Non Violent Resistance

Pete Bethune and His Holy Warriors, Part 2

Peter Jay Brown | Posted 05.15.2012

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Peter Jay Brown

I certainly believe we come from apes, but I also would like to believe we have evolved beyond that. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ghandi, and the Dalai Lama all know better. How might our human history be different if they had taken up arms?

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The Threads of Justice That Bind Us All

James Peron | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Helen Joseph, Apartheid, Nazi Germany, Gay Rights, Hans Scholl, Non-Violent Resistance, Sophie Scholl, White Rose Movement, White Rose Resistance Movement, Gay Voices News
James Peron

The words that Hans Scholl said as he was being led to guillotine should remain our inspiration: "Long live freedom." The fight for freedom is one fight, no matter who fights it, no matter where it is fought, no matter the circumstances.

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How Empires Fall (Including the American One)

Andy Kroll | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Jonathan Schell, Jonathan Schell Occupy Wall Street, Non-Violence, U.S. Iraq, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Non-Violent Resistance, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Andy Kroll

You might say that Schell, a former New Yorker staff writer renowned for his work on nuclear weapons and disarmament, prophesied Occupy and the Arab Spring -- without even knowing it.

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Pundits Waiting for a Palestinian Gandhi? Meet Khader Adnan.

Peter Hart | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Khader Adnan, Palestine, Thomas Friedman, Joe Klein, Time, Civil Disobedience, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Gandhi, Non-Violence, Non-Violent Resistance, Media News
Peter Hart

The pundits who tell us that they crave a dramatic nonviolent Palestinian narrative can write the story of Khader Adnan, who has drawn comparisons to celebrated Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands. But they are not writing his story.

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Things Should Never Have Reached This Point

George Goehl | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Leadership Training Programs, Change, Social Change, Budget Cuts, Training, 99spring, 99%, Jobs, Foreclosure, American Dream, Non-Violent Resistance, 1%, Impact News
George Goehl

Every day, the American Dream seems a little farther away. More of our grandparents are being thrown from their homes. Our mothers and fathers can't...

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WATCH: What Do Shepard Fairey And Buddhist Monks Have In Common?

Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Political Film, Jeff Durkin, Street Art, Burma, UC Berkeley, Nobel Peace Prize, Democracy, Art as a Weapon, Political Art, Aung San Suu Kyi, Buddhist Monk, Human Rights, Activism, Art Film, Shepard Fairey, Non-Violent Resistance, Arts News

An upcoming documentary, 'Art as a Weapon,' will allow viewers access into the closed country of Burma, and illuminate the intersection of street art,...

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Gandhi Paved The Way For The Social Resistance We See Today

Philip Glass | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Occupy Main Street, Satyagraha, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Non-Violence, Non-Violent Resistance, Occupy Wall Street, Culture News
Philip Glass

Let no group or party exploit what many of us see as the growth of ignorance and indifference in society. Policies that lead to short-sighted political and economic gain will be easily seen for what they are.

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Getting Tear Gassed: A Ni'lin Protest Against Wall in The West Bank (VIDEO)

Levi Felix | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Settlements in Palestine, West Bank, Ni'lin, Non-Violent Resistance, Protest, Impact News
Levi Felix

In the end, both Israel and Palestine are just flexing the power they have, little or great, playing the media game they know, and doing what they think is best.

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Change and the Dream: Teaching Our Children About Non-Violent Living

Terry Real | Posted 11.17.2011

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Terry Real

It is in everyone's interest -- the victim, the bully and the bystander -- to create a safe environment in which respect for one another is not just a voluntary matter but a baseline norm that we insist upon.

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Who Carries the Burden of Peace?

Nathan Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Calls to Gaza, Gaza Strip, Smart Bombs, State Violence, Martin Luther King, Israel US Relationship, Hamas, Israel-Gaza Conflict, Peaceful Protest, Gandhi, Israel, Non-Violence, Non-Violent Resistance, Free Gaza Movement, World News
Nathan Schneider

Israel and its backers need to make the real sacrifices necessary to offer the Palestinian people a solution worthy of their dignity. It will not come cheap, but no cost is dearer than more war.

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