Ahimsa Conversations with Rajni Bakshi
What is Ahimsa? A teenager’s exploration Ishaan Rajabali - https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/what-is-ahimsa-a-teenagers-exploration-7216071/ Today, we find ourselves living in a conflict-ridden world, where differing viewpoints clash in a raging fire stoked by hate and polarisation. The situation is so dire that we seem to have abandoned the search for a middle ground that allows for peaceful discussion... Ahimsa Conversations was born. The idea of journalist and author Rajni Bakshi, this YouTube platform provides viewers with a window into the thoughts of an extensive range of figures who have delved into the varied aspects of ahimsa..
Jai Jagat 2020 2000 km of JJ 2020 Engligh VO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMz82o7pvck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMz82o7pvck
https://www.jaijagatinternational.org/nonviolent-economy-summary/ In the 2021 the Jai Jagat campaign is focusing on some areas for transitioning to a nonviolent economy. These are:
climate mitigation, supporting land and defenders of the territories, stabilizing food security and biodiversity, developing greater access to water through regenerating water bodies, reducing forced migration, and enhancing peace through justice.
The current economic model is largely based on extractivist practices and land grabbing, mainly in Indigenous areas. Therefore, it becomes a priority to secure and protecting land rights and collective tenure rights in order to move towards a nonviolent economy
- promote the transformation of food systems, by supporting small-scale producers, who according to the International Land Coalition, occupy 70-80 percent of farmland and produce more than 80 percent of the world's food worldwide.
- bring nonviolent responses as a way of resisting and transforming those conflicts, which are consequences of the unequal social structure and organization. Thus, Peace, understood as a process of humanization that allows us to recognize ourselves as a unit; as a process in which we can commit ourselves to generate better living conditions for all, not only for oneself -Sarvodaya, Buen Vivir, Ubuntu-, will come from justice and equity.
Civil Resistance from Gandhi to Present Time - Jorgen Johansen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAZu2_9ZF9c Apr 9, 2011
This webinar presents a short history of what civil resistance have achieved the last 90 years. This is the history of societal conflicts handled with peaceful means. How can unarmed movements succeed against states with their police and armies? What are the building blocks of a successful nonviolent strategy?
It includes a discussion on the recent development in Northern Africa and Middle East. What can be expected in the time to come and what are the main obstacles when a movement moves from 'opposition' to 'position?'