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Ken Butigan

Truthout
Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Ken Butigan
Op-Ed

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…
by
Ken Butigan,
Waging Nonviolence
May 22, 2014
Truthout
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,
Waging Nonviolence
December 24, 2013
Truthout
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…
by
Ken Butigan,
Waging Nonviolence
December 6, 2013
Truthout
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…
by
Ken Butigan,
Waging Nonviolence
November 28, 2011
Truthout
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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…
by
Ken Butigan,
Waging Nonviolence
August 19, 2011
Truthout

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…
by
Ken Butigan,
Waging Nonviolence | Op-Ed
February 13, 2011
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