Fwd: Support Nonviolence Islands within the Horror of War

Tue Mar 1 01:23:15 PST 2022

I pasted some ukraine-related information earlier, but I didn't know how to
cut through my psychological issues to verify it was high quality, and it
had pro-military parts.

This is peace-related support information that reached me from a teacher in
a mediative dialogue process called NVC.

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From: Miki Kashtan <mkashtan at baynvc.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 9:31 PM
Subject: Support Nonviolence Islands within the Horror of War
To: <fuzzytew at gmail.com>

Support Nonviolence Islands
within the Horror of War

February 28, 2022

Dear Karl,

As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues and intensifies, many of us
who have committed our lives to nonviolence are struggling to know how to
respond and where to look for information to help us make sense of what is
happening.

This email is my tiny attempt to contribute to this. I rarely send
dedicated emails to the entire list of people subscribed to BayNVC and my
own list. I am doing it because I want to do my part in mobilizing to find
nonviolent means to end and transform all wars, not just this one. I am
hoping that what I include here will support the weight of nonviolent
responses, within us, around us, and in the region itself.

Support for peace makers in Ukraine
NVC colleagues of mine have been working in Ukraine for some years,
training people intensively to be peace makers. These people are now aiming
to support those around them with the skills they acquired through pretty
intensive training, including practice periods with live conflicts. They
listen empathically and facilitate dialogues to increase social cohesion
and resilience at a time when people are already terrified from days of
fighting, and there is no telling how long this will last. My colleagues
have organized a fundraiser
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for their work to continue and be sustained, to which I contributed. This
is the primary reason I am sending this email. The links to the actual
organizations are not provided to protect them. I know personally the
trainers involved and fully vouch for their work. It's a rare example of
what NVC can truly offer in extreme situations, something most of us who
learn and teach NVC don't experience.

Nonviolence news
I generally find this site comprehensive and deep in its approach. I know
Rivera Sun, the person who runs it, and am in awe of what she has been able
to do in the last few years to create a source of inspiration and
understanding about nonviolence all over the world. Her last weekly email
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went out on Friday, and includes, in particular, an article
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about the potential for nonviolent responses to Russia's invasion of
Ukraine. In addition to that article, Rivera's editorial points to other
resources.

Metta Center's resource list
The Metta Center, led by Michael Nagler and Stephanie van Hook, also people
I know personally and trust deeply, maintains a resource list on resistance
to war in Ukraine
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I have not looked at most of the items on the list. I want to recommend one
article by Daniel Hunter called "Ukraine’s secret weapon may prove to be
civilian resistance
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It's a deep reminder of the enormous potential that unarmed resistance has
had, many times, when used by people against those with far larger military
power.

Code Pink
Over many decades, I have noticed how the general tendency to think in
either/or terms, deeply habitual in so many societies, increases
dramatically under conditions of war. We are habituated to find who to
blame for war. This is certainly happening now. What I am hearing of the
unfolding of what the Russian military is doing in Ukraine, which is not
much and is mediated by others' perspective, as is always the case, is
difficult to take in. I still am finding the all-out making of Russia as
the unequivocal and only "bad guy," difficult. I am appreciating deeply the
framing that Code Pink has provided, for example in the article "The War in
Ukraine: What We Shouldn't Forget
<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001w_gBTDiu6BpdDzloJePlSLKmQrT8poO8bdjPbGFcq2R_OuMwPxGU1oSopCPZNXqB-OpPq_EC_g-cpfrWG0Ax7fmFWF3n6PFZbWuLlRnwseBgvU7yt37FmFca4wdbvfzVzie69wu91PpKMxEDviHFEPQD66CKyJ7j1hhj1UB3ZAJ32p6DI6PuswVqZSZl7GCK_YlftuCGj8Q=&c=7apMavsCmzKbVq1HVhYXEMq5hPPZKoxaHjP86JIRNl5hfcN9vxhJfQ==&ch=xbEIV023LqE2PVKQthYz9uDsdn9sh09UdE1ClJOquWJcrUlHqY3bpA==>."
It's complex, sees multiple perspectives, including how the US has
exacerbated the conflict for years, and anchors in looking to the Minsk
agreements (violated thousands of times by both sides) as a framework for
reaching ceasefire, and holding peace to be only possible when the needs of
all groups within the complex territory that is now Ukraine are held.

In peace and hope,

Miki Kashtan
Lead facilitator and trainer
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