Michael Nagler

Michael Nagler founded the Metta Center for Nonviolence and is the author of The Search for a Nonviolent Future.

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Israel and Palestine Can Never Be Secure Until Both Are Secure

When Israelis and Palestinians understand that their own security depends on the security of the other, there will be no more room for violence. Awareness needs to be…

by: Michael Nagler,; Truthout

August 4, 2014

Op-Ed

My Homage to Martin Luther King Jr.

“It took me a while to discover that Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the wisest humans that lived among us in the modern world.”

by: Michael Nagler,; Metta Center for Nonviolence

January 30, 2014

Op-Ed

Trayvon Martin: The Neglected Story That Implicates Us All

When we sanction the use of violence to prevent violence, it’s hypocritical to be shocked when violence ensues.

by: Michael Nagler,; Truthout

July 28, 2013

Op-Ed

Is the Monsanto Protest the Next Salt March?

Is it possible that the fight against Monsanto could be a tipping point in the battle against corporate greed?

by: Michael Nagler &; Stephanie Van Hook,; Metta Center for Nonviolence

May 29, 2013

Op-Ed

Newtown: How We Can Heed The Warnings

The wisest man I had the privilege of knowing in my life once said, “There is no nation, no matter how powerful, that cannot be destroyed by hate.”…

by: Michael Nagler,; SpeakOut

December 27, 2012

Op-Ed

Murderous Art: Entertainment as a Precursor to Violence

The rash of mass shootings in America speaks not just to the absence of rational gun laws, but also to a culture that glorifies violence, in the reality…

by: Michael Nagler,; Consortium News

August 26, 2012

Op-Ed

For Those Who Love the Vaginal Probe, Some More Ideas

Coming as it did in time for International Women’s Day, the decision of legislators in Virginia, to require women seeking an abortion to undergo a vaginal probe and…

by: Michael Nagler,; The Metta Center

March 14, 2012

Op-Ed

Do We Live in a Meaningless Universe?

Western civilization could be considered a grand experiment, culminating in the three-plus centuries of the industrial revolution, to see if the universe could be accounted for without resorting…

by: Michael Nagler,; Metta Center for Nonviolence

January 11, 2012

Op-Ed

Violence and Evolution: Where Do We Stand?

(Photo: Paul Jacobson / Flickr) How do we measure violence? The question has come up because of recent studies by Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker,…

by: Michael Nagler,; Truthout

December 28, 2011

Op-Ed

Crunch Time for Occupy Wall Street

Remembering the agonies I went through when the tanks moved in on Tiananmen Square in June, 1989, I was relieved that most (I wish it were all) of…

by: Michael Nagler,; Waging Nonviolence

October 19, 2011