Since September 2014 thousands of citizens in Hong Kong protested against the so called “proposed electoral reform” decided by the Chinese National People’s Congress which doesn’t allow civil nomination of candidates to the post of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. The protesters blocked the east-west arterial routes. The group Occupy Central With Love and Peace (OCLP) called for a civil disobedience campaign. In the following is the “Manual of Desobedience” of OCLP. (source: http://oclp.hk/?route=occupy/eng_detail&eng_id=28) Civil disobedience (1) Philosophy Civil disobedience refers to acts of opposing injustice through refusing to comply with a law, decree or order. The participants will not resort to violence. Rather, they will proactively accept the... Read more »