Constructive Program is a term coined by Mahatma Gandhi to describe one of the two branches of his satyagraha, the other being some form of nonviolent resistance, e.g. civil disobedience.
"[1] Gandhi wrote to his friend and supporter, Jamnalal Bajaj, saying, "My real politics is constructive work.
"[2] 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.
[5] In this way, they complement civil disobedience and other forms of direct action and protest by lessening reliance on the oppressor.
Constructive programs can build alternative institutions so that a successful insurrection does not lead merely to a power vacuum that lets oppression return, such as in Egypt after the otherwise-successful overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.