As a new generation discovers the potency of non violent activism, Ian and Jennifer Hartley - the authors of Paths Are Made By Walking - explain why Non Violent Direct Action is as relevant today as it was during the Cold War
… The Power of Peaceful Protest Ian Jennifer Hartley | 29th … Berkshire and Molesworth in Cambridgeshire. Peace camps were set up at both bases. By 1984 … on nuclear weapons. At the same time, the peace witness was enhanced by construction of …
We humans have much to learn from our kissing cousins, the peaceful, empathic, playful, sensual and highly sexual Bonobos, writes Susan Block. Rather than play out the myth of ancestral 'killer apes', better follow the 'Bonobo Way', and extend our love to all living beings and Earth herself.
… much to learn from our kissing cousins, the peaceful, empathic, playful, sensual and … females. They stay younger longer. They make peace through pleasure... And we thought … to #GoBonobos in 2015 to help bring about 'Peace on Earth - Pleasure for All' ... or at …
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a moral advisory... My country's war on the natural world parallels its war on that other silent Other, namely people who live far enough away to have their own God, to avoid our products, to traffic about in robes and dark skin.
… up their fog-machines for the dazzle of war, peace activists were demoted to the status of nomadic comedians. At a peace march, which might be reported in a … the corporate media's treatment of the huge peace marches around the world on 15 February …
As we remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this month 71 years ago, we have largely forgotten the racist propaganda that made it possible, writes LINDA PENZ GUNTER. We have likewise sanitised history to exclude the voices of African Americans who loudly protested the use of nuclear weapons, connecting them to American colonialism abroad and racism at home.
… the black community to continue to fight for peace and equality as part of a global … of the link between the struggle for peace and justice and the arms race than … Yet despite Rustin's outspoken role for peace and disarmament, the word 'nuclear' …
In the second part of his interview, Thich Nhat Hanh explains why you don't need to be a Buddhist monk to give up an addiction to a high-consumption lifestyle
… That is our situation. We don’t feel at peace with ourselves. We have a big vacuum … of fulfilment we need. We need love, we need peace, but we don’t know how to recreate peace, so we are looking for other things to …
A decade of protest has seen a war of words between police and campaigners, with allegations of undercover spies and a ground-breaking legal victory for activists after a Brighton arms factory was damaged
… It started out almost as a caricature of a peace protest – a handful of Brighton … in its own right – and Brighton was a UN Peace Messenger City. In December 2007, EDO … 'When we started we realised that as UK-based peace activists we could do little to affect …
Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ain died yesterday after being attacked by Israeli soldiers while planting olive trees in the West Bank - a peaceful and fruitful challenge to a long and brutal military occupation. As Zaytoun co-founder Cathi Pawson writes, we can help by buying organic Palestinian olive oil, available in the UK against all the odds.
… Olive oil for peace and justice in Palestine Cathi Pawson | … planting olive trees in the West Bank - a peaceful and fruitful challenge to a long and …
Wangari Maathai’s Nobel prize-winning activism has thrust the environment to the forefront of the global security agenda
… Air Cleaner Water Cleaner Land Kenya Nobel Peace Prize Woodlands Africa Tea Community … woman, and only 12th female, to win the Nobel peace prize; she takes her place beside Nelson … the world to catch up with her. ‘Of course peace and the environment are connected,’ she …
Throughout the evening, the CND advocated a course of ‘peace and sanity’. The message is unequivocal: weapons of mass destruction are the tools of war, not keepers of the peace.
… the evening, the CND advocated a course of ‘peace and sanity’. The message is unequivocal: … are the tools of war, not keepers of the peace. Long-time peace activist Bruce Kent has called …
Forty years ago workers at Lucas Aerospace created a detailed plan to transition out of the arms industry and into green, sustainable products and technologies, writes David King. it never happened, yet the Lucas Plan provides a blueprint for similar initiatives today to build a deep-rooted, broad-based movement for social, economic and ecological progress.
… trade unionists, environmentalists and peace activists are coming together to … about not as the result of activism from the peace movement, but as a positive response by … The Combine was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and Mike Cooley, a …
Sarah Bentley reports on the UK radical media conference asking what's next for the non-corporate press
… leading alternative press collectives Peace News, Ceasefire, Red Pepper, … quietly spoken word. Milan Rai, co-editor of Peace News noted, 'For a lot of attendees it … on shoestring budgets) was multifaceted. Peace News Co-Editor Gabriele Carlyle said, …
An inspirational series of talks has taken place this autumn at St Pauls Cathedral in London. Sharon Garfinkel will be back for more when the next series begins in 2014.
