vision and practice for transformative social change
Michael Nagler, of the Metta Center for Nonviolence, outlines a strategy for combining all of our current movements, which seek to create change–from Occupy to the Keystone XL–into one unstoppable movement. The leverage point of this movement would be on shifting our perspectives, changing our ideas about how different we are from one another. Through that Nagler [...]
Giving a nod to the people we’ve interviewed over the past year for our agents, allies, and activist section, these resources are related to their organizations and the kind of changes they intend to create in the world. Link onto the name and organization to read the piece. Check out the links below to explore [...]
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 to get what they want. The Occupy movement’s steady growth encourages a look at a different way to be–a different way to be human and [...]
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 course that was webcast in its entirety as well as PACS 90, “Meditation” and a sophomore seminar called “Why Are We Here? Great Writing on [...]
How to start a revolution Watch a trailer about the efforts of Gene Sharp, the world’s leading expert on nonviolent revolution. Learn about his book, From Dictatorship to Democracy, and his list of 148 weapons of nonviolence. Lessons from the Godfather Read a gripping interview with Gene Sharp. Part of a series on activism [...]
