An exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings…
The Third Harmony
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Drawing on interviews with veteran activists like civil rights leader Bernard Lafayette, scientists like behaviorist Frans de Waal and neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, political scientist Erica Chenoweth, futurist Elisabet Sahtouris and others, THE THIRD HARMONY will help students and the public to better grasp just what nonviolence is and how it works.
By revealing the convergence of modern science and the world's great wisdom traditions, the film also explores the important role that nonviolence plays in the wider struggle to develop a 'new story' of human nature, that, contrary to the 'old story', scarcity, competition and violence are not inevitable. Rather the universe is conscious and purposeful; we are spiritual beings, and cooperation and collaboration are our natural way of interacting.
Finally, the film points out what each of us can do to facilitate the fulfillment of Mahatma Gandhi's promise that nonviolence could 'oversweep the world' and allow us each to find personal fulfillment in the process.
'Hats off to the Metta Center for this intellectually challenging but completely accessible film that seamlessly addresses both theoretical and practical aspects of nonviolence. Viewers will go away not only appreciating the film's main theoretical point - that nonviolence is an essential human characteristic - but they will also find themselves face-to-face with the film's very practical challenge to take up the work of nonviolence in their own lives.' Charles R. DiSalvo, Professor of Law, West Virginia University, Author, M.K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law: The Man Before the Mahatma
'The Third Harmony weaves together a brilliant tapestry of voices and experiences on the transformative power of nonviolence to grow love, repair harm, and build a more sustainable and just world. Through a conversation that is at once interdisciplinary and keenly focused on practice, students will gain an understanding of the long history and diverse approaches of peacemaking and peaceful conflict resolution. This film should be assigned in every history and civics course as an introduction to the vast potential young people can harness in the face of the world's challenges. The insights it offers are vital to building a better world!' Selina Gallo-Cruz, Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace and Conflict Studies, College of the Holy Cross
'The Third Harmony gathers some of the most important practical and academic voices of today, calling us to the profound change necessary for our survival. Showing recent examples of how nonviolence is the natural, default response of humanity, it is both inspirational and instructional. Used as a discussion starter it will kick off 1000 different discussions. I highly recommend this to any course on social engagement/change, political science, sociology, religion, and psychology.' Jonathan Rudy, Improving Practices Core Group Member, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
'Utilizing leading figures in the field of non-violence, both activist and academic, this film provides insight and a road map into the power and efficiency of 'speaking truth to power.' This film bears witness to the power of non-violence and how as humans we can move forward together to solve the legacies of violence and build a brighter future for all. The Third Harmony is a wonderful addition to classroom studies that seek to move beyond the historical sketch of Non-Violence and situates the field as a positive and proactive force.' Dr. Greg Carroll, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, Salem State University
'This inspiring video introduces nonviolent theory, strategy, and practice through diverse voices, examples, and geographies connecting a compelling history through an urgent present to a hopeful future. From India to Occupy, Palestine to Standing Rock, and Black Lives Matter to Climate Activism The Third Harmony identifies convincing arguments for the power of nonviolent resistance and potential for creative and proactive nonviolent action toward justice and peace...I recommend this film for educators and activists who seek to inspire and educate agents of nonviolent social change.' Mike Klein, Associate Professor and Program Director, Justice and Peace Studies, University of St. Thomas
'Listening to some of today's leading thinkers, activists, and educators, viewers will not only understand the essence of nonviolence, but will feel the powerful pulse of humanity's true heartbeat of love longing for peace with the natural world, with each other, and within themselves. The Third Harmony mixes real examples of nonviolence transformation together with supporting scientific evidence to shine a bright light on the way forward through the darkness of conflict, hate and violence currently threatening our global community. A must have for any nonviolence training curriculum or peace studies program.' Paul Bueno de Mesquita, Professor and Director, Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, University of Rhode Island
'Instructive, visually evocative, pragmatic and inspiring...The Third Harmony will serve well in classes, workshops, and study groups to introduce people to nonviolence. It is broad in scope, revealing nonviolence as an activity at local, national, international, and personal levels. It is comprehensive in presenting a variety of students and practitioners of nonviolence in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. And it reveals the many dimensions of nonviolence, from political activity to a personal practice.' Barry L. Gan, Professor of Philosophy, Co-Director of the Center for Nonviolence, St. Bonaventure University
'The Third Harmony reveals the power and promise of nonviolent struggle fused with the pursuit of cooperative relations, and calls us to the important work of cultivating selves, societies, and ecosystems that can alleviate suffering.' Lee Smithey, Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Sociology, Swarthmore College
Citation
Main credits
Nagler, Michael N. (film producer)
Nagler, Michael N. (film director)
Nagler, Michael N. (screenwriter)
Van Hook, Stephanie N. (narrator)
Other credits
Cinematographer, Lou Zweiger; editor, Sarah Gorsline; original score, "Sky" (Jim Schuyler).
