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Nonviolence is everywhere: Podcast
Nonviolence News, Songs and Analysis, Oh My! Want a dose of practical hope and a dash of fun? Today’s podcast is for you. Michael Nagler returns to explore all nonviolence happening all over the world, and Metta’s Education Director, Stephanie Knox-Cubbon joins Stephanie Van Hook and Michael in the studio with some of her own… read more
Toward a Culture of Peace: Newsletter
The Role of Media in Nonviolence Extra! Extra! On September 9, Michael Nagler will be speaking at the High-Level Forum on a Culture of Peace at the United Nations. He’ll talk about the role media can and should play in creating a nonviolent culture. He was invited by Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhry of Bangladesh, who saw… read more
Nonviolence Theme
Altruism The dictionary defines altruism as, “the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.” Some add the criterion “at one’s own expense,” but this is problematic because altruism always has personal and social benefits: personal, because it helps to expand the “self” concept, and social, because it increases… read more
Dimensions of Organizing: Newsletter
We are all mighty drops of power. Michael Nagler opens our latest newsletter with some thoughts about the state of nonviolence history, along with reflections on Campaign Nonviolence’s National Conference in Santa Fe, NM. Plus, we share some inspirations on movement-building and power-sharing. Read the August 12, 2015 newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter.… read more
Dimensions of Organizing: Newsletter – copy
We are all mighty drops of power. Michael Nagler opens our latest newsletter with some thoughts about the state of nonviolence history, along with reflections on Campaign Nonviolence’s National Conference in Santa Fe, NM. Plus, we share some inspirations on movement-building and power-sharing. Read the August 12, 2015 newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter.… read more
Dimensions of Organizing: Newsletter – copy
We are all mighty drops of power. Michael Nagler opens our latest newsletter with some thoughts about the state of nonviolence history, along with reflections on Campaign Nonviolence’s National Conference in Santa Fe, NM. Plus, we share some inspirations on movement-building and power-sharing. Read the August 12, 2015 newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter.… read more
Lifelong Studentship: Newsletter
“When I’m deeply challenged, I ask: ‘What can I learn from this struggle?'” Today’s newsletter opens with a hopeful note from our education director, Stephanie Knox-Cubbon, about lifelong studentship and the learning and awakening that come from teaching and practicing nonviolence. Read the July 29, 2015 newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter.… read more
Corporate Media vs Nonviolence – Podcast
Today’s shows starts out with a conversation with Stephanie, Michael and special guest Mickey Huff of Project Censored about the extent that the corporate media is used to confuse and pacify general public. Junk Food News, Bait and Switch, it’s all here. Then Michael and Stephanie continue the conversation, bringing it to a more personal… read more
The Truth of Nonviolence
To loosely paraphrase Gandhi, each of us holds a snippet of Truth. And yet we must also recognize how our loving truths can be distorted in a system that wildly benefits from much untruth. While corporate media are both beneficiaries and producers of mass untruth, none of us is powerless—our voices of nonviolence ring genuine… read more
Bringing Nonviolence to NCUR
Photos: Professor Boaz and me; me presenting at the conference I have been learning under Metta Center board member Professor Cynthia Boaz since December 2014, working on research about the implications of media frames on nonviolent struggle—specifically the ongoing nonviolent struggles against occupation in Palestine. This past week, I presented my findings to faculty and… read more
