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Recent Posts by Erika

Gandhian activist from Mexico, May 17 at Metta

04 May 2011 in Upcoming Events

We’d like to take this opportunity to welcome you to a talk this month by Pietro Ameglio, a prominent Gandhian nonviolence educator/activist and close collaborator of Javier Sicilia, who will be speaking about the current crisis in Mexico and the emerging nonviolent resistance on Tuesday, May 17, 7pm at our office [...]

Michael Nagler speaking to the Islamic Organization of North America

01 May 2011 in Audio

Michael Nagler speaking to the Islamic Organization of North America in December of 2010.
Part I: Islam and nonviolence
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Part II: Nonviolence as a strategy for justice
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Hope Tank — April 29, 2011

29 Apr 2011 in Hope Tank

A very brief hope tank about Vinoba Bhave. (See some video clips on Vinoba.)
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

effervescence of the crowd

23 Apr 2011 in Concepts&Definitions

‘Effervescence of the crowd’ is a term used to describe the tendency of people to feed off of a momentary sense of excitement, taking to the streets and appearing briefly to be mobilized for a cause, only for the initial excitement to wear off and for the energy to dissipate (or [...]

interposition

23 Apr 2011 in Concepts&Definitions

In nonviolent conflict intervention (also known as third party nonviolent intervention), interposition is the act of literally getting in between conflicting parties to deter them from using violence against one another. Commonly, it is assumed that interposition owes its effectiveness to the conflicting parties’ unwillingness to harm an innocent [...]