One hundred and one years ago today, Mohandas K. Gandhi stood up before a crowd in South Africa and outlined Satyagraha, known in the West as nonviolence. Since then it has freed India from the British Empire, saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust where it was tried, given civil rights to African-Americans, brought down most of the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, and took down Slobodan Milosovic.
Isn’t it time for you to learn more about this potent force? Here are a few resources to get you started:
Web sites:
- Metta Center – links to audio courses on nonviolence and current information about non-violence
- Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Service – Links to books, audio and more about Gandhi
- Albert Einstein Institution – “The Albert Einstein Institution is a nonprofit organization advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world.”
- Center for Nonviolent Communication – Tips on how to really hear what your opponent is saying.
Books with examples of successful nonviolence:
- Powers That Be by Walter Wink
- Nonviolent Alternative by Thomas Merton
- Cloud of Witnesses by Jim Wallis
Films relating to nonviolence
- Bringing down a dictator – Story of how Slobodan Milosovic, the butcher of Belgrade was driven from power by a nonviolent movement.
- A force more powerful – Review of a number of nonviolence success stories
- Briars in the cottonpatch the story of Koinonia Farm – Story of one of the first integrated farming communities in the South. Learn how to turn away the Klan without guns.
Make today a day of hope and not of fear. Make today a day of community and not one of hatred.
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