Distributor subjects
Activism; Conflict Resolution; History; Humanities; International Studies; Neuroscience; Peace Studies; Philosophy; Political Science; Psychology; Religion; Social Emotional Learning; Social Psychology; Sociology; War and PeaceKeywords
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[Music]
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The problems of our world
can’t be solved piecemeal.
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Only a deep change will make it possible
to live in harmony
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with nature
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with one another
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and most importantly
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within ourselves.
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Fortunately, that change is happening.
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Nonviolence, to me, is the source of power.
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And the power is actually in each person.
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One thing we have in common as individuals
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as human beings
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is the power to show love.
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The basis of nonviolence is love.
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And first of all, in order to have love
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you have to have a heart.
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And each person has a heart.
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My point is, when you step out of the shower,
you’re fully armed.
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[Music]
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It seems like every one of us has this big library
of humanity and nonviolence inside.
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To be able to meet the human being inside you
and to discuss with him about yourself.
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Nonviolence is to be an artist of your humanity.
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To bring the best of you.
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Not just by solving problems, but also by living,
by experiencing, by practicing.
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It’s about your humanity is my weapon.
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And I have to be able to bring you to that place.
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To me, one of the core principles of nonviolence
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this core worldview of nonviolence
is this unwavering faith in humanity
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and in the goodness of people.
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No matter how much harm
someone may have committed
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that the possibility of transformation
and the possibility of resilience is always there.
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Ali Abu Awwad: My brother was
very violently murdered by Israeli soldiers.
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One year after, my mother,
receiving a phone call
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from a very religious Jewish Israeli father
that his son was kidnapped and killed by Hamas
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telling us that there is a group of parents
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Israeli parents, who have lost
some of their family members
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and are willing to come and pay condolences.
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I was born in 72.
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And that meeting happened in 2001.
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That was the first time in my life
that I saw an Israeli crying.
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And then my mother was crying with the same
color of tears with a Jewish mother in my home.
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That touched me deep.
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Because I told myself if these people who paid
the highest price can stand for my right
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and can understand what does it mean
to lose someone
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so everyone can?
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I realized that justice is this step
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when we decide to give up being the victim
of the victimizers
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and not to be in this prison
of hatred and victimhood.
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The work of forgiveness,
the work letting go
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the work of healing through our own traumas,
I think, is so important in nonviolence.
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I think oftentimes, even when we think of
nonviolent movements
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we think of how do we fix those people out there?
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And there’s a time and a place for that,
absolutely.
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There’s a lot of things out there
that do need to be changed.
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And at the same time,
I think a lot of the work of nonviolence
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is about owning the ways
in which we contribute to harm
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and the ways in which we contribute
to systems of violence.
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[Music]
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We didn’t respect you.
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We polluted your earth.
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We’ve hurt you in so many ways.
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We\'ve come to say that we are sorry.
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We are at your service and we beg
for your forgiveness.
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[Native American ululation.]
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[Native American drumming and singing]
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We lose sight of the fact that we ourselves are beings
that want to be in good relationships with each other
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and sometimes it’s easy for us to be hateful
and to be angry at everyone.
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But it’s always possible to reach the core
of who we are.
