Todd Gitlin, 1943-2022; Wikimedia Commons Scholar and nonviolent democracy activist, Todd Gitlin passed away a few days ago. Gitlin is perhaps most well known for his activism in the 1960s, in his role as President of Students for a Democratic… Continue Reading
It was the blindness of the conservative Right to the dangers which had been so evident, arising from their determination to eliminate democracy and destroy socialism and the consequent governmental stalemate they had allowed to develop, that delivered the… Continue Reading
Photograph by Paul Ryan, Atlanta, February 2020 On January 8, 2022, in a virtual gathering with participants across the nation, we celebrated the 91st birthday of Dr. Clarence B. Jones, Founding Director of the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social… Continue Reading
Thich Nhat Hanh, Photo from Plum Village This is dedicated to the life, teachings and living spirit of Thich Nhat Hanh, known by his followers as Thay, who passed away last week at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at… Continue Reading
Martin Luther King, Jr. photographed by Marion S. Trikosko, 1964. LC-DIG-ppmsc-01269; Library of Congress Tomorrow, January 15, 2022, is Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday, and the national holiday celebrating Dr. King’s legacy is this Monday, January 17. How should… Continue Reading
From Wikimedia Commons Remembering Desmond Tutu By Davison M. Douglas In 1982, I encountered Desmond Tutu for the first time. I was part of a group of students who had established an international human rights law program at Yale Law… Continue Reading
Photo by Greta Thunberg, Fridays For Future and Fridays For Future Glasgow At the opening of COP26, the UN summit on climate in Glasgow, Scotland, UN General Secretary António Guterres addressed the world leaders who had gathered: “The six years… Continue Reading
SNCC Pin, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture We who believe in freedom cannot rest… The SNCC Legacy Project had originally planned to honor the 60th anniversary of SNCC’s founding in Raleigh in April 2020,… Continue Reading
Martin Luther King Jr. & Thích Nhất Hạnh, Chicago 31-5-1966; Edward Kitch | Credit: AP; Creative Commons Prior to June 1965, Dr. King had occasionally expressed concern about the war in Vietnam, but he had done so publicly only in a tentative… Continue Reading
Today, October 11, we celebrate the 95th birthday of the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, affectionately known as Thay. At age sixteen, in 1942, Thay entered Tu Hieu Temple, in Hue city, as a novice monk. His life has… Continue Reading
