Nonviolence

On 30 January 1948, Mahatma Gandhi, a pivotal leader in the liberation of India from British rule and a living example of active nonviolence, was assassinated at the age of 78 by a Hindu fanatic. As a lawyer and activist,…

January 15 is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr.…

With the start of the new year, violence is escalating and getting worse, with reports that more than 200 Palestinians have been killed since January 1, 2023. This war has taken the lives of more than 22,000 people, mainly women and…

by Ma. Teresa “Marites” Guingona-Africa, Ph.D.   Dec. 3, 2023, Sunday. ISIS forces detonated an explosive device on a large group of Christians attending Sunday Mass service at the gym of the Mindanao State University in Marawi. The explosion ripped…

As part of World Disarmament Week which takes place from October 24 to 30, we researched the different Canadian political parties to check which ones promote non-violence. In Canada, the only federal political party to openly promote nonviolence as a…

The Observatoire de la nonviolence is an association of the universalist humanist current, which contributes to creating a new culture in which all forms of violence are repugnant. The Observatory addresses women and men whose “sensibility” values the intention and…

The synagogue in Munich, Bavaria, was built in the centre of the city, in an area that had been a Jewish quarter before the Nazi expulsions and murders. It is built of large stones of that yellowish hue seen in…

The King Center calls on the national and global leaders to recognize that a cease-fire and peaceful resolution form the only pathway to prevent the killing of more Israeli and Palestinian civilians. We believe that, in this interconnected World House,…

Our future and that of new generations depends on what we do today. By Victoria Barceló Today there is an ecological consciousness that has been growing in recent years, starting with nonviolent social activism, clarification and denunciation of bad practices.…

Thousands of kilometers away, bombs and shrapnel fall. Missiles criss-cross the air, weaving webs of smoke and death. In the streets, the stones of destroyed buildings are stained with the blood of hundreds of people. News reports exacerbate the massacres…