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Tag Archives: Rohingya
Why Fear and Self-hatred Destroy Human Sharing and Solidarity
By Robert J. Burrowes As our world spirals deeper into an abyss from which it is becoming increasingly difficult to extricate ourselves, some very prominent activists have lamented the lack of human solidarity in the face of the ongoing genocide … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, elites, Inequality, Militarization, military spending, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Burma, economic inequality, elites, Emotions, fear, greed, Hatred, military spending, Philosophy, psychology, Rohingya, Self-hatred, Selfishness, Sharing, society, Solidarity, Suffering, Violence, Wealth Gap
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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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A Nonviolent Strategy to Defeat Genocide
By Robert J. Burrowes It is a tragic measure of the depravity of human existence that genocide is a continuing and prevalent manifestation of violence in the international system, despite the effort following World War II to abolish it … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, culture, Geopolitics, History, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime, war
Tagged Genocide, Genocide Convention, geopolitics, Myanmar, Nonviolence, Peace, Politicide, psychology, Rohingya, terrorism, United Nations, Violence
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