Podcast appearances and mentions of ken butigan

This week, Nonviolence Radio brings together four voices, each one exploring a different aspect of nonviolence. We hear from religious scholar, activist and writer, Francesca Po; advisor to the Secretary General of Pax Christi International, Marie Dennis; pastor at Clackamas United Church of Christ, Adam Erickson; and senior lecturer in the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Program at DePaul University, Ken Butigan. Their varied interests help us to trace the deep roots of nonviolence in our history; to understand how contemporary, post-New Age ‘Self Religion' breeds curiosity and tolerance; to see the ways the Catholic Church is becoming (again) a source of and support for nonviolence education  and finally, to recognize that the ‘scapegoat mechanism' rests on a misunderstanding of scripture and can be fruitfully replaced with an empowering model of nonviolent action.These four speakers, given their distinct perspectives, enlarge and enrich our understanding of nonviolence and reveal it to be a dynamic and powerful force, one with a long past and an increasingly mighty present.

Ken Butigan, DePaul Professor talks about Non-violence

If there was ever a time for nonviolence, it's now. This show has two talks about the power of nonviolence. The first from Erica Chenoweth, co-author of Why Civil Resistance Works, and the second is from Ken Butigan about mainstreaming nonviolence. At the top of the show we include a segment on nonviolence in the news. 

Romans 12:18; On Earth Peace information can be found at onearthpeace.org; Matthew 5:9; 21-24; 38-42; 43-48; 10:34-38; Ken Butigan quoted from Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation, Week 38, Peacemakers, "Learning Non-Violence"; "What is an Anabaptist Christian?" by Palmer Becker; "Preaching in a Tavern," by Ken Morse, Story #21; Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation, Week 38, Peacemakers, "Cultivating Non-Violence."

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with Ken Butigan, executive director of Pace e Bene, who shares exciting news about 758+ nonviolent actions and events that happened all 50 states and 18 countries during the Campaign Nonviolence Week of Actions to build a culture of peace and active nonviolence. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Ken Butigan is the Executive Director of Pace e Bene, the organization that runs Campaign Nonviolence. He is a professor in the Peace and Justice Studies Department of DePaul University in Chicago, IL. His most recent book, "Nonviolent Lives: People and Movements Changing the World Through the Power of Active Nonviolence" was recently published in support of the movement for active nonviolence. Related Links: Pace e Bene/ Campaign Nonviolence http://www.paceebene.org/ Nonviolent Lives by Ken Butigan https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nonviolent-lives#/ Video of Wilmington, DE March for a Culture of Peace http://www.paceebene.org/2016/09/26/wilmington-de-marches-for-peace/ Campaign Nonviolence Week of Actions September 18-25th http://www.paceebene.org/blogs/ Pace e Bene Workshops http://www.paceebene.org/programs/nonviolence-workshops/ 1000 Nonviolence Trainings Project http://nonviolencetraininghub.org/1000-trainings-project/ Nonviolent Cities Project http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/the-nonviolent-cities-project/ Global Nonviolent Action Database http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/ Kim Redigan and Meta Peace Team on Love (and Revolution) Radio http://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-08-23T14_00_00-07_00 Pope Francis' New Year's Address Will Be On Nonviolence http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2016/for-2017-world-peace-day-pope-asks-to-focus-on-nonviolence.cfm Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org This week's featured music is "Future" by Galynne Goodwill on her "Lovers of Wisdom" album. You can find her work at cdbaby.com and also by following her Galynne Goodwill page on Facebook. About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/

