irish National Caucus, which has a policy of nonviolence.
"Only in the case of South Africa has the doctrine of nonviolence emerged as a central element of our policy," said Wolpe, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa subcommittee.
In an interview afterward, Jackson accused Bush of hypocrisy for pressing the issue of nonviolence.