"Morning Edition," National Public Radio, February 12, 2015 Social scientists recently analyzed the effects of removing Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank. They found it markedly reduced anti-Israel sentiment, and actual acts of violence against Israel. It is great to see how research is continuously coming up which confirms several [...]

By On Islam, published in Cpnn, February 18, 2015 Amid increasing anti-Islam propaganda worldwide, a council of elite Muslim scholars met in Abu Dhabi, discussing methods of renovating Islamic education and developing a new strategy to send peace delegations to global hotspots “to stop the game of death”. ... The Muslim [...]

By Maja Bengtson, Published in Metta Center for Nonviolence, February 13, 2015 I am typing this while listening in on a memory circle—a conference call joined by people all over the planet to memorialize Marshall Rosenberg, the late founder of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Marshall passed from this life last weekend. I [...]

By Rivera Sun, Published in Truthout, February 17, 2015 The methods of nonviolent action are not weapons we turn to in a crisis. They are the tools of cultures and societies evolving toward justice, equality, respect, self-governance and sustainability. A recent New York Times interview with Srdja Popovic, a former member of the [...]

By Pravit Rojankaphruk, February 11, 2015, published in The Nation  People need to change their mindset by transcending tribalism and nationalism for the world to attain peace and well-being, 2005 Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei said on Monday. "We live in a world that is divided between 'us' and 'them'. [...]

By Tamara Zieve, Published in The Jerusalem Post, February 10, 2015 A shi'ite Lebanese cleric has extended an olive branch to Jewish and Christian leaders around the world with a message of  non-violence.  Sayyed Muhammad Ali Husseini, secretary general of the Arabic Islamic Council, took to Facebook on Sunday to [...]