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
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 […]
Saul from 2011: Vast Societal Changes are Occurring all Across the Planet
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
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 […]
Mass Protests Erupt Around the World. What Are People Striving For?
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
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 […]