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Vykom: Strategic Nonviolent Action Against Untouchability
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 3:20 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
Why does nonviolent action work? And how good was Mohandas K. Gandhi as a nonviolent strategist? If you want high quality evidence in your search for answers to these two questions then I encourage you to read Professor Mary E. King's latest book on ... More >>
Violence Against Women: Why We Keep Getting it Wrong
Monday, 16 March 2015, 10:43 am | Robert J. Burrowes
With the passing of another International Women's Day, during which much attention around the world has again been focused on tackling violence against women, I would like to explain why none of the initiatives currently being proposed will achieve ... More >>
Why Do We Fear Challenging Authority?
Friday, 27 February 2015, 9:03 am | Robert J. Burrowes
Have you ever noticed your own inclination, or that of other people, to believe what you/they are told by someone seen to be in authority? More >>
Terrorism: Ultimate Weapon of the Global Elite
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 2:01 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
The usual definition of a 'terrorist' is simple: a person who uses violence in the pursuit of a political objective. More >>
Why Do We Fear Love?
Wednesday, 28 January 2015, 5:37 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
Why do human beings fear love? That is, why do we fear loving ourselves and others, and why do we fear being fully loved ourselves? If someone does not receive what they need emotionally as a child, their capacity to give will be limited accordingly. More >>
Robert J. Burrowes : The Importance of Being Angry
Sunday, 18 January 2015, 4:58 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
Unfortunately, in many circles, anger has a bad reputation. There are several reasons for this. One reason is that we are scared when people are angry at us, so we try to scare people, especially children, out of being angry. By doing this, we hope ... More >>
Why is Near Term Human Extinction Inevitable?
Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 3:50 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
If you hadn't previously heard the expression 'near term human extinction', you have now. And you will get used to hearing it soon unless you insulate yourself from reality with greater effectiveness than you are doing by reading this article. More >>
Nonviolent Action: Minimizing the Risk of Violent Repression
Monday, 1 December 2014, 12:13 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
In a recent article, full of insight, Professor Bill Quigley identified ten different illegal actions police often take 'to prevent people from exercising their constitutional rights' to take nonviolent action to address a grievance. More >>
The Psychology of Victimhood: Obama, Cameron, Netanyahu
Wednesday, 12 November 2014, 5:11 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
Several years ago, someone said to me: 'The victim wouldn't have it any other way.' When I first heard this comment, it made no sense to me, largely because I had never appreciated being a victim of violence when I was a child. However, I have since ... More >>
Violence Against Children: UN Gets it Wrong
Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 2:51 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
The United Nations has just issued a report, 'Why Children's Protection from Violence should be at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda'. This is a worthy ideal. More >>
Understanding and Defeating Resurgent Fascism
Thursday, 23 October 2014, 5:26 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
As fascism is being intruded more widely and deeply into key areas of world politics, it is important to identify this trend, to explain the psychology of fascism and to nominate key elements of any strategy to defeat it. More >>
Creating a World Culture that is Nonviolent
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:09 am | Robert J. Burrowes
As we celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on 2 October, the International Day of Nonviolence, we have the chance to reflect on our progress in creating a nonviolent world. Obviously, creating a nonviolent world has many facets and is a long-term ... More >>
Tackling the Climate Catastrophe Strategically
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:57 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
If you like to ask or beg your oppressor to go easy on you, then you do not need to read this article. And if you like to do what makes you feel good at the time, irrespective of its strategic impact, then this article is not for you either. My ... More >>
Defeating the Violence of Psychiatry
Friday, 12 September 2014, 9:39 am | Robert J. Burrowes
As the movement to abolish psychiatry continues to gather momentum – see 'On Antipsychiatry' http://bizomadness.blogspot.ca/2014/07/on-antipsychiatry.html – it is worth reviewing its delusional foundation, the history of its violence and its function as a weapon ... More >>
Nisteling: The Art of Deep Listening
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 9:23 am | Robert J. Burrowes
The word 'listening' has many meanings and the context in which it is done will often determine the level of concentration that is required for one to be considered to be listening. More >>
An Open Letter to My Palestinian Friends
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 5:00 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
As my heart bleeds for those of you suffering in Gaza and elsewhere in Palestine, I want to add my voice to those who are encouraging you to consider revising your strategy of resistance to Israeli occupation. More >>
How Can We Destroy Love?
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 5:03 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
Love is a serious problem in our world. There is too much of it. So I want to explain how we can destroy it systematically. If we can destroy love completely, we can destroy life on Earth. More >>
Elite Insanity on Display in Ukraine
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 3:37 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
For those of us interested in understanding what is driving the conflict in Ukraine, now seriously complicated by the shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet – which has raised the potential of the conflict to explode into a nuclear ... More >>
The Political Objective and Strategic Goal of Nonviolence
Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 4:52 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
All nonviolent struggles are conducted simultaneously in the political and strategic spheres, and these spheres, which are distinct, interact throughout. I have discussed this at length elsewhere: see 'The Strategy of Nonviolent Defense: A Gandhian Approach'. More >>
Why Are Most Human Beings So Powerless?
Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 2:49 pm | Robert J. Burrowes
Human beings stand at the edge of extinction and yet few of us are mobilized in defense of human existence. Why is this? And what can we do about it? Unless someone lives in a cave secluded from all news, the evidence that human beings are in deep trouble ... More >>