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I just recognize that that there’s no one
that I can’t learn something from.
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As we try to make a difference,
it’s important that in our certainty
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we don’t eliminate those who disagree with us.
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And I love nonviolence because it is a way
that you can show up boldly and passionately
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and try new things.
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Nonviolence makes me look for a solution
that is win/win.
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A solution that’s not zero sum.
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A solution that recognizes too if we don’t
figure out how to share this planet
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with people of different or similar truth claims
that we can also have a lose/lose.
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We are continually inviting people to really work
with the two hands of nonviolence.
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Barbara Deming, the late feminist writer
talked about activists.
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The two hands of nonviolence being
on the one hand
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I will not cooperate with your injustice
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but I’m open to you as a human being.
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I think this is the job description of the 21st century.
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Nonviolence has been with us as long as
we\'ve been human.
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It’s a legacy we can all claim.
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And if we do, we can repair and transform
the world.
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So, why don’t we hear more about it?
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There had been no systematic studies
on the comparative effectiveness
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of nonviolent and violent struggle.
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There have been plenty of studies comparing the
effectiveness of different types of violent struggle
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but nobody had ever studied
the empirical comparison
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between nonviolent and violent methods of
struggle by civilian actors.
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Very few people actually look at the full range of
strategic options including nonviolent ones
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and compare them against the violent ones.
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And this is something that my whole life’s work
now is seeking to remedy.
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Michael: It all started really with the Tiananmen Square
episode when those students were massacred.
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It hurt me very much.
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My colleagues and I in the nonviolence field
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we’d noticed that they\'re making certain tactical
errors that could easily have been adjusted.
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But in those days, there was no internet.
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We couldn\'t just ring them up.
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So, we thought, “Well, you know,
I hope it’ll work out for the best.”
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And it worked out for the worst.
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We\'re trying to help people practice nonviolence
more safely and more effectively.
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But behind that, we\'re also trying to build
a nonviolent culture in which the general public
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not necessarily activists will understand
what nonviolence is
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and know that they have a big array of resources
embedded in that power
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which we could deploy to basically
build a better world.
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Tiffany: In South Sudan we have teams around
the country who are working on what are called
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“Protection of civilian sites.”
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Two of our colleagues happened to be
right where this was starting.
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They had gone in that day to organize.
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They were going to do some work with a group of
women when this all started.
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A large crowd of people banging
against the perimeter gate.
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We could hear stones coming over
after a couple of minutes.
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And then ultimately, gunshots.
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We were trying to encourage people
to move with us.
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It became unsafe to keep going.
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If you keep running, you’re going to get shot
in the back.
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There were around nine children
and four women who were also just looking around
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you know, like didn’t really know what to do.
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So, we just encouraged them
to go in the tent with us.
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And you could hear the gunshots.
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You could smell the gun powder.
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You could hear the casings falling on the ground.
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There were at least three to four attempts
just trying to get us out.
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People with weapons coming in and saying,
“You guys go.
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You guys go.”
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And we said, “We\'re not leaving.”
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After a long time, the women,
they perceived they were safe.
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They immediately came out,
so we came out with them.
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They were able to present this particular
approach and hold onto it.
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And at one point, really have like a few minute
conversation with somebody
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explaining their position, that that’s
what it was that created that space.
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And so, in the end of what was a very terrible day,
at least these 14 women and children were safe.
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If we had a gun in those instances
and not been like an unarmed peacekeeper
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we probably would have been killed.
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You can be assertive without being aggressive.
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Being confronted with five people with sticks,
axes, pistols, automatic rifles
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we have different tools.
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We have different weapons, if you will.
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Nonviolence is a powerful thing.
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It’s underappreciated and underestimated that it
can have a transformative effect, you know.
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It can change the stakes.
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[Women singing]
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When we talk about unarmed civilian protection,
the use of unarmed strategies and tools
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implemented by civilians to increase security
and to decrease violence
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it is a pragmatic practical approach to the realities
of violence that is having direct impact.
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It’s saving lives.
