A Prerequisite to a World Beyond War: Nonviolent Dissent and Accompaniment In this talk recorded on September 27, 2014 in Petaluma, California, activist, author and peace journalist Kathy Kelly discusses the everyday realities of living with war and encourages us to use these stories to think more critically–and nonviolently– about security, safety and justice. … read more
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Direct Action: Challenging U.S. Militarism in the Heartland
Kathy Kelly co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence, (www.vcnv.org) a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare. In this podcast on Direct Action, she offers an in-depth analysis and overview of a campaign she was involved in in the 1980s to challenge the U.S. military and inform the public of nuclear weapons in the Heartland.… read more
Nonviolence News, Voices for Creative Nonviolence and Direct Action
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored… I am not afraid of the word tension. I have earnestly worked… read more