to constructive effort." Gandhi wrote to his friend and supporter, Jamnalal Bajaj, saying, "My real politics is constructive work." Gandhi's constructive work included a campaign for people to spin their own cloth at home and mine their own salt to avoid having to buy from the British in their anti-colonial struggle.

As opposed to obstructive forms of nonviolence that focus on tearing down systems of oppression, a constructive program's focus is about creating