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This is not us being, you know, peace activists
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who are very idealistic, and we hope unicorns
and rainbows will rule the world one day.
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This is hard work.
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There’s nothing easy about it, but it works.
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The way that one fights a struggle
really does help to determine
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the way the country will look in the aftermath.
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Nonviolent campaigns are about ten times likelier
to usher in democratic institutions
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within five years after the end of the conflict
compared with violent insurgencies.
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They\'re also four times more likely to usher in
these institutions, even when they fail.
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So, nonviolent campaigns are creating a type
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of oppositional activities or political space that
couldn\'t have occurred in their absence.
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From 1900 to 2006, campaigns that relied on
mass nonviolent struggle
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were twice as effective as the violent ones.
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They were also becoming more effective
over time.
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So, since about the 1960s nonviolent resistance
has become
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a much more powerful force for change
than violent resistance.
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And it’s also becoming far more frequent.
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One of the big myths that’s busted
through our data
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is that nonviolent resistance takes longer to
achieve results than violent insurgency.
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In fact, what we find is strikingly the opposite,
that nonviolent campaigns, fully mobilized
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typically take about three years to run their course
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whereas violent insurgencies
take about nine to ten years.
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From 2010 to 2014, we see more new onsets of
mass nonviolent action around the world
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than we saw in the entire decade of the 1990s.
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[Singing]
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Nonviolent resistance is more powerful
and effective
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and becoming the choice de jour, so to speak.
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Whereas violent resistance is going out of style
in a major way.
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[Music]
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Gandhi: I do dimly perceive that while everything around me
is ever-changing, ever-dying.
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There is underlying all that change
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a living power that is changeless
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that holds all together
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that creates
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resolves
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and recreates.
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Michael: “Nonviolence is as old as the hills.”
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That’s a direct quote from Gandhi.
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What Gandhi did that was different was to give it
a local habitation and a name.
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So, he had this contest in 1908
and they came up with the word satyagraha
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which means, “Clinging to truth.”
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But in ancient India, there had been a term called,
“Ahimsa,”
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which means the absence of an intention to harm.
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What it really means
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the creative power that’s generated when
you have controlled any intention to harm.
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Now, that term translated literally into English
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which happened sometime in the late 1920s
became \"Nonviolent.\"
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So, that shows you, we’ve had a word for violence
since the Latin language.
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But we haven’t had a word for nonviolence
before 1920.
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That shows you how far behind the curve
we have been.
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And it also shows you why we overlook the thing,
even when it’s right in front of our noses.
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What kind of self-concept as a species
do we have?
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We humans, we think of ourselves, traditionally,
at least in Western society
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as driven by selfishness and competition
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and we aggressively pursue these goals.
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And that needs to be reflected in our society.
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Our society should reflect these
competitive tendencies.
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That’s sort of the capitalist system.
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That’s how it operates, and sort of unbridled
competition is a good thing for society.
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And it’s sort of interesting how in 2008
when that whole system collapsed financially
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and we saw that unbridled competition
is not going to fix the job that we wanted to do
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how people started to think differently.
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That gave us an opening to start talking about
empathy and cooperation in a different way.
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Protests are spreading from cyberspace
to streets all the country.
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50 cities now from Salt Lake City to Topeka
to Knoxville.
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We’ve been telling ourselves the same old story
at least since the industrial revolution
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that we\'re all separate physical beings whose
needs are in competition.
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But based on scientific breakthroughs
that started a century ago
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and whose significance is now catching on
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scientists, academics and activists
are calling this the old story
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and giving us an entirely different
and more realistic vision for the future.
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Cooperation is actually very widespread
in the animal kingdom.
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There’s actually very few animals who survive
without some form of cooperation.
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This whole notion that deep down we are bad
and we need to work very hard to be good
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that’s an idea that’s sort of out of the window now.
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The new story is building on that.
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It’s saying we\'re not inherently separate.
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As the scientific research continues to expand in
the areas of quantum physics and so on
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they\'re learning more and more –
the science community –
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about how interconnected all of the life is.
