Ahimsa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTVCSOnwiak 57 mins

Eighty-five-year-old Mr. Rao, who was born in Bangalore, joined the Quit India Movement when he was 13 and went on to dedicate his life to Gandhian ideals. He has been associated with several organisations including the Student Congress and the Rashtra Seva Dal.

Cultivating physical strength, finding joy in physical labor and being fearless are some of the key qualities for nonviolence. Subba Rao has learnt this over 70 years of holding youth camps on Gandhian ideals of truth and nonviolence, in every state of India and abroad. He has conducted 37 camps in the USA over that many years. Here ‘Bhaiji’, as he is better known, shares reflections on this work including his key role in the surrender of dacoits in the Chambal Valley in the 1950s. There are alternatives to the gun but it is weapons and organized violence that get large volumes of investment whereas nonviolence attracts a fraction of spending. What advocates of nonviolence can build upon is that people across the world are fed up of violence. Thus one day the world will accept that love is the alternative to the gun.

Snippets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTVCSOnwiak 6.19 Min

What is Ahimsa? A teenager’s exploration Ishaan Rajabali - https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/what-is-ahimsa-a-teenagers-exploration-7216071/ Today, we find ourselves living in a conflict-ridden world, where differing viewpoints clash in a raging fire stoked by hate and polarisation. The situation is so dire that we seem to have abandoned the search for a middle ground that allows for peaceful discussion... Ahimsa Conversations was born. The idea of journalist and author Rajni Bakshi, this YouTube platform provides viewers with a window into the thoughts of an extensive range of figures who have delved into the varied aspects of ahimsa..

Jai Jagat 2020 2000 km of JJ 2020 Engligh VO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMz82o7pvck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMz82o7pvck

https://www.jaijagatinternational.org/nonviolent-economy-summary/ In the 2021 the Jai Jagat campaign is focusing on some areas for transitioning to a nonviolent economy. These are:
climate mitigation, supporting land and defenders of the territories, stabilizing food security and biodiversity, developing greater access to water through regenerating water bodies, reducing forced migration, and enhancing peace through justice.

The current economic model is largely based on extractivist practices and land grabbing, mainly in Indigenous areas. Therefore, it becomes a priority to secure and protecting land rights and collective tenure rights in order to move towards a nonviolent economy

- promote the transformation of food systems, by supporting small-scale producers, who according to the International Land Coalition, occupy 70-80 percent of farmland and produce more than 80 percent of the world's food worldwide.

- bring nonviolent responses as a way of resisting and transforming those conflicts, which are consequences of the unequal social structure and organization. Thus, Peace, understood as a process of humanization that allows us to recognize ourselves as a unit; as a process in which we can commit ourselves to generate better living conditions for all, not only for oneself -Sarvodaya, Buen Vivir, Ubuntu-, will come from justice and equity.

Civil Resistance from Gandhi to Present Time - Jorgen Johansen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAZu2_9ZF9c Apr 9, 2011

This webinar presents a short history of what civil resistance have achieved the last 90 years. This is the history of societal conflicts handled with peaceful means. How can unarmed movements succeed against states with their police and armies? What are the building blocks of a successful nonviolent strategy?

It includes a discussion on the recent development in Northern Africa and Middle East. What can be expected in the time to come and what are the main obstacles when a movement moves from 'opposition' to 'position?'

Financial investments like stocks can realign people’s incentives to have peaceful societies: Saumitra Jha https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-evoke/financial-investments-like-stocks-can-realign-peoples-incentives-to-have-peaceful-societies-saumitra-jha/articleshow/91524821.cms Financial ideas can align parties that might otherwise believe violence is the only option — these incentives help people believe they can benefit from peace, a realisation which comes from exposure to markets that draw from stability.

There are strong historical precedents to this. Japan was very socially divided and politically fragmented in the 1860s, which isn’t how we think of it today.

In a study in Israel: We randomly gave a number of Israeli citizens the chance to trade small amounts of stock, just enough to keep them interested, for about 47 weeks. Some people were randomly assigned Israeli stocks, some were randomly given Palestinian stocks...As these groups became more financially literate, they began to reassess the gains and costs of diverse policies — they started assessing policies from the perspective of the broader economy rather than from an emotive perspective. And this began to reflect in their voting decisions — they started to support parties which backed the peace process .

Comment: Any Studies in Cooperative economies?

Ahimsa

Subba Rao in Ahimsa Conversations #79

What is Ahimsa? A teenager’s exploration

Jai Jagat 2020

Civil Resistance from Gandhi to Present Time

Financial investments like stocks can realign people’s incentives to have peaceful societies

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