Tag Archives: Nonviolence

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-14

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Want to learn more about #nonviolence check out our self paced study section at http://t.co/d4297Cuj # http://t.co/FKXwy8LT Check out Nicholas Sismil's announcement about our new self study course at… http://t.co/A2f9tc3A # http://t.co/JSRodfXL Welcome to the Shanti Sena Network. Yeah! http://t.co/IOZxw8Ua # "If we are to have real peace in the world, we will have to… read more

National Peacemakers Summit Meeting Leads to Creation of Shanti Sena Network

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By Mary Hanna     Portland, OR –Seventeen people from across the United States and Canada, committed to nonviolence and teaching the tools of third-party nonviolent intervention, gathered this weekend at the Whitefeather Peace House in Portland, Oregon to discuss unifying their efforts to create a nonviolent response to violence in their local areas.  The three-day… read more

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-07

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"There are roads to peace. Peace is the road" – M.K. Gandhi http://t.co/ab1ZcHWR # Our new research fellow, Kari is constructing an outline of #science resources in #nonviolence Her background is in space engineering! #p2 # http://t.co/qCLBezLO Philip Wight blogs… http://t.co/nuSaimrN # http://t.co/KNQNDcoU May we become instruments of peace. http://t.co/Zohaf7Iq # "Honest disagreement is often… read more

Conflict Escalation Curve

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Given a scientific approach to nonviolence we want to use the proportional approach to the degree of conflict we are facing. It would be wrong to reach for an extreme method like fasting too early or carry on with introductory level methods like letter writing past the point where it can be effective. Tempers flair… read more

Approaching Spiritual Death

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by Michael N. Nagler In 1925, Gandhi unveiled what he called the “Seven Social Sins” in his newspaper, Young India: Politics without principles Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Knowledge without character Commerce without morality Science without humanity Worship without sacrifice. Today I think we need to add an eighth: “Entertainment without common sense.”  The idea that we… read more