Tal (of the Metta Board) describes some of the actions and attitudes underlying the movement emerging in Israel over the past six weeks. This video was taken at our latest retreat in mid-August. You can view the video here.… read more
Posts by Metta Center
Norway and Nonviolence: A Short Interview on Free Speech Radio KPFA
You can listen to a short interview with Michael about the events in Norway, Islamophobia and nonviolence at this link. August, 2011… read more
Give Gandhi a Chance
By: Michael N. Nagler You can find another version of this article entitled “Economic Crisis or Nonviolent Opportunity? A Gandhian Approach to Financial Collapse” at Waging Nonviolence. It was on a Tuesday night and I was just turning in when the phone call came: my son Josh had rear-ended a van on Highway 101 and was… read more
Three Ways of Looking at a Terrorist
By Michael Nagler Please read these words of an American woman living in Norway: “Our public officials have asked us to put compassion first, to nurture each other, listen to each other, put words to our feelings, to respect our vulnerability, to feel our anger and desperation but not allow hate or angst to… read more
Ten Questions the Media are Not Asking about Norway
By Michael N. Nagler and Stephanie N. Van Hook The law enforcement entities dealing with the appalling massacre in and around Oslo last Friday have been understandably preoccupied with the question, did the perpetrator, Anders Behring Breivik, act alone. That is an important question for them, but it does nothing to help the rest of… read more
Search for a Nonviolent Future with Metta
Dear Friend of Nonviolence, I woke up this morning with a feeling of satisfaction. I woke up knowing that the work of the Metta Center— to which I have dedicated myself head, heart and hand—is making a positive impact in the lives of people worldwide. These people that come through our doors or send us… read more
Yemen’s Youth Revolution: A Hope for Nonviolence
News Article by Volunteer: Nicholas Sismil (contact: nicholas@mettacenter.org) The revolutions within the Middle East that have sparked an awakened mass to move forward and use techniques of nonviolence have been an eye-opening moment in history. In spite of the violence of those seeking political power in Yemen, stories and scenarios of nonviolent action by… read more
Update on Honduras
by Metta volunteer Soveig Pedersen July 12, 2011 Honduras is a relatively small country located in Central America, sharing borders with Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, and it has one of the highest murder rates in the world, according to BBC News. The current… read more
Hope Tank in the Tank
By Michael Nagler San Quentin may you rot and burn in hell, may your walls fall and may I live to tell; May all the world forget you ever stood, may all the world regret you did no good. San Quentin I hate every inch of you, I’ll walk out a wiser, weaker man Mister… read more
from NJ Labor Against War
June 11th, 2011 CALLING ON CONGRESS TO ADOPT NEW PRIORITIES TO CREATE JOBS, MEET DOMESTIC NEEDS, AND PUT THE NATION ON COURSE TO A MORE JUST, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE WHEREAS, the economic crisis we are experiencing is the worst in eighty years and has had a disproportionate impact on working and poor people; and… read more
