Mahatma Ghandi

Swami Buaji, Yogi, Said to Be 116 Years Old

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Tamil Nadu, Ageless, Swami Buaji, Yoga Teacher, Mahatma Ghandi, Muhammad Ali, Albert Einstein, Healthy Living News
Margie Goldsmith

The last time I saw my yoga teacher, Swami Buaji, was six years ago. At the time, he was said to be 116 years old, living proof that a lifetime of yoga has its rewards.

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An End to War Vs. the Animal Instinct to Survive

David Ropeik | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Fight or Flight Response, War, James Carroll, Joseph LeDoux, Nobel Peace Prize, Peace, Barack Obama, Healthy Living News
David Ropeik

Large scale violence happens for the same reason that most violence does. When we are threatened, we often protect ourselves with physical force. It's instinctive.

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Palestinians Try More Peaceful Resistance: Less Violence, More Protest Marches And Boycotts Of Settler Goods

New York Times | ETHAN BRONNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Peaceful Resistance, Martin Luther King, Gaza, Middle East, Palestinians, Obama, Fatah, Settlements, Hamas, US, Peace, Settlers, East Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Two State Solution, Boycotts, 2 State Solution, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority, Israel, Mahatma Ghandi, World News

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Senior Palestinian leaders -- men who once commanded militias -- are joining unarmed protest marches against Israeli policies a...

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It's Nice to Think So

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahatma Ghandi, John Lennon, Give Peace a Chance, Yoko Ono, Media News
Jan Herman

This full-page ad in The New York Times marks the 40th anniversary of the WAR IS OVER! campaign launched by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Dec. 15, 1969.

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Today's Movement Leaders are Alive and Kicking

Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voto Latino, Poverty, Ella Baker, Common Ground, Gloria Steinem, Immigration, Prime Movers, Mahatma Ghandi, Roseanne Haggerty, Cesar Chavez, The Center for Third World Organizing, Climate Change, Martin Luther King Jr., Environmental Action Coalition, Kevin Bales, Dorothy Day, Health Care, Politics News
Ambassador Swanee Hunt and Adria D. Goodson

Prime Movers aren't simply good people doing great work. They're stirring masses of people to combat injustice, to become engaged in the civic decisions that affect their common good.

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