PETALUMA, California: When the Arab Spring was initiated by Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation in Tunisia, it ignited longings for freedom throughout the region; more than that, it took hold of the creative imaginations of non-violent activists and (...)
BERKELEY, California: The astonishing breakthrough in Egypt, when President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after weeks of protests, has rightly galvanized attention around the world. Yet as usual, there has been little commentary from the non-violence (...)
BERKELEY, California: The astonishing breakthrough in Egypt, when President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after weeks of protests, has rightly galvanized attention around the world. Yet as usual, there has been little commentary from the non-violence (...)
BERKELEY, California: Until recently, Kyrgyzstan – a landlocked country in Central Asia with an 80 per cent Muslim population – was one of the safest countries in Central Asia. However, its neighbor Uzbekistan which has a 90 per cent Muslim (...)
BERKELEY, California: When organizers from the International Solidarity Movement, which aims to support and strengthen Palestinian popular resistance to the Israeli occupation, consulted us at the California-based Metta Center for Nonviolence about (...)
