by Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook | Originally published on Waging Nonviolence on October 11, 2011, 2:11 pm When is a Person not a Person? Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PSR) recently answered this absurd question with the obvious and embarrassing answer: when it’s a corporation. According to PSR’s statement, in case anyone is confused, a human being:… read more
Posts by Metta Center
October 29, 2011, 5-7:30 PM, Petaluma
The Art of Nonviolence: Community Healing and Transformation The Metta Center for Nonviolence, St. John’s Episcopal Church and New Village Press are glad to announce an evening of discussion and inspiration with visual artist and community activist Lily Yeh. Once described as the “Mother Theresa of community arts,” Lily is most noted for transforming… read more
Can we be the 100 percent?
Can we be the 100 percent? by Stephanie Van Hook | Originally published on October 4, 2011, 12:35 pm at Waging Nonviolence Occupy Wall Street has signaled the changing weather of a looming “American Autumn” and consequently galvanized the progressive movement. The 99 percent, as they call themselves for the interests they want to represent, have shown… read more
Going to Protests?
Visit Metta’s page for the October 2011 protests at www.mettacenter.org. … read more
Neither Victims Nor Executioners
By Michael Nagler, originally published at Waging Nonviolence, Sept. 26. The execution last week of Troy Davis by the State of Georgia on the International Day of Peace was a painful blow to all sensitive people—really to all humanity, not to mention our prestige as a nation. Whatever may have been the “correctness” of the… read more
Compassionate Design
Originally published as “September 11 and Satyagraha” on Tikkun.org on September 8, 2011 by Michael N. Nagler As the news of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination spread through India on the first day of February, 1948, an American journalist was stunned by the intensity of the grief swirling around him. An Indian friend explained to him, “You… read more
The Promise and Challenge of Nonviolence
A video interview with METTA September, 2011… read more
9/11 interview with METTA
Stephanie Van Hook and Michael Nagler are guests on “Conversations with Michael Stone” for a special interview about nonviolence on 9/11/11. (This is an audio-only recording.)… read more
Death Squads and Democracy: A Hidden Legacy of 9/11
With newly retired General David Petraeus sworn in as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency last week, we are reminded, as the New York Times put it back in April when he was appointed to the position, that this is only “the latest evidence of a significant shift over the past decade in how… read more
Peace from Within: Finding and Accessing Our Deepest Resources
Sept 11, 2011 “Peace from Within: Finding and Sharing Our Deepest Resources.” Michael Nagler describes a system of meditation that will help us to deepen our practice of nonviolence and help us to become more effective activists, drawing from the teachings of Gandhi and Sri Eknath Easwaran.… read more
