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Gandhi Writes Letters to Hitler: "We Have Found in Non-Violence a Force Which Can Match the Most Violent Forces in the World" (1939/40)

Non-violent pacifism faces challenges when addressing extreme aggression, exemplified by historical figures like Hitler.

London politics

fromLos Angeles Times

1 week ago

He did everything right. His Los Angeles parking fine kept growing anyway

Paul Cook fought a parking ticket in Los Angeles for 16 months, inspired by Gandhi's teachings on righteousness and justice.

fromPsychology Today

2 months ago

How Can We Change the World?

There's a myth in our society that real change requires force, strength, and domination. We celebrate athletes, CEOs, and politicians who crush their opponents. But history tells a different story. Lasting social change has often been triggered by humble people whose weapons were passion, principle, and an unwavering commitment to justice and the truth - not the truth we see on TV or read in print media, but rather the truth that we feel deep inside ourselves.

Social justice

Philosophy

fromTasting Table

6 months ago

What Was Mahatma Gandhi's Actual Last Meal? - Tasting Table

Mahatma Gandhi practiced staunch vegetarianism and consumed a vegetarian final meal before his assassination on January 30, 1948.

Philosophy

fromApaonline

9 months ago

Some Thoughts on the Indian Freedom Struggle in Light of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth and M. K. Gandhi's Hind Swaraj

Colonial rule leads to internalized violence in colonized societies, affecting their dynamics of resistance and identity.