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A new Britannia: An argument concerning the social origins of Australian radicalism and nationalism (Pelican)
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AusPol and
To say “violence has no place in politics” while ignoring systemic harm is to defend the status quo, not peace. True nonviolence would mean dismantling the conditions that make desperate, explosive violence seem like the only option left.
The Violence Before the Violence
“The sin of progressive or left politics is being on the right side of history too early. Of seeing the potential for a better world and trying to bring it to light before it’s considered undeniably the right way.“
Amy Remeikis - “If Australia Could Be Brave”
Thinking, Fast and Slow
amazon.com.au
It does not surprise me to hear that there is considerably less violence in cultures where people think in terms of human needs than in cultures where people label one another as “good” or “bad” and believe that the “bad” ones deserve to be punished. In 75 percent of the television programs shown during hours when American children are most likely
... See moreMarshall B. Rosenberg • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)
History of Australia: A Captivating Guide to Australian History, Starting from the Aborigines Through the Dutch East India Company, James Cook, and World War II to the Present
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“We tend to be blind to the unconscious ways we create opposition between ourselves and others. In that blindness, we point to the 50 per cent we think is their fault and they point to the 50 per cent they think is our fault“
James Gill - How to Fall in Love with Humanity: 16 life-changing practices for radical compassion
Yanis Varoufakis
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“We feel like we are sowing seeds of peace through our loving communication and then get frustrated when others don’t lovingly germinate our seeds. We point to the barrenness of their soil as the issue. ‘I planted loving seeds; you didn’t germinate them.’“
James Gill - How to Fall in Love with Humanity: 16 life-changing practices for radical compassion