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In 1986, a group of scientists
from around the world convened
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and they issued the Seville Statement.
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They said, “There’s nothing in our DNA
that says that we are predisposed to violence.\"
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It’s also scientifically incorrect to say
that we are separate.
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That’s just not true.
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And the more you can realize
how connected life is
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It makes it even more important to engage
in these nonviolent practices.
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And it also helps you understand
why it’s so effective.
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There is something that connects all of us.
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So when we are helping other people
we are helping ourselves.
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Cooperation is just as much a part of us
as competition.
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And every disaster proves that.
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Often, in evolution, the cooperative mode
was driven by disasters.
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In our trainings, we get the question a lot
that isn’t violence just part of human nature?
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And I used to struggle with that question
until I heard a guy named Paul Chappell speak.
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Paul Chappell is a graduate of
the Military Academy at West Point
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and is now a peace activist.
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And he once told me that every study
that has ever been conducted on violence
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shows that violence is traumatic.
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Even if you\'re not a direct participant in it
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just witnessing violence can cause PTSD,
trauma, depression, anxiety
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all these permanent disorders.
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And yet, not a single person has ever been
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traumatized by an act of love
or an act of compassion.
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And he says, that to him, that is evidence
that violence is not part of our human nature.
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That the things that fulfill us as human beings
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that bring us closer to our potential –
love and understanding and community.
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That those things are our truest nature
as human beings.
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Michael: If you start from the assumption
that everybody has a good core in their nature
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that we\'re all deeply interconnected
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that there is no problem which cannot be
resolved to the benefit of all parties.
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If you start with those assumptions,
and even if you don’t believe them
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you take them on as the hypothesis,
as assumptions, and you test them.
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And you find out that it works.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has
designed 50% of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
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And some of us troop out there on occasion
and engage in nonviolent action.
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One time a group of us went out
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and we said we were going to lay in the street
in front of the south gate
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and not get up when they ordered us to
as a symbol of our noncooperation.
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But after a while a police officer comes over
and says, “Okay, now I want you to get up.
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You\'re under arrest.”
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I actually told him,
“Oh, I’m sorry, I can’t do that today.”
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So, he grabs my arm
and just kind of tugged me and pulled me up.
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His commanding officer
across the street says
00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:37.000
“Don’t full around with that guy.
Just break his wrist.”
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And so, just automatically,
he starts to break my wrist.
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And something came to me at that point.
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In addition to the pain I was feeling in my wrist,
I just kind of leaned up a little bit.
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Didn’t get up, but I leaned up and I said,
“You don’t have to do that.
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You don’t have to break my wrist.”
00:25:03.800 --> 00:25:06.500
And the guy was suddenly very confused.
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And he continued to try to twist my –
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and then he let go.
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So, this guy has given my wrist back to me.
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So, I feel like I want to give him something,
so I get up.
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And I walk with him.
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We\'re walking along to the police van
and he turns to me – really, he turns to me
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and he says, “Thank you so much for telling me
I didn’t have to break your wrist.
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I didn’t want to break your wrist.
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But I got an order and that’s what I do.
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But you broke the spell.
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And I said, “Well.”
I said, “Great.”
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And we ended up having a wonderful half-hour
conversation about our lives.
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Those kinds of moments
have shown me what’s possible.
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What we have been calling, “The nonviolent moment,”
or the “Nonviolent effect,”
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actually has a physiological component.
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A physiological pathway.
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So, let’s say that you are threatening me
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and I do the nonviolent conversion in my mind
or my heart or wherever that goes on.
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And I act towards you with respect
on the one hand
00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:30.100
but with refusal to comply with your unjust command
on the other hand.
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I am now in a very different mental state
from what you expected.
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My mental state is actually being mapped
in your brain.
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Marco Iacoboni: You have in your brain some cells
that control your own muscles
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but that also when you\'re just watching
the actions of others fire up.
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As if by watching the actions of other people
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you are seeing your own actions
reflected by a mirror.
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What you need to do is to suppress
your immediate tendency to react
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and to be aggressive yourself.
