By: Mercedes Mack “Who is the judge?” “The judge is God.” “Why is He God?” “Because He decides who wins or loses. Not my opponent.” “Who is your opponent?” “He does not exist.” “Why does he not exist?” “Because he is a mere dissenting voice of the truth I speak!” c. 2007, Directed by… read more
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Not Just Umbrellas
The Umbrella Revolution By Mercedes Mack Some historical and strategic nonviolent context of what is now called the Umbrella Revolution-Hong Kong’s demand for democracy. Outside government headquarters, a protestor raised a sign reading “Occupy Central” Brief History of Democratization Demands in Hong Kong Protests in Hong Kong have been occurring on and off since… read more
Peace and Conflict Studies 164-c Session 4
Topic: Gandhi and Satyagraha (next course is on constructive programme) Resource: Names, books, films mentioned in this lecture. Video: (nb, some canine friends come to join the course at the beginning…) … read more
Peace and Conflict Studies 164-C Session 3
Topic: Some thoughts on Leadership, and Strands of the History of Nonviolence from “The West” and from the Vedanta. Resource: Names, books, films mentioned in this lecture. Resource: Topics in course, time-stamped (not yet prepared) Video: Audio: http://archives.mettacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/PACS-164-c-Session-3-.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS… read more
Investing in Human Connection
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. “Why do we keep trying not to see… read more
PACS 164-c Session 1
The first session of our 8 week Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS 164-c) at the Metta Center with Professor Michael Nagler. Topic: The New Story: Wisdom Traditions and Science Resource: Names, books, films mentioned in this lecture. Video: Or Audio. http://archives.mettacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Peace-and-Conflict-Studies-164c-Session-1-.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS… read more
Obstructive Program
Obstructive Program is the use of civil disobedience to change an unjust or oppressive social order. Obstructive program together with constructive program make up the two branches of Gandhi’s Satyagraha. This term was coined by Michael Nagler.… read more
Ferguson: this is what losing democracy looks like
(orig. posted in Tikkun online) by: Michael N. Nagler on August 21st, 2014 Some time back in the early fifties the U.S. Navy conducted an “exercise” to test bacterial warfare…in San Francisco! They sprayed bacterial agents into the fog over the Bay to “see what would happen.” Sure enough, some people got sick, and one elderly gentleman died. … read more
Israel and Palestine Can Never Be Secure Until Both Are Secure
Published on Truthout on August 4, 2014. Palestinian children try to pull a praying carpet out from the rubble of the Imam Shafi’i Mosque in Gaza City, Aug. 2, 2014. (Photo: Sergey Ponomarev / The New York Times) In The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, the short story by Ursula Le Guin about an imaginary… read more
Michael Nagler address to 2014 FOR Seabeck Conference
We are grateful for the Fellowship of Reconciliation who just sent us this link to Michael Nagler’s keynote at their annual Seabeck conference. “We are living in the wrong story,” says Michael Nagler, founder & director of the Metta Center for Nonviolence, during his keynote address to this year’s 56th annual FOR Seabeck conference in Washington State earlier… read more
