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Tag Archives: International Day of Nonviolence
Gandhi’s Despair and the Struggle for Truth and Love
By Robert J. Burrowes ‘When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, consciousness, culture, Election Fraud, elites, Empire, Environment, Geopolitics, imperialism, Revolution, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Abby Martin, activism, Daniel Dalai, Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja, Edith Rubinstein, Idowu Jawando, Ina Curic, International Day of Nonviolence, Martin Luther King Jr., Nonviolence, Peace, The People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World, Violence, war, Zakia Haddouch
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Gandhi’s Truth: Ending Human Violence One Commitment at a Time
By Robert J. Burrowes Gandhi Jayanti – 2 October, the date of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s birth in 1869 and the International Day of Nonviolence – offers an opportunity to reflect on human violence and to ponder ways to end it. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, consciousness, culture, Feminism, Inequality, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Association of Franciscan Families of India, culture, Drone Bombings, Drone Warfare, Drones, Father Nithiya, International Day of Nonviolence, John McKenna, Joy First, Lily Thapa, Mairead Maguire, Non-Violence, Peace, Prince Simbwa Joseph, Rohingya, society, Uganda, Violence, Women for Human Rights
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Gandhi: ‘My life is my message’
Robert J. Burrowes As most of the world ignores or hypocritically celebrates the 147th birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on the International Day of Nonviolence on 2 October, some of us will quietly acknowledge his life by continuing to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, consciousness, culture, Environment, History, Revolution, society, war
Tagged activism, Afghan Peace Volunteers and Borderfree Street Kids in Kabu, Association de Jeunes Visionnaires pour le Développement du Congo, Daughters of Africa, Gifty A. Korankye, Groupe Martin Luther King, International Day of Nonviolence, Kristin Christman, Martin Luther King, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Non-Violence, Peace, Tess Burrows, The Flame Tree Project to Save Life on Earth, war, Why Violence?
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