Posts by Metta Center

Nonviolence Skills Practice Hour

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The Metta Center for Nonviolence is teaming up with Meta Peace Team for a monthly one-hour nonviolence skills practice sessions in 2021 with skills ranging across the spectrum of nonviolent intervention and personal nonviolent development. Meta Peace Team has trained and placed violence de-escalation peace teams locally, nationally, and internationally for over 25 years, and… read more

Praying from the Heart

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By Annie Hewitt One of the most striking aspects of principled nonviolence is the way in which it compels us to reconsider our understanding of familiar terms and practices. For instance, our commonplace idea of what it means for something ’to work’, or for someone ‘to win’, or how to distinguish ‘ends’ from ‘means’ are… read more

Vandana Shiva ‘Neither Extinction nor escape’

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“… the ecofeminist option is a third option. Neither extinction nor escape. We stay here on this earth and protect her. That is the work we’ve done. That’s the work that we are called to do, and that’s the revolutionary work of our times. We know the earth is living and all ancient cultures recognized… read more

Nonviolence and the Cosmic Picture

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Dr. Jude Currivan — cosmologist, futurist, planetary healer and author of the new book, The Cosmic Hologram — is this week’s guest on Nonviolence Radio, and she ‘illuminates’ for listeners (and readers) a new perspective from which to understand the cosmos. This perspective captures the essential unity that permeates every level of existence, from the… read more

Nonviolence Report November 28, 2020

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In the news – https://sojo.net/articles/stop-rumors-stop-violence-how-unarmed-protectors-keep-us-safe https://popularresistance.org/houseless-camp-its-a-sovereign-place/ https://www.ecowatch.com/key-west-bans-large-ships-2648990816.html https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/mayors-unveil-60b-plan-to-support-midwest-energy-transition/589038/ https://popularresistance.org/hunger-strike-enters-third-week-at-californias-largest-prison/ https://popularresistance.org/we-wont-quit-until-we-stop-it/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/16/rap-against-dictatorship-protests-thailand/ Resources – https://choosedemocracy.us/ https://holdthelineguide.com/ https://www.peacebrigades.org/ https://paceebene.org/events/2020/12/12/soul-force-retreat Metta Update — https://tricycle.org/filmclub/the-third-harmony/ https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thethirdharmony… read more

Nonviolent Peaceforce: Defending Democracy

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In this episode of Nonviolence Radio, Michael Nagler interviews Mel Duncan, the co-founder and Director of Advocacy and Outreach for Nonviolent Peaceforce, a world leader in unarmed civilian protection. Mel represents Nonviolent Peaceforce at the United Nations where the group has been granted consultative status. Nonviolent Peaceforce provides direct protection to civilians caught in violent… read more

Our Spiritual Crisis

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This week, Michael Nagler moves out of his seat as co-host on Nonviolence Radio to take the place of interviewee. Stephanie asks Michael about the course of his life — which could well be three or four lives! Michael was a professor of Comparative Literature and Classics at UC Berkeley and co-founded its Peace and… read more