Now that the Fourth of July fireworks are over and the smoke of nationalism has cleared slightly, it's time to pick up the trash on the beaches and look at truth instead of flag-waving. This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we offer a special program. According to historian and researcher Walter Conser (not to mention President John Adams) the Revolutionary War was not what won our independence from Great Britain . . . and the answer to what did may surprise you to the point of rethinking everything you've been told about the founding of the United States of America. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Walter Conser is a professor of religion and a professor of history at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He is co-editor along with Gene Sharp and others of Before Lexington: resistance, politics, and the American struggle for independence, 1765-1775 which is forthcoming quite soon from the Albert Einstein Institute in Boston. Related Links: Walter Conser's forthcoming book, "Before Lexington: resistance, politics and the American struggle for independence" will be available here: http://www.aeinstein.org/ Recovering Nonviolent History, with a chapter of the American Independence Struggle by Walter Conser http://recoveringnonviolenthistory.org/ Albert Einstein Institution http://www.aeinstein.org/ Gene Sharp, The Politics of Nonviolent Action https://www.amazon.com/Power-Struggle-Politics-Nonviolent-Action/dp/087558070X Why Civil Resistance Works by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan http://www.ericachenoweth.com/research/wcrw/ Love (and Revolution) Radio interview with Ken Butigan on the Just War Theory http://occupyradio.podomatic.com/entry/2016-05-03T15_25_09-07_00 Further listening on this subject is available on Campaign Nonviolence's recent National Conference Call with Walter Conser as guest speaker: http://www.paceebene.org/2016/06/29/campaign-nonviolence-conference-call-june-2016/ Find a few more tantalizing tidbits via Rivera Sun's essay on the subject: http://www.riverasun.com/the-nonviolent-history-of-american-independence/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org This week's featured music is How To Do by Chriz Ballandiz & Ema-Production on his Campfire Acoustics album. You can find it on jamendo.com under campfire acoustics. https://www.jamendo.com/album/119886/campfire-acoustics About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. www.riverasun.com

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, Ken Butigan shares the exciting news about the Nonviolence and Just Peace conference at the Vatican . . . and what throwing out 1700 years of just war theory might mean for the Catholic Church, and the world. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Ken Butigan is the Executive Director of Pace e Bene and Campaign Nonviolence. He is a peace and conflict studies professor at DePaul University in Chicago. Ken was part of the planning committee for the "Nonviolence and Just Peace Conference: Contributing to the Catholic Understanding of, and Commitment to Nonviolence", and he also coordinated the writing committee for the final draft of the text that was sent to Pope Francis following the conference. Related Links: About the "Nonviolence and Just Peace" Conference http://wagingnonviolence.org/2016/04/vatican-conference-calls-for-nonviolence-just-peace-pope-francis/ The Church's Turn Toward Nonviolence by Rev. John Dear http://www.paceebene.org/2016/04/21/the-churchs-turn-toward-nonviolence/ Laudato Si, Encyclical on Ecological Restorative Justice by Pope Francis http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html Cardinal Turkson's interview in April 24th Edition of Sunday Times, London http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Europe/article1689497.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2016_04_23 Pax Christi http://www.paxchristi.net/ Junipero Serra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%C3%ADpero_Serra Why Civil Resistance Works by Maria J. Stephan and Erica Chenoweth http://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/9780231156820 Nonviolent Peaceforce http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/ The Two Hands of Nonviolence http://www.paceebene.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Two-Hands-of-Nonviolence.pdf Dorothy Day & Catholic Worker Movement http://www.catholicworker.org/ Franz Jägerstätter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_J%C3%A4gerst%C3%A4tter Thomas Merton http://merton.org/ Oscar Romero in El Salvador https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero Cardinal Sin in the Philippines, People-Power Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Sin Pace e Bene Nonviolence Trainings w/ Ken Butigan and Staff http://www.paceebene.org/programs/nonviolence-workshops/ Campaign Nonviolence http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/ Nonviolent Cities Project http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/the-nonviolent-cities-project/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radiowww.dianepatterson.org Our featured music this week is called Song of Time from Diane Patterson's new album, Teach, Inspire, Be Real. We are particularly excited about this new album, since it is the first time a recording of our theme song, Love and Revolution, has ever been available! In two weeks, we'll have Diane with us here on the show to discuss art, music, and making change. You can find her music at www.dianepatterson.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit:https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance.http://www.riverasun.com/

