Si Kahn’s new ‘guide for rabble-rousers’ challenges community organizers to think very carefully about their campaigns for justice. By Adam Kader June 4, 2010 In Creative Community Organizing: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists and Quiet Lovers of Justice (Berrett-Koehler, February), Si Kahn argues that culture must be integrated into organizing, but he does not always succeed […]

By Susan J. Douglas May 25, 2010 Approaching the University of Michigan’s football stadium for this year’s graduation ceremony, I had to work my way through a gauntlet of white male anti-abortion protesters holding giant images of mutilated fetuses (thank you, Photoshop), and presumed Teabaggers brandishing homemade posters about the evils of socialism, healthcare and–especially–Barack […]

By David Sirota May 15, 2010 Imagine, if you can, an alternate universe. Imagine that in this alternate universe, a foreign military power begins flying remote-controlled warplanes over your town, using on-board missiles to kill hundreds of your innocent neighbors. Now imagine that when you read the newspaper about this ongoing bloodbath, you learn that […]

Dave Andrews We need to celebrate courage and comradeship wherever we find it. Wherever we find it among our soldiers in combat we need to celebrate it loud and clear. But if we choose to celebrate ANZAC day, we need to do it with extreme caution, lest we forget that our celebration of those legends […]

Growing popular outrage has not challenged corporate power. By Noam Chomsky March 26, 2010 Shifts in global power, ongoing or potential, are a lively topic among policy makers and observers. One question is whether (or when) China will displace the United States as the dominant global player, perhaps along with India. Such a shift would […]

Jubilee Australia eBulletin 31 March 2010 Dear Friend, It may sound strange – receiving an email from Jubilee about tax. But let me assure you, this is a different kind of tax. Robin Hood style, in fact. Jubilee is spearheading a broad alliance of Australian groups in bringing the Robin Hood Tax campaign downunder. Our […]

There is an alternative between peace-building-as-war-making and inaction in the face of human suffering in wartime. Independent aid agencies and missionaries have continued to work bravely without military assistance in many of the worst conflicts for decades. They were even in Afghanistan under Taliban and will remain there long after the coalition troops have left. […]

By Matt Stone Traditionally the peace movement has focused on holding states to account for their injustices through tactics that rob them of their moral authority and social support. Think Ghandi. Think Martin Luther King. This tradition is outdated. Here’s why: The rise of non-state actors The first reason traditional pacifism is outdated is this: […]

An experiment by Darley and Batson (1973) gave the following results: ‘As demonstrated by earlier studies by Darley and Batson (1973), a situation that can effectively hinder the experience of empathy for our fellow man is being in a rush. An ingenious experimental setting was put into place where presumed powerful determinants, such as education, […]

Obama’s Nobel Speech, Violence, and Nonviolence by Brian McLaren 12-17-2009 The president’s campaign speech in Philadelphia on race and his speech earlier this year to the Muslim world from Egypt were, in my mind, two of the most important presidential speeches of my lifetime. I had tears streaming down my face as I watched the […]

What is the meaning of the Nobel Peace Prize? Alfred Nobel, Stockholm native and the inventor of dynamite and other explosives, was chagrined that his inventions were used in cruel ways. In the late 1800s towards end of his life, he dedicated his considerable fortune to those who had made the greatest contribution to humankind. […]

A Good Global Deal for the Poor Over 80,000 people around Australia took part in the Walk Against Warming on Saturday 12th December to raise their voices about climate justice and to call for a good global deal at the Copenhagen Climate Change meetings happening right now. TEAR’s Phil Ireland has been tracking the meetings […]