2017: We Are the Future Imprecisely quoting Emma Goldman: “We do not know where the forces of reaction are taking us, but we will do our work from wherever we are. Greetings. We are the children of the glowing future.” It has been an eventful year, to say the least. Our last newsletter of 2016… read more
Our last show of the year is a special one, beginning with Michael Nagler and a discussion on what he calls “the ubiquitous problem of scapegoating.” What role does the scapegoat play in the human psyche and culture? How has a sacrificial system of logic affected society and its institutions? And what does it all… read more
By George Payne Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said: “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” To passively accept the Trump agenda is to cooperate with evil. By evil, Dr.… read more
War, Nagler offers, is not just an institution; it represents a culture. What happens when we insert nonviolence into our culture? Can it help to end war? About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as a way to share Gandhi’s spiritual wisdom and experiments with nonviolence.… read more
Michael Nagler emphasizes the importance of the the new story of human nature as it relates to understanding how nonviolence works. “Nonviolence is not breaking human nature; it’s expressing human nature.” About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as a way to share Gandhi’s spiritual… read more
Preparing for the Next Year There can be no doubt that change is here—2017 will be a year for the history books. It’s imperative that we take action to push the cultural shift towards the good. As this year comes to a close, we can all prepare for the conflicts we’ll face in the coming… read more
New song, new name! Our good friend, Rivera Sun, joins us for our first episode of Nonviolence Radio (previously Peace Paradigm Radio), to tell us about her new Young Adult novel The Way Between. Rivera Sun is a performance artist, radio host, activist, author of books, poetry and screenplays, and much, much more. Stephanie, Michael and Rivera… read more
Michael Nagler reminds us why our job is not to stop war but to “start nonviolence,” connecting the dots to raising human dignity. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as a way to share Gandhi’s spiritual wisdom and experiments with nonviolence. Our 2016 Daily Metta… read more
What will it take to end war? Michael Nagler outlines three giant steps that he feels can provide the basis for a long-term strategy based in nonviolence. What do you think? About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as a way to share Gandhi’s spiritual wisdom… read more
Be Fearless Too Where nonviolence really comes in: we can’t help anyone when we turn to the same old violence, whether inside or out. We have to uproot the inner and outer oppressor, and we must challenge the very foundations out of which alienation springs. This looks like it’s going to be tough work—that’s the… read more
