Iranian graduate student Sarah Eskandari wants you to know what is happening inside of Iran despite the personal risks involved.
We provide educational resources on the safe and effective use of nonviolence, with the recognition that it’s not about putting the right person in power but awakening the right kind of power in people. We advance a higher image of humankind while empowering people to explore the question: How does nonviolence work, and how can I actively contribute to a happier, more peaceful society?
Waging Nonviolence partners with other organizations and publishes their work.
Author Thomas Ricks discusses his new book “Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968.”
Organizers Maria Belén Garrido and Jeff Pugh discuss their work with the Regional Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolent and Strategic Action in the Americas.
For a word that’s barely a century old, nonviolence has deep historical roots. Francesca Po, Marie Dennis, Adam Ericksen and Ken Butigan discuss.
Former Army Medic Matthew Watrous discusses his journey from “saber-rattling” in Kuwait to learning nonviolence theory and history.
Because nonviolent knowledge is hard to come by, the Metta Center is pleased to offer a Farsi translation of “The Nonviolence Handbook.”
With every war that breaks out, we should realize the need to double down on learning and practicing nonviolence.
Only through direct action and standing up for our environment can we truly protect where we live from being destroyed.
Iranian scholar and peace activist Leila Zand discusses the radical socio-economic, cultural and religious shifts informing the current protests in Iran.