But there were no arrests, as the marchers followed Cesar Chavez's example of non-violent activism.
Last December New York Gov. George Pataki expanded the law to include non-violent felons.
Instead, he proposes a special drugs court which would give non-violent offenders non-custodial sentences and counselling.
In such circumstances, the struggle can be pursued through means that are, at least temporarily, non-violent.
In recent years, however, some Islamists have sought power in Turkey through non-violent means.
"Video games started off as non-violent, and then later on the violent aspects came along, " observes Whittle.
They also found non-violent uprisings are 10 times more likely to end in stable and durable democracies.
These really are movements that are tremendous examples of people pursuing their aspirations in a non-violent fashion.
Mr Krasniqi was until recently a village leader of Mr Rugova's non-violent party, the Democratic League of Kosovo.
Fifty out of 67 transitions from dictatorships to democracies in the last 35 years came from non-violent struggle.
Louisiana's legislators recently approved a bill to cut prison sentences for some drug offences and other non-violent crimes.
But its exiled leaders, as elsewhere in the Middle East, are at pains to promote a non-violent vision.
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However, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines can put a first-time, non-violent offender behind bars for the remainder of their life.
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The commandos boarded the ship armed with paintball guns expecting to be greeted by hostile, but non-violent humanitarian activists.
Even when given the opportunity to be violent, they were choosing non-violent acts.
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Mr Aznar is loth to make concessions even to the non-violent Basque nationalists, especially if Mr Arzalluz remains their leader.
The Methodist President, Ken Lindsay, on Wednesday drew the line between non-violent disobedience and the violent disorder witnessed in recent days.
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After the election, the Liberal-Constitutionalist Party (PLC) made a decision to rally and hold non-violent demonstrations in the streets of Nicaragua.
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They were recognised for their "non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work".
But if after one semester he fails to deliver, then we need a new solution: people power that is non-violent and peaceful.
People in the small farming community of Jordan near the Freemen compound agree the FBI's non-violent approach is the way to go.
And it strengthened the non-violent campaign he would return home to wage.
In letters filed in court, friends and family members urged the court to release Phillipos on bail, describing him as peaceful and non-violent.
Already, the Administration has worked to expand specialized courts that divert roughly 120, 000 non-violent offenders into treatment instead of prison each year.
Although this may be an exaggerated figure, about a third of Sao Paulo's prisoners are inside for non-violent offences involving drugs or theft.
We've just marked the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the beginning of the non-violent protest movement in the civil rights struggle.
So with budgets tight, inmate populations growing and laws that are sending first time non-violent offenders to prison for decades, what should we do?
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In fact, one surprising recent study by two American academics, Maria Stephan and Erica Chenoweth, suggests non-violent campaigns are more effective than armed uprisings.
JAM74 said almost 100 people had committed themselves to non-violent direct action within hours of Thursday's announcement that the project had received the green light.
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Several other factions face similar, if non-violent, feuds: no fewer than 11 pretenders lay claim to the chairmanship of the featherweight New Young Egypt Party.
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