Nonviolent Orthopraxis and Just War Theory

Via Waging Nonviolence (an awesome blog) comes this interview with Sant’Egidio leader Andrea Bartoli on peacemaking, nonviolence and just war theory. It’s a great read: NS: Since Augustine, Catholic tradition has upheld just war theory. Does Sant’Egidio see itself, like the Catholic Worker movement in the United States, as a challenge to that tradition? Or [...]

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The Waihopai Ploughshares take issue of New Zealand spy base to court

The jury trial of three Ploughshares peace activists, Adrian (Adi) Leason, Peter Murnane and Sam Land is being held in Wellington, New Zealand this week. People are coming from around New Zealand and Australia to support them and to give voice to the issue behind their trial—the need to close the Waihopai Spy Base and [...]

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Interview with Gene Sharp

I am a huge fan of Gene Sharp, Director of the Albert Einstein Institution and the world’s leading scholar of the politics of nonviolent struggle. He literally wrote the book on the topic! How someone who’s books have been used as training manuals for democratic revolutions and other nonviolent campaigns of worldwide significance has been ignored [...]

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Workshop: Nonviolence in the mainstream – the daily practice of peace

Perth April 25-30 and Nov 28 – Dec 3 As individuals on a journey towards a sustainable practice of peace and nonviolence, we are seeking wholeness. We need to know who we are and how the dominant culture into which we were born shapes and conditions us. Sustainable spiritual growth requires the integration of the [...]

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Facilitiator Co-Learning Program in Victoria

March 26-28 Salesian Retreat Centre, Lysterfield VIC $175/150 all incl. An interactive, co-learning program offering participants the opportunity to gain familiarity with, and skills in, the facilitation of Pace e Bene’s study programs. Then ‘spread the peace…’ Download the flyer

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Anzac Day Weekend 2010 Conference ‘Putting an End to War’

This conference will be held from 23-26 April, starting with Friday dinner and an evening session and ending probably soon after Monday lunch at the Australian Quaker Centre, “Silver Wattle” 1063 Lake Road Bungendore, NSW. The conference is entitled “Putting an end to War” – a 3-day workshop on personal resistance to war and military [...]

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