Ken Butigan

Remembering Vincent Harding, an Enduring Veteran of Hope

The author of a series of books on the civil rights movement - which he called the Southern Freedom movement - he not only wrote history, but also played …

By: Ken Butigan ,; WagingNonviolence

May 22, 2014

Op-Ed

Conscientious Objectors Needed Now More Than Ever

History is chock full of conscientious objection, though it sometimes takes some hunting around to glimpse it.

By: Ken Butigan ,; WagingNonviolence

December 24, 2013

Op-Ed

How School of the Americas Watch’s Perseverance Is Paying Off

When the first School of the Americas, or SOA, mass protest was held in 1990, its organizers probably didnu2019t think they would still be at it 23 years later.

By: Ken Butigan ,; WagingNonviolence

December 6, 2013

Op-Ed

Six Degrees of Connection

Six degrees of separation? Try 4.74. That’s the latest conclusion from scientists at Facebook and the University of Milan on the average number of acquaintances separating any …

By: Ken Butigan ,; WagingNonviolence

November 28, 2011

Review

Violence, Interrupted

At the heart of Gandhi’s revolution was a new kind of hero: brave, but also compassionate; bold, but also empathetic; powerful, but also unarmed. For millennia, traditional heroism had …

By: Ken Butigan ,; WagingNonviolence

August 19, 2011

Another Step Toward Mainstreaming Nonviolence

The movement that ended President Hosni Mubarak’s thirty year autocratic rule not only has created a spectacular breakthrough for Egyptian democracy, it has bequeathed a priceless gift to the …

By: Ken Butigan ,; WagingNonviolence|Op-Ed

February 13, 2011

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FDA Will Now Allow Blood Donations From Gay, Bisexual Men and Transgender Women

Tyre Nichols Is Another Victim of the Police Brutality Crisis Black People Face

Hours After Killing Palestinians in Refugee Camp Raid, Israeli Forces Bomb Gaza

Georgia Governor Declares State of Emergency, Prepped to Deploy National Guard

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