If they are truly nonviolent, they must also realize that civil disobedience is an impossibility till the preliminary work of construction is done.
Do we still have the right to be more than victims?
As the Americans slaughter millions of turkeys every year for the celebration of their deliverance, the Indians, who should be celebrated as saviors, have long been slaughtered. There was even a time when a white man was paid a very decent price for every Indian scalp he could produce.
The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than that, he has to counter power with power, he has to oppose the system with another system.
Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality.
Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying.
Humans need justice in the here and now and grace in the thereafter. Justice in the here and now is possible only without freedom,and grace in the thereafter only through the freedom of God.
Nurses are there when the last breath is taken and nurses are there when the first breath is taken. Although it is more enjoyable to celebrate the birth, it is just as important to comfort in death.
I have long been in favor of a balanced budget restriction at the level of the federal government of the United States. Because the federal government has money-creating powers it can, in fact, be very damaging if it runs a series of budget deficits. With the state government in the United States, they don't have money-creating powers. The automatic discipline imposed by the fact that they are in a common monetary unit and don't have control over the money power means that the balanced budget restriction is less needed.
Iran's experience shows that when religious scholars and UNFPA work together to solve reproductive health issues, there can be excellent results.
In crude Marxist terms, liberals have a theory of infallible government that is constantly at war with the reality of life.