Toward a World that Works for Everyone
As the RCMP retreats from the Wet’suwet’en blockades, the delicate trust it is building with Indigenous women remains at risk By Jula Hughes and Elizabeth Blaney, The Globe and Mail, February 20, 2020 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-rcmps-involvement-in-the-wetsuweten-blockades-crisis-puts/ Jula Hughes is the dean of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University. Elizabeth Blaney is the director of […]
The dialogue so needed in Canada. . . From 2019. So say the Better Angels of the partisan divide. Sarah Lazarovic, YES!, November 12, 2019 https://dev-wp.yesmagazine.org/issue/building-bridges/2019/11/12/healing-a-divided-nation Three weeks after the 2016 presidential election, a group of 21 people came together in South Lebanon, Ohio, outside Cincinnati, to talk. The group comprised 11 people who’d supported […]
This is a translation of a large portion of a Youtube video (see below) from an unknown Wuhan man aged between 20 and 30. He says he desperately wants to get the word out that Chinese youth such as himself see life as it allegedly is. Neither he nor his friends are brainwashed, he says. […]
We celebrate Martin Luther King Day today. What he foresaw will be accomplished by us ascending and building Nova Earth, a world that works for everyone. The world that he foresaw is the world of our future. Here’s a history of his life. “Martin Luther King, Jr.,” History.com editors, Jan. 15, 2020; circa Nov 9, […]
Excerpt from: 36 Powerful Images Of Women Protesters Leading From The Front Across The World Anuj Tiwar, India Times, Dec 26, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/sag7ycc Celebrating the power and courage of all the women and girls across the world who have to taken to the streets for their beliefs in gender equality, violence and democratic values. Here […]
What’s the Secret to Success for Nonviolent Movements? Try Solidarity Rivera Sun, Non-Violence News, Dec. 5, 2019 https://wagingnonviolence.org/metta/2019/12/whats-the-secret-to-success-for-nonviolent-movements-try-solidarity/ There’s a secret to success for nonviolent movements for change: solidarity. Instead of “going it alone,” movements can amplify their message, leverage collective power, and build strength by seeking solidarity from aligned organizations and groups. Movements can […]
As I continue to research the value of a positive outlook – which I pooh-poohed for decades – I came across a very interesting analysis from Saul of the disappearance of the deep state without the need to punish them. I reproduce that here: Saul, Feb. 22, 2011, at http://johnsmallman.wordpress.com As you wait expectantly for […]
Pots-and-Pans Protests Raise a Racket for Justice Non-Violence News, December 8, 2019 http://www.nonviolencenews.org/2019/12/08/pots-and-pans-protests/ Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun Nonviolence comes in thousands of shapes and sizes. It’s a force, a field of potential, a method of making change, even a way of life. While this week’s headline celebrates the Latin America-wide cacerolazo (pots-and-pans protest), I’m also uplifting […]
Remarkable synopsis from Oct. 2019. But first a note from Matthew Ward: “It is immensely heartening that most of you are seeing the positive perspective of situations that the media are reporting with bleak overtones, such as the potential economic meltdown in the ‘Eurozone’ and the global boomerang effect, upheaval in several governments creating national […]
A Concise Guide to Nonviolent Communication httpss://www.wanttoknow.info/inspiration/nonviolent_communication_summary_nvc Dear friends, Nonviolent Communication Summary Nonviolent communication (NVC) is one of the most powerful tools available for transforming our lives and world. The below summary provides a concise explanation and easy-to-follow instructions for how to use these techniques to better manage interpersonal conflicts that come up in your […]
