I am delighted to unveil the new Peace & Power web site and blog! Many folks who read this blog already know about the book Peace and Power that I have authored since 1984. Now, the web site adds two important dimensions to what the book offers. First, now many of the conversations that happen face-to-face […]
The words are so easy .. “let’s just all get along.” But the actions are so very hard. My thoughts have turned to this human dilemma recently because I have (finally) developed a web site/blog for my book “Peace and Power.” And then there is the very contentious, exasperating and tiring clamor that goes on […]
There are several things about the Occupy movement that have intrigued me over the past several months, one of which is the practice of hand signals that has developed. These hand signals are not totally unique to “Occupy” – some of them are familiar to folks in Quaker communities, hearing impaired communities, civil rights movements, […]
Yes, I admit it … I am a political junky, and also unabashedly what today is being called “liberal” and/or “progressive.” But fundamentally, these labels are, like all labels, much too restricting to really pinpoint my views, much less anyone else’s. When I really examine the system of values that drives my political opinions, I […]
For many years I have been thinking about the challenges of Peace & Power, and other forms of participatory democracy, and the “Occupy” movement has intensified my thinking about all of this. I live right next door to a vacant lot in Oakland, California, where last week-end the “Occupy” group tore down a fence last […]
Ever since the “Occupy” movement started, I have watched, with some amazement, reports of the process that they have developed for the “participatory democracy” that is evolving, and especially their approaches for the General Assemblies! Belief it or not, what is evolving is a version of “Peace and Power” for very large groups, and I […]
March 17, 2013
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