… on a different theme: compassion; freedom; peace; generosity and - on the night i went - … and Michael Battle, the founder of the PeaceBattle Institute, which focuses on peace-making, transformation and spirituality. …
‘He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.’ Friedrich Nietzsche
… but ‘the context of the violence’. Nor was peace the issue, but ‘opposition to capitalism … about his belief in violent change, and in peace marches as a means (one of many) towards … began their careers on the left as militant ‘peace’ campaigners, but now form the most …
The world has become intolerable for people everywhere, and for Earth herself, says Pope Francis. Profound, transformative change leading to social and economic justice is now an absolute necessity and something we must all fight for. We must also act to safeguard the Earth herself, our common home.
… task is to unite our peoples on the path of peace and justice The world's peoples want to … of their own destiny. They want to advance peacefully towards justice. They do not want … which seriously prejudice the possibility of peace and justice. For "peace is founded not …
Grandmother Earth - Thirteen matriarchs from indigenous cultures are currently touring the world, promoting peace, unity and a respect for nature. nicola Graydon meets one of them, Mona Polacca
… are currently touring the world, promoting peace, unity and a respect for nature. nicola … the world to hold council, pray for peace and bring pressure on world leaders to …
Amid the human suffering caused by terror attacks, it's easy to forget the economic dimensions, writes Paul Mobbs. But after the 13th November attacks in Paris defence industry shares soared, while a host of connected think tanks, lobbyists and politicians dominated the media in pushing for military responses. Is it time to expose and confront the terror industrial complex?
… politicians ever find the will to make peace? Enter the 'hyena lobbyists' If the … not for spending on conflict-resolution and peace. In the world of 'pay-per-view' politic s , peace doesn't offer a great enough financial …
The acclaimed buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks to the Ecologist about the loss of biodiversity and why human vulnerability is not something we should despair about
… Buddhist monk, a poet, a scholar, and a peace activist The acclaimed buddhist monk … buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist returns to the UK in 2012. For …
Or Myanmar, depending on which side of the military regime you find yourself. If like the companies below you support the regime, enjoy your visit to Myanmar. If not, please boycott Burma.
… the country’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has … time. 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi awarded Nobel Peace Prize but not allowed to collect it. 1997 Slorc renamed State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). 2002 …
To Mia MacDonald and Wanjira Mathai the demonstrations that began in Istanbul to protest the leveling of Gezi Park to make way for the redevelopment of adjacent Taksim Square rang a familiar bell......
… Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist, Nobel Peace Laureate, and founder of the Green Belt … Leader of the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies at the …
A future of green abundance for all is possible, writes Glen Barry. Instead we are mired in the destruction of the Earth's vital ecosystems, divided by obscene wealth and shameful poverty, and pitted against each other in genocidal wars over energy, resources and global dominance. To make that alternative a living reality, we must shed our fears and come together in common purpose.
… to be realised by coming together to make peace, promote equity and justice, protect … is murder , and about the need to work for peace . A plethora of proven and non-violent …
Musician Sophie Stammers visited Balcombe, the site of Cuadrilla’s controversial exploratory shale well, with a song to sing at the gates of the oil and gas firm’s operations. She returned with the sense of having become part of something much bigger, something which is steadily gaining momentum.....
… Adorned with flags and banners expressing peaceful but urgent sentiments against … house, in what I believe to be a beautiful, peaceful and deeply meaningful action. There …
Teacher Jamie Feilden came up with the idea of bringing at-risk students to his family's Somerset farm for a week in 2004. Six years on and the results are breathtaking...
… toughest neighbourhoods talked about the peace of siren-free sleep, the relief of not … on, they walk around the farm and visit a peaceful spot where Richard, Jamie's father …
The mass spraying of glyphosate in Colombia, both on farmland and in the 'war on drugs', is a direct an attack on small scale farmers, rural communities and FARC rebels, writes W.T. Whitney Jr. But since the chemical was declared a 'probable carcinogen' Colombia has restricted aerial applications. The first step in a wider backlash against the toxic herbicide?
… to Colombia. The decision also bears on peace negotiations in Havana between FARC … politically left opposition groups, FARC peace negotiators among them, are backing the …
Israeli settlers in Palestine's South Hebron Hills last week cut down an orchard of 36 olive trees, in the latest attack of a decades-long war against Palestinian culture and survival in which has seen the cutting, burning and bulldozing of over a million olive, fruit and nut trees.
… 2007: "Universally regarded as the symbol of peace, the olive tree has become the object of … nonviolence is the only way to get a true Peace, based on truth, justice, forgiveness …