Nonviolence

Report: Mohammad Nazrul Islam Photos Credits: Md. Reaz Uddin On the occasion of 2nd October- International Day of Nonviolence, a Rally and a Seminar for Peace & Nonviolence was held at Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University (SAU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The seminar was…

October 2, 2024, International Day of Nonviolence, the Third World March for Peace and Nonviolence departs from San José, Costa Rica, where it will return after traveling around the world on January 5, 2025. Costa Rica was chosen as the…

Meet Chris Wells…a songwriter, actor, teacher, and Siloist based in New York City. Since the early 90s, he has been part of the Humanist Movement, an all-volunteer international movement launched by Silo, working for deep social and personal change through…

Spending the last weeks in the Western Balkans, trying to understand trends and tensions in the region on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Dayton Agreement and its ratification in Paris and the celebration of 11 July as…

Translated to Norwegian by Cpt. Harald Olsen (below the English text and photos) On July 31, 2024, in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Islands, in the middle of the Arctic Circle, the most “northern” human symbol of peace in history was created. Thirty…

To ensure girls participation in the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence, the Landmark Bahria Town Girl’s Football Festival, 2024 was organized in Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan. In this event, three town football academies participated: (1) Bahria town football academy…

“Peace will not come automatically, it will be necessary for someone to build it,” said Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, during an appearance on local radio station Kossuth on Friday, referring to the conflict in Ukraine. From: RT. Orbán…

Rev. James Lawson was my teacher, mentor and friend. We must commit to honoring his legacy. By Kent Wong This story was first published by In These Times. I had the privilege of teaching a course at UCLA on ​“Nonviolence and Social Movements” with Rev.…

by Ozair Islam Notwithstanding misinformation about Bangladesh’s Saint Martin, and Myanmar’s persistent provocations, Bangladesh rightly pursues the concept of “defense diplomacy” with Myanmar in a nonviolent manner. The Myanmar border situation can only be resolved by “diplomacy”, according to Bangladesh’s…

We are being inundated with demonstrations, protests, webinars, conferences, and numerous face-to-face and virtual events calling for peace, opposing war, and warning of the danger of conflicts that could escalate into a third world war or a first nuclear war…