Question:
I am a History student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. I am writing my senior thesis on non violence and how it is more effective than violence in achieving independence and change. I have a run into a bump that I am having trouble dealing with. My professor, who is constantly [...]

Lessons in Nonviolence for the President

Hey satyagrahis (and non-satyagrahis, too, of course — we’re all in this together),
For anyone who is interested in exploring the legitimacy of President Obama’s comments on nonviolence in his Nobel Peace Prize speech, check out this informative, easy article by Eric Stoner, posted on the PJSA blog (that’s the Peace and Justice Studies Association), here.
For a cool commentary on [...]

Free Speech and Nonviolence: advice to UC protesters at this 45th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement

Poster’s note: check out this guerilla art action on YouTube: 45 Years, No Progress. Very cool artivism! Then please read on for some advice to the movement from Free Speech veteran Michael Nagler.
Here’s to not wasting energy by reinventing the wheel, but rather, to using the energy we have in skillful ways as a force for continued forward movement and transformation!!
45 [...]

“Gandhi” Neurons: a Scientific Basis for Interconnectivity

Check out this TED video (below) from neuroscientist VS Ramachandran on mirror neurons (or in his terminology, “Gandhi neurons”…you’ll find out why…)
One of the ways that we define violence at Metta is “coercive action based on an illusion of separateness, or the inability to recognize oneself in the other.” When we do violence to another, the wise would say, [...]

Big News!

The Search for a Nonviolent Future has been published in Arabic! Soon to be distributed in Syria, Morocco, Jordan, and Lebanon. We are also working on connections in — yes — Iraq, through our friends in La’Onf, and Palestine.