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Coming Together in Mass Nonviolent Protest
Post NYC Climate March, the effects of symbolic movement and what happens next. by Mercedes Mack About 400,000 people marched in the largest Climate March in history on Sunday September 21, 2014 in New York and other locations around the world, in a collective call to action as world leaders converged for the UN Climate… read more
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Pots and Pans Clang in Chile’s Night
By Mercedes Mack “At eight o’clock that evening, however, the city came to sudden life. In one neighborhood after another, a faint metallic clanking began, rising to a crescendo as people began to beat on pots and pans… May 11 was an explosion of joy and excitement, because people were so amazed that they were… read more
What kind of growth?
In this blog-series accompanying our project of updating the Peace and Conflict Studies lectures (we call it PACS 164-c), Kimberlyn David reviews some of the key material of the course from a personal lens in an effort to generate personal reflection and the application of course content. There’s growth that increases stock prices, fosters consumerism,… read more
Why Being Human Matters, for the People of Gaza and the World
Published on Saturday, August 02, 2014 by Waging Nonviolence By Stephanie Van Hook The Xhosa concept of ubuntu, combined with the Arabic word intifada — as seen in this graffiti on the “separation” wall in Bethlehem — roughly translates to mean: uplifting human dignity through nonviolence. (WNV / Van Hook) Dr. Mona El-Farra, medical doctor… read more
Yeb Sano’s fast for the climate offers sanity amid the madness of global inaction
Filipino lead negotiator Yeb Sano undertook a 13-day fast for the climate at the U.N. climate talks in Warsaw. (350.org) By Philip Wight. Originally posted on Waging Nonviolence, November 25th, 2013. Less than two weeks ago, Filipino climate negotiator Yeb Saño delivered a landmark speech on climate change. Speaking before delegates of 195 nations at the 19th conference… read more
The Nonviolent Principles of Nature
[FROM CAL PEACE POWER MAGAZINE: VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1, SPRING 2007) The Nonviolent Principles of Nature By Scott Riley Printable Version: Download as PDF Click to Enlarge The dominant human culture is currently organized around a “realist” worldview. This paradigm describes the universe as a collection of disconnected entities that share nothing intrinsically in common.… read more
Love at the barrel of a gun
Original content for Transformation at OpenDemocracy.net, posted on 1 November 2013. Violence can only be overcome by love. An armed intruder meets an unexpected response at an elementary school in Georgia. Memorial at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Credit: Shutterstock. All rights reserved. When Antoinette Tuff was confronted by a would-be mass killer in the entry hall… read more
Catholic Nuns and Nonviolent Action
By S. Francesca Po, Metta Strategic Advisory Council member and liaison to wisdom traditions. Contrary to popular images, many contemporary Catholic nuns (or Sisters) no longer wear habits, live in cloisters, or slap mischievous schoolboys in the hand with a ruler. They are among the most socially active individuals committed to social and cultural progress… read more
