A collection of articles and interview of interest to peacemakers.
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Richard Deats Active Nonviolence Across the World

        by Richard Deats, 2009

"In the 19th century, Victor Hugo wrote, “An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.” Looking back over the past century, especially since the movements Gandhi and King led and inspired, we see the growing influence and impact of nonviolence as an idea whose time has come."


David Hartsough interview videos:

   Role of Media

   Lessons Learned re Nonviolence

   Peaceworkers History and Vision

   Peace Activism
  

David Hartsough interview

compassionate listening cover image Compassionate  Listening:  An Exploratory Sourcebook About Conflict Transformation –  Gene Knudsen Hoffman and colleagues.

A Dialogue on Nonviolent Resistance and Liberation Theology — by Terry Messman
This essay presents a heartfully imagined  "conversation" between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Archbishop Oscar Romero, Gustavo Gutierrez, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Father Daniel Berrigan, Dorothee Sölle, Mohandas Gandhi, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Lynne Shivers, Gene Sharp, Thomas Merton, Fernando Cardenal, Miguel D’Escoto, members of a base community in Brazil, and Sister Ita Ford, who was assassinated in El Salvador in December, 1980.
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Courageous Compassion:
A page of quotes from Gandhi summarizing the fundamental principles of nonviolent advocacy/resistance. 

Compiled by Dennis Rivers.


The Chord of Conscience: Eight Audiences of Nonviolent Protest

article by Dennis Rivers