ClaP 18 — La DÉSOBÉISSANCE CIVILE en 7 minutes ! (HENRY THOREAU)

Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" is a political essay published in the 19th century in which the author argues that an individual's moral conscience must prevail over laws when they are unjust. Starting with his refusal to pay a tax intended to support slavery and the war against Mexico, Thoreau defends the idea that a citizen should not become complicit in a power they deem immoral. This brief yet powerful text constitutes a fundamental reflection on peaceful resistance, individual liberty, and the duty to oppose injustice, and it profoundly influenced figures such as Gandhi, Tolstoy, Martin Luther King Jr., and other leading advocates of nonviolence. Art: Ellen McKenna, Australian artist. *********************