If we’re looking for a time of high tension and intense polarization, now would be a good example. Covid is raging and political actors are lashing about finding someone else to blame for it, while economic and social breakdown builds and climate change accelerates. Deep at the core the invisible shift in values goes on… Continue reading What makes a transformational network a tool of peaceweaving?
Month: May 2020
How we got this solid foundation of authoritarian values
One point about the indentured servant story is here: what makes us think we can build a culture of peace on this foundation? It’s the value system that invented concepts of peace through strength — from the perspective of the ruler, where peace means you have the power to crush troublemakers efficiently. Just to be… Continue reading How we got this solid foundation of authoritarian values
Laying down the footers
There’s a story in this book you won’t like. At least one. The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America, Theodore W. Allen, 1997. Chapter 4 page 49. It’s the year 1607 in Virginia Colony. The scene is the dawn of the new America. Dense, vast, dark forests, inscrutable native… Continue reading Laying down the footers
Thanks for reading Peace Weavers, friend
Hope you’re curious about what a peace weaver might be. You were invited because somehow or other you’re connected to Omni Center for Peace, after all. After being in the peace business for 20 years we’ve learned a few things about what peace is and is not. It’s really pretty interesting. For instance, there are… Continue reading Thanks for reading Peace Weavers, friend