Michael reflects on death and nonviolence.

Protests show those in power that you do not like what they’re doing.  The great weakness in this demonstration is that more often than not, and certainly in our case, those in power are past caring whether we like it.  There can even be a perverse element 𑁋 which I strongly believe there is in this case 𑁋 that they’re glad you don’t like it.  The lust for power revels in that very discomfort.

Ten ways to build community at a No-Kings protest action.

Learn about the evolution of the concept of Peace in order to better grasp what people mean when they invoke this sacred concept.

Michael Nagler reflects on what humanity can learn as we enter a new time of ceasefire in Israel-Palestine.

How a peacemaker would address war and war culture, an experiment in turning a speech on its head.

A film about constructive alternatives and the worldview that underpin them in Sweden.

Michael and Stephanie discuss the re-ignition of their Hope Tanks in this conversation with John Blue ahead of the International Day of Peace.

In the face of devastation in Gaza and the enduring cycle of violence, Nagler calls for more than temporary ceasefires—he urges a paradigm shift in human consciousness.

The Bhagavad Gita has inspired seekers, soldiers, and even scientists like Oppenheimer. But is its battlefield a call to war — or an allegory for the inner struggle? Gandhi called it his ‘spiritual reference book,’ pointing to its deeper call to nonviolence.

What can we do when our heart is flooded with compassion and service? A lot. We just finished this short documentary about Amma…have a watch!

“I have so far not said much here about Gaza, not because it doesn’t merit attention 𑁋 far from it 𑁋 but because what’s being done there to our fellow human beings stuns the imagination.  As my friend Sami Awad said to me about the latest Israeli atrocity, ‘My question now is how far will they go? And the answer scares me.’”

“In fact, all violence against our fellow human beings requires the psychological misrepresentation to oneself of denying they are, like ourselves, fully human. This is one reason that Gandhi practically equated nonviolence with Truth…”

Here’s a preview of a bonus section of our new edition Michael’s Search for a Nonviolent Future!

“Our grievances are killing us—individually, through the disastrous effects of bitterness on our biology; interpersonally, in the strain it places on our relationships; and finally, collectively, in the cold-war-like political crossfires and international bloodbaths born from unhealed hearts and unmet needs.

What I’ve learned is this: we can’t get very far without forgiveness.”

Michael reflects on new research into forgiveness and how it applies to our understanding of nonviolence.

Said the hippopotami, “Ask no longer, what-am-I!”

A panel discussion between Joe Worthy and Michael Nagler on building strategy in nonviolence.