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If you\'re able to suppress that
and to become the mirror
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then inevitably you\'re going to have to induce
in the other person
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some form of mirroring of your calm demeanor
which would probably dampen
00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:15.600
the aggression level of that individual.
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I believe that in the Western world
we get a lot of things wrong.
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We’re so focused on the individual.
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That is to say, we have the self that is detached.
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Whereas in Eastern philosophies,
there’s this notion of connectedness.
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I think what mirror neurons do when we do
interact like this, I’m no longer Marco.
00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:35.100
You\'re no longer Dalia Lama.
00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:39.200
We are us in this interaction.
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I think that’s an important concept
to remember, to propagate.
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And this could actually increase our potential
for empathy.
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Dalai Lama: Wonderful.
00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:57.000
[Applause]
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I usually believe basic human nature
is gentleness, compassionate.
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So, it seems now you are supporting that.
00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:10.400
Oh, yeah.
00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:14.800
There are disciplines that a person
can practice daily
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that help you deal with the strong emotions
that are going to come up in a serious conflict.
00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:27.000
When you\'re dealing with your own fear
and your own anger
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it’s really pretty easy to deal with somebody else’s
fear and anger that they\'re throwing at you.
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Kazu: We come out of the tradition of
Dr. Bernard Lafayette
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and the leaders of the Nashville Lunch Counter Sit-ins
00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:43.700
who trained under Rev. James Lawson for
months and months and months
00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:45.500
before they took their first step.
00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:49.200
We also come from the tradition of Gandhi who,
with his 78 followers
00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:53.500
lived in an ashram and trained
and disciplined themselves
00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:57.500
and strategized and went through
a 15-year process of self-purification
00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:01.000
before embarking on the Salt March.
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Nonviolent people, they don’t recognize
the necessity of fierce discipline and training
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and strategizing and planning and recruiting
00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:14.900
and doing the kinds of things you do
to have a movement.
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That can’t happen spontaneously.
It has to be done systematically.
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[Shouting and yelling during a training.]
00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:39.200
Most activists have no training
in how to wage peace.
00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:42.200
Most people have no training
on how to wage peace.
00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:44.300
Most people are not taught basic peace skills.
00:29:44.300 --> 00:29:49.200
And what if people were as well-trained
in waging peace as soldiers are in waging war?
00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:54.700
And bringing the same level of discipline
and strategic thinking to the mission of peace
00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:58.900
that the military brings to war.
00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:01.800
David: It ended up with 12 of us.
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We got up our courage,
did additional nonviolent training.
00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:10.300
And went down to a People’s Drugstore
in Arlington, Virginia.
00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:14.500
Sat down at the lunch counter.
00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:17.700
It was the most challenging two days of my life.
00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:22.700
People came up and spat at us in the face.
00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:25.800
People put lit cigarettes down our shirts.
00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:30.900
People called us every name in the book.
00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:34.900
And we would try to respond
in a loving, nonviolent way.
00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:37.700
which was pretty challenging sometimes.
00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:43.400
Toward the end of the second day,
I was meditating on loving your enemy.
00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:47.400
And I heard a guy come up from behind me
and he says,
00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:53.100
“If you don’t get out of this store in two seconds
I’m going to stab this through your heart.”
00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:55.900
And in his hand was a switchblade
00:30:55.900 --> 00:31:00.400
which by that time was half an inch or so
from my heart.
00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:05.000
And I had two seconds to decide,
“Well, do I really believe in nonviolence?
00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:09.600
Or is there any other way I should relate to this guy?”
00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:13.600
And I just looked him in the eyes, and I said,
00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:21.400
“Friend, do what you believe is right,
but I’ll still try to love you.”
00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.600
I was 20-years-old at the time.
00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:25.800
And it was kind of miraculous.
00:31:25.800 --> 00:31:28.000
This face that was contorted with hatred
00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:30.100
his jaw began to drop
00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:35.400
and his hand that was shaking like this began to fall
and he left the store.
00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:39.200
Some friendly media people got us out of there
alive across the bridge
00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:41.500
back into Washington D.C.
