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Allen has conducted research on various peace and justice topics, focusing on the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. [6] His work on Gandhi's philosophy includes research on violence and nonviolence, war and peace, terrorism, truth, Vedanta, Hind Swaraj and the Bhagavad-Gita, marginality, technology, and economic and environmental sustainability.
Geir Lundestad, Secretary of Norwegian Nobel Committee in 2006 said, "The greatest omission in our 106-year history is undoubtedly that Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace prize. Gandhi could do without the Nobel Peace prize, whether Nobel committee can do without Gandhi is the question." [333] When the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the ...
The tactic is similar to satyagraha (literally, "truth-force") which Mahatma Gandhi used in the Indian independence movement to bring an end to the British colonial regime in India. [ 3 ] Historian Clayborne Carson attributes the popularizing of the phrase in America to civil rights organizer and peace activist Bayard Rustin , and said that he ...
During the months that followed, Gandhi continued to advocate for peace and caution, however, since Britain and the Ottomans were still negotiating their peace terms. Unlike more nationalistic politicians, he also supported the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms for India, as they laid the foundation for constitutional self-government. Eventually ...
[12] [13] In April 2016, Miller was selected for a project hosted by UNESCO-MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development) to integrate social justice education into the mainstream school curriculum. [12] [14] Currently, Miller serves on the governing board of the Human Rights Alliance in Santa Fe.
[1] [2] It was created by American artist Judy Baca, and is installed along the Paseo de César Chávez on the San Jose State University campus, in San Jose, California, United States. [3] The four front-facing mosaics feature portraits of Dolores Huerta , Mahatma Gandhi , and two unnamed farmworkers, while the mosaic on the underside of the ...
Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance. Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) was one of the 20th century's most influential spokesmen for peace and non-violence, and Gandhism is his body of ideas and principles Gandhi promoted. One of its most important concepts is nonviolent resistance.
“The Constructive Programme,” in Richard L. Johnson, Ed., Gandhi’s Experiments with Truth: Essential Writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi (New York: Rowman & Littlefield) 2006, 253-259 “Spirit Rising,” Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures, (Winter, 2006) 12-17 “Spinning Wheel Birthday,” The Acorn xii:2 (Spring-Summer, 2004) 36-38.