Nonviolence, waged with steady uncompromising discipline has brought down governments worldwide. Organized disobedience with the willingness the see one’s opponent as human unsettles those who are set on using force […]
Archives for November 2011
Bay Area Occupations & Remembering Chile
Written & contributed by Shepherd Bliss Occupy Oakland won a resounding October 26 victory by mobilizing 3000 people to respond to a police riot. They took down the police fence […]
Remaining Human | A Buddhist Perspective on Occupy Wall Street
If we awaken from the American Dream, what do we wake up to? How do we get ourselves to sit up, place our feet on the floor, and go […]
quote | november 2011
“Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.” Mohandas […]
BPF | The World Is Watching Oakland
Encouraged by events on October 27, Oakland will be having the first general strike in the U.S. since 1946 on November 2. During October, Oakland’s nonviolent protesters, dealt a surprising […]
newDharma Talk | Practicing Our Values in Times of Change
Change is happening now, and no one knows how things are going to turn out. We only know that things will be different. The question is how do we hold […]
Michael Nagler | Nonviolence, The Way Back
Michael Nagler is Professor emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at UC, Berkeley, where he co-founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program in which he taught the immensely popular nonviolence […]
three lessons from occupy
Practicing Our Values in Times of Change INcite with angel Kyodo williams Author’s note: During the last month I’ve visited the Occupy spaces of three different cities, including NY’s Occupy […]