00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:47.500
and we literally shook for six days whether
we had the courage to go and do it again.
00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:53.900
And on the sixth day, we got a phone call that
the religious and community leaders had met
00:31:53.900 --> 00:32:00.200
and talked with the business leaders
and got a commitment that the drugstores
00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:05.600
and the eating facilities would be open
within ten days.
00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:09.000
Seeing that first-hand,
seeing the power of nonviolence
00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:15.700
and feeling we really have the power
to make history -- to change history.
00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:47.800
[Music]
00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:55.600
Gandhi said, “I have not the shadow of a doubt
that any human being can do what I’ve done.”
00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:58.800
In other words, every one of us can play a role.
00:32:58.800 --> 00:33:00.100
My name is Mica.
00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:01.600
And my name is Valerie.
00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:03.300
We\'re in the 7th Grade.
00:33:03.300 --> 00:33:07.800
The reason why we are here is because we want
a future for our generation.
00:33:07.800 --> 00:33:12.300
Our evolutionary mandate is to move into
peaceful cooperation.
00:33:12.300 --> 00:33:16.500
Because we see now that we\'re destroying
our own infrastructure.
00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:20.500
We\'re destroying the planet we depend on.
00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:26.300
Some would say, like Stephen Hawking, “Well, we
need to get off the planet and colonize elsewhere.”
00:33:26.300 --> 00:33:29.400
And I say to that, “If I were on the Galactic Council
00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:37.700
I wouldn\'t give humans another planet
before we clean this act up.”
00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:42.100
Sherri: My hope lies in creating something new.
00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:48.500
Where I would like to go looks very different from
the places that we\'ve been.
00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:51.400
I want to move beyond those systems.
00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:57.000
I want to actually create something that’s aligned
with my values.
00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:00.000
I want to create something that’s aligned with life.
00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:03.800
I want to create something that’s
aligned with respect
00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:12.500
and this balanced sense of wellbeing for all.
00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:17.200
In ancient India, the great sage Shankara
had this model of the tapatraya
00:34:17.200 --> 00:34:24.000
that there are three sources of suffering –
from the environment, from other people.
00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:28.200
And finally, and most importantly,
within ourselves.
00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:32.200
So, my teacher, Eknath Easwaran,
he kind of turned that around and said,
00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:35.200
“Okay, we need to establish the three harmonies then.”
00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:37.400
Harmony 1 – with the outer world, yes.
00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:39.500
Harmony 2 – with other beings.
00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:48.100
Most important and actual starting point
is the harmony within ourselves.
00:34:48.100 --> 00:34:57.800
To do that first part,
we recommend five steps.
00:34:57.800 --> 00:35:00.300
Avoid violent media.
00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:06.400
We have so many alternatives today.
00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:10.000
We need people to get involved in this work.
00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:20.500
Which inspires our communities to understand
that are effective ways of dealing with conflicts.
00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:30.900
Take up a spiritual practice.
00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:37.900
Try to relate personally, wherever you can.
00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:43.000
And from there, that harmonic energy
can be radiated out
00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.200
into our relationships with other people.
00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:51.900
And then finally, to the whole world.
00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:54.500
We’re on the river with
a couple hundred kayakers
00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:58.700
who have staged in front of the Fennica –
that’s an icebreaking ship for Shell Oil.
00:35:58.700 --> 00:36:00.500
It’s behind that tarp.
00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:04.600
Now, these folks here today, very lively chanting,
“Climate justice.
00:36:04.600 --> 00:36:06.200
Shell no, we won’t go.”
00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:09.800
And they have banners also saying,
“Save the Arctic,” and other sentiments.
00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:32.000
[Music]
00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:35.400
Avoid commercial media.
00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:41.100
Learn about nonviolence by reading about
it’s rich history and taking a training.
00:36:41.100 --> 00:36:46.300
Take up a spiritual practice, such as meditation.
00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:51.100
Find a personal connection with people around you.
00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:54.000
Find where your special skills
meet the world’s urgent needs
00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:57.100
and find a project to work on.
