Why not cut down a little more on our consumption of mainstream media? It’s a joy to substitute alternative media for the news (alternet is a place to start) and real interaction with live people for the ‘entertainment.’ Click here for a powerful exposé of how our dismal politics have been, and still are, shaped by mass-media culture, and read a book like Marie Winn, the Plug-in Drug, for stories about families that broke the TV habit. Culture jamming begins with each of us!
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By: Prof. Michael Nagler
As the Founder and President of Metta Center, Michael Nagler is also Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at UC, Berkeley, where he co-founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program. Michael is the author of The Search for a Nonviolent Future and The Nonviolence Handbook: A Guide for Practical Action. His latest book is The Third Harmony: Nonviolence & the New Story of Human Nature. Visit his website: michaelnagler.org.
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Normandy and Pietermaritzburg
Nonviolence Report April 28, 2021
Nonviolence Report April 23, 2021
A bit of History Offers a Clue for Going Forward
A Call to Nonviolence.
Hi,
“Click here for a powerful exposé of how our dismal politics have been, and still are, shaped by mass-media culture”
Adam Curtis’ “The Century of the Self”, (from which these clips are taken) is a four part BBC documentary from 2002 that really turned me around several months ago when I saw them. I refer back to what I got out of them often when I think about the current state of disconnection in all areas of our world.
I just wanted to say thanks for the link and reminder and to put in my two cents that all four parts are well worth watching.
Thanks, Ken
Thank you Ken! That’s a good tip. Think of us when you run across good resources like that. And when you have some time, and feel strong, have a look at the BBC documentary called “Pleasure Machines.”
MN