{"id":1635,"date":"2022-06-04T20:13:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T20:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2022-06-04T20:20:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T20:20:45","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-say-no-to-the-war-in-ukraine-or-war-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/?p=1635","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean to say &#8220;no&#8221; to the war in Ukraine, or war in general?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> What does it mean to say &#8220;no&#8221; to the war in Ukraine, or war in general?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/March_of_Peace_Ukraine_Mothers_For_Peace-793x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/March_of_Peace_Ukraine_Mothers_For_Peace-793x1024.png 793w, https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/March_of_Peace_Ukraine_Mothers_For_Peace-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/March_of_Peace_Ukraine_Mothers_For_Peace-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/March_of_Peace_Ukraine_Mothers_For_Peace-768x992.png 768w, https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/March_of_Peace_Ukraine_Mothers_For_Peace.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The  dominant narrative we&#8217;re generally exposed to assumes that stopping the  war in Ukraine requires sending more guns, also mercenaries, to Ukraine, and the place for &#8220;nonviolence&#8221; is in humanitarian aid. To better understand how we could be using the tools of nonviolence to stop  this war, and war in general, I highly recommend the Waging Nonviolence website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A talk worth listening to is this one, featuring peace researcher, award-winning author, founder of the Program on Nonviolent Action at the  US Institute of Peace, Maria Stephan, followed by a more philosophical perspective from Michael Nagler, but there are so many interesting pieces that need wider audiences on the Waging Nonviolence website!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-metta-center-for-nonviolence\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mM06zV36qe\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/metta\/podcast\/amplifying-stories-nonviolent-struggle-ukraine-russia-maria-stephan\/\">Amplifying stories of nonviolent struggle from Ukraine, Russia and the world at large<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Amplifying stories of nonviolent struggle from Ukraine, Russia and the world at large&#8221; &#8212; Metta Center for Nonviolence\" src=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/metta\/podcast\/amplifying-stories-nonviolent-struggle-ukraine-russia-maria-stephan\/embed\/#?secret=OuWSSYYHTH#?secret=mM06zV36qe\" data-secret=\"mM06zV36qe\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to say &#8220;no&#8221; to the war in Ukraine, or war in general? The dominant narrative we&#8217;re generally exposed to assumes that stopping the war in Ukraine requires sending more guns, also mercenaries, to Ukraine, and the place for &#8220;nonviolence&#8221; is in humanitarian aid. To better understand how we could be using&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-promote-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1635"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1639,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions\/1639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}