00:36:57.100 --> 00:37:01.600
We\'re in a time where it is no longer us versus them,
but it’s all of us or none.
00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:03.600
And everyone has something to contribute.
00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:11.100
So, identifying what people want to give,
be it time, money, ideas, other things
00:37:11.100 --> 00:37:23.800
is a way that we can build how wide
a nonviolent movement can be.
00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:28.800
Nonviolence can be practiced individually
in our day-to-day interactions.
00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:30.300
But don’t stop there.
00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:35.600
There are all these institutions
that put nonviolence into the picture.
00:37:35.600 --> 00:37:40.000
In the country we have restorative justice
in schools and in prisons.
00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:45.000
It’s a way for someone to take accountability
and be brought back into the community
00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:48.300
so that they can repair the harm
that has been done.
00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:52.300
They’re able to sit down with the people
that had been harmed.
00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:56.900
And somebody to kind of mediate
that conversation.
00:37:56.900 --> 00:38:01.300
And everybody can come to sort of
middle ground.
00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:02.500
I use a lot of “I” statements.
00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:06.300
I try not to point the figure
and say, “You’re doing this.”
00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:07.300
Or, “You make me feel a certain way.”
00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:14.300
Try and say, “I see at as,”
or, “I feel that it could go this way.”
00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:18.800
It’s really trying not to point the finger
and make somebody feel cornered
00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:22.600
because that’s how conflict starts.
00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:28.500
Michael: Internationally even,
we have civilian peacekeeping.
00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:31.900
Thanks to the work of Nonviolent Peaceforce
and some other groups
00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:35.500
Like Metta peace teams
and Christian Peacemaker Teams
00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:37.100
Peace Brigades International
00:38:37.100 --> 00:38:45.200
The United Nations is actually starting to take
a serious look at Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping.
00:38:45.200 --> 00:38:50.800
Mel Duncan. I represent Nonviolent Peaceforce, U.S.
00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:55.900
We are here today to urge you to include
Unarmed Civilian Protection
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as a recommended activity within
the state foreign operations
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and related programs budget for 2020
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including in the following programs –
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Women, Peace and Security
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Transition Initiatives.
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The Office of Reconciliation in South Sudan.
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The more that we apply nonviolence
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and the more that we use Unarmed Civilian Protection
in areas of violent conflict
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the more that we see behavioral change
where decisions made
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at the interpersonal and the inter
and intracommunal level
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local governance levels, and moving on up
to larger decision-making
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start taking on the characteristics of nonviolence.
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And characteristics of constructive change
rather than destructive change.
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I request respectfully that we have
a hearing in this committee
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where we bring the Attorney General before us
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to tell us what we are doing with these camps
on the southern border.
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We have to think big.
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Sojourner Truth didn\'t think small.
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Martin Luther King didn’t.
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Gandhi didn’t.
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They had big, bold ideas.
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And I want our young people to not get cynical
about having big bold ideas
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and to really be willing to fight with love.
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We are united.
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We are called the United States of America
for that reason.
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Together, we are whole. Together we are one.
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Look to your left and look to your right.
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Brothers and sisters is what I see.
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It’s actually patriotic to fight for peace.
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And to de-militarize, de-nuclearize, and to think
about national security as economic security
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domestic security, peace and justice.
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I mean these are not separated concepts.
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Erica: Governments have spent billions and billions
of dollars
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getting violent science right in the past 400 years.
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And I think that it’s time that we invest some time
and energy into alternatives.
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Rivera: We actually don’t have 100 years
to figure this out.
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We don’t have that luxury of time.
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We have actually things on our plate in this
moment on earth – like the climate crisis.
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It is a ticking clock on those of us who would like to see
nonviolence make some significant changes in this world.
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So, what are we waiting for?
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[Music]
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I and some others are beginning to believe that
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not only is nonviolence a natural endowment for the human being,
it is the defining endowment of the human being.
Distributor: Bullfrog Films
Length: 44 minutes
Date: 2020
Genre: Expository
Language: English
Grade: 9-12, College, Adults
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