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CHANGE THE CONVERSATION: Using nonviolent action to pry open the doors of dialogue

The Mindful Word

A long time co-worker of mine became committed to nonviolence during a demonstration he attended many years ago as the movement to end France’s brutal war in Algeria was gearing up. In the midst of a chaotic scene in Paris, he saw a man sitting contemplatively in the street as a military vehicle…