Recent Posts by Pancho

The Strength of Nonviolence

11 May 2009 in Around the Movement

The coalition forming in Europe under the banner “The Strength of Nonviolence” is  comprised of a group of women and men who don’t want to remain passive in the face of blatant advocacy of violence by those in positions of power (totalitarianism of corporate capitalism) and  threaten the present and future of all. They [...]



Pace e Bene

03 May 2009 in Around the Movement

Pace e Bene’s vision is dignity, justice, and peace for all. Their mission is to foster a just and peaceful world through nonviolent education, community-building, and action. Formed by a small group of Franciscans and others in 1989, Pace e Bene is a growing community representing a diversity of spiritual traditions and cultural backgrounds that [...]



Swadeshi

02 May 2009 in Concepts& Definitions

The word Swadeshi derives from Sanskrit and is a conjunction of two Sanskrit words. Swa means “self” or “own” and Desh means country, so Swadesh would be “own country”, and Swadeshi, the adjectival form, would mean “of one’s own country”.
Swadeshi is a call to the consumer to be aware of the violence he/she is causing [...]



The XIV Dalai Lama, Berkeley, Peace and Compassion.

26 Apr 2009 in Metta Blog

His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama made a historic visit to the University of California (UC), Berkeley on April 25, 2009.
He gave a lecture entitled “Peace Through Compassion”, and well, His Holiness embodied his teachings, walking the talk, in a supreme way. How? By befriending, years ago, the chair of the Board of the UC [...]



The Strongest Weapon in the Middle East

19 Jan 2009 in Feature& Metta Blog

Dear friends, the following sections are from an email from Kathy Kelly, Co-Coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, January 19, 2009:
Children in Gaza. Photo courtesy of Nora Barrows-Friedman
Dr. Atallah Tarazi, a General Surgeon at Gaza City’s Shifaa Hospital, invited us to meet him in his home, in Gaza City, just a few blocks away [...]



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