“A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.” -M.K. Gandhi- Rilke told a young poet to “learn to love the questions” because it takes a lifetime to find the answer, if we do. When the topic of torture enters the room, it… read more
Posts by Metta Center
Question: I hope that you’ll allow me a serious question about non-violence. A friend of mine is committed to your perspective. Here is my question: “Do you advocate local, state, or national police personnel carrying and using weapons? If not, why not? If so, when & how? Does weapon use contradict maintaining a perspective of… read more
Question: Every month I meet as a member of a gathering of two Catholic communities, one progressive and one conservative, who come together on a Sunday to discuss important social issues. We call this “Justice Sunday.” The issues discussed in the past include the Death Penalty, the Palestine-Israel conflict, Immigration, and aspects of US foreign… read more
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-19
5 minute video of the beauty of Universe http://ow.ly/2Dsu7 Love is the Breath of the Cosmos. @BBCTheForum /via @charityfocus: # 5 minute video of the beauty of the Universe http://ow.ly/2DsEY Love is the Breath of the Cosmos. @BBCTheForum /via @charityfocus: #… read more
Banning Slaughter
by Kathy Kelly September 13, 2010 In the early 1970’s, I spent two summers slinging pork loins in a Chicago meat-packing factory. Rose Packing Company paid a handful of college students $2.25 an hour to process pork. Donning combat boots, yellow rubber aprons, goggles, hairnets and floor length white smocks that didn’t stay white very… read more
Question: I teach high school history and want to present the downfall of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) regime in 1989 as the result of nonviolent action (Professor Nagler talked about this in one of the Berkeley podcasts). My question: Do you know if the people who started the peaceful demonstrations in Leipzig were consciously… read more
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05
Incredibly powerful article about Restorative Justice in Sta Cruz http://ow.ly/2xd6q featuring @nowsee of @RestoraCircles #… read more
Can the United States End Killing?
By Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook Impossible? Not so fast. If we have any doubts about our ability to effect this change, we are condemned to its negative assessment of human potential. We are locking ourselves into a caricature that limits our freedom to ascend to the highest peaks of human creativity.… read more
Hope Tank
Support and strategy for a new story Some 10 years ago Michael Nagler, our founder and president, proudly announced to a young adult friend that he was planning to inaugurate a new think tank on peace and nonviolence. “We don’t need another think tank,” she replied. “We need a hope tank.” And so Hope Tank… read more
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01
Some inspiration for the nonviolent warriors right before satyagraha: The Gandhi Rap http://ow.ly/2ia1a via @birjupandya #AltoArzona #sb1070 # King's dream remains elusive in the U.S. today. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere http://ow.ly/2i9yc #sb1070 #AltoArizona # RT @yesmagazine: Pentagon Papers 2.0? #WikiLeaks docs show Afghan #war isn't winnable—can they help us stop it?… read more
