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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
Violence is Not Tough, Love is.
“I can see that in the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth truth persists; in the midst of darkness light persists.” ~ Gandhi Our world is on the brink of economic and ecological collapse: the dissolution of union rights in Wisconsin, immigrant deportation in Arizona, rockets firing in Israel/Palestine, nuclear disaster… read more
Question: Dear Metta, I thought to share a news paper article with you about the *Palestine Papers*, that I think you won’t read in the US. I’m not sure if the suggestion that it’s the PA who leaked the documents is likely or true, but I do agree that: “the Palestine Papers prove that this… read more
A Nonviolent Future for Korea
On the bus from Incheon Airport to Seoul where we were going to participate in a six-nation seminar on nonviolence and the possibilities for reunification we found ourselves across the aisle from a young fellow who was eager to show us pictures of his recent trip to the North where, we would soon learn, groups… read more
A Peaceful March in Zimbabwe
Members of the group “Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise” (WOZA and MOZA) marked November 29, 2010, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day with a peaceful march in central Bulawayo to the offices of the state-owned Chronical news offices. The reason they marched was to ensure that their voices will be heard in consultation around… read more
First Woman Elected President in Brazil!
Attention Metta Friends and Feminists! Not all election news has to make us cringe. We have something to celebrate! The cause for gender equality and improved political representation (and a growing number of people throughout the world who believe such a thing is possible) has gained a substantial victory on the part of the planet we… read more
On the anniversary of MLK’s assassination: what does Vietnam have to do with it?
“A time comes when silence is betrayal.” These words, uttered by Martin Luther King, Jr. 43 years ago today, are part of the first paragraph of his now famous speech, “Beyond Vietnam.” Perhaps his most controversial speech, this is the speech that he gave exactly one year before his death, wherein he came out definitively against the Vietnam… read more
Next Station: Rise Up! – Satyagraha and Howard Zinn
You can’t be neutral in a moving train. That’s the title of Howard Zinn’s autobiography (1994) and the title only says it all. If we are on board of the train of greed, privatization and ignorance, aren’t we part of the ride? The time to stop the totalitarian-corporate-capitalistic train has come, and if it is… read more
Remembering Our Humanity
“Remember our humanity, and forget all the rest.” Albert Einstein The decade has not begun with a paean to human wisdom. Two recent acts of folly in particular share a deep and pernicious connection that bears some pondering, and I am not even referring to the capture of Ted Kennedy’s seat in a Massachusetts. I… read more
Metta Center has a new office!
We are thrilled to share with you the news that we have moved! We will be even happier to share this beautiful new space with you that’s located on an attractive, residential street near the UC Berkeley campus where we will be able to work under better conditions and involve the community. It even has… read more