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, Ken Butigan shares the exciting news about the Nonviolence and Just Peace conference at the Vatican . . . and what throwing out 1700 years of just war theory might mean for the Catholic Church, and the world. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guest: Ken Butigan is the Executive Director of Pace e Bene and Campaign Nonviolence. He is a peace and conflict studies professor at DePaul University in Chicago. Ken was part of the planning committee for the "Nonviolence and Just Peace Conference: Contributing to the Catholic Understanding of, and Commitment to Nonviolence", and he also coordinated the writing committee for the final draft of the text that was sent to Pope Francis following the conference. Related Links: About the "Nonviolence and Just Peace" Conference http://wagingnonviolence.org/2016/04/vatican-conference-calls-for-nonviolence-just-peace-pope-francis/ The Church's Turn Toward Nonviolence by Rev. John Dear http://www.paceebene.org/2016/04/21/the-churchs-turn-toward-nonviolence/ Laudato Si, Encyclical on Ecological Restorative Justice by Pope Francis http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html Cardinal Turkson's interview in April 24th Edition of Sunday Times, London http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Europe/article1689497.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2016_04_23 Pax Christi http://www.paxchristi.net/ Junipero Serra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%C3%ADpero_Serra Why Civil Resistance Works by Maria J. Stephan and Erica Chenoweth http://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/9780231156820 Nonviolent Peaceforce http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/ The Two Hands of Nonviolence http://www.paceebene.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Two-Hands-of-Nonviolence.pdf Dorothy Day & Catholic Worker Movement http://www.catholicworker.org/ Franz Jägerstätter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_J%C3%A4gerst%C3%A4tter Thomas Merton http://merton.org/ Oscar Romero in El Salvador https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero Cardinal Sin in the Philippines, People-Power Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Sin Pace e Bene Nonviolence Trainings w/ Ken Butigan and Staff http://www.paceebene.org/programs/nonviolence-workshops/ Campaign Nonviolence http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/ Nonviolent Cities Project http://www.paceebene.org/programs/campaign-nonviolence/the-nonviolent-cities-project/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org Our featured music this week is called Song of Time from Diane Patterson's new album, Teach, Inspire, Be Real. We are particularly excited about this new album, since it is the first time a recording of our theme song, Love and Revolution, has ever been available! In two weeks, we'll have Diane with us here on the show to discuss art, music, and making change. You can find her music at www.dianepatterson.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/

Over the last 100 years, how effective have nonviolent resistance movements been to effect social and political change, compared to armed violent uprisings? This was the question that researchers Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan set out to answer as they dug deep into the historical data on the subject over the period of 1900-2006. They conclude empirically that nonviolent resistance campaigns were more than twice as effective as violent ones in achieving their goals. On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, Ms. Chenoweth talks with Carol Boss about some of the data, including the conclusion that successful nonviolent resistance was also more effective at creating durable peaceful democracies. Erica Chenoweth is an assistant professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and an Associate Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo. Carol also talks with Ken Butigan executive director of Pace e Bene, an organization with a mission to work with individuals, organizations, and movements to strengthen their efforts to abolish war, protect human rights, end poverty, challenge injustice, heal the planet and to meet today’s profound spiritual task: to build a more just, peaceful and nonviolent world. Ken’s a peace and justice worker, workshop facilitator, and writer for two decades. He also teaches at DePaul University in Chicago.

Over the last 100 years, how effective have nonviolent resistance movements been to effect social and political change, compared to armed violent uprisings? This was the question that researchers Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan set out to answer as they dug deep into the historical data on the subject over the period of 1900-2006. They conclude empirically that nonviolent resistance campaigns were more than twice as effective as violent ones in achieving their goals. On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, Ms. Chenoweth talks with Carol Boss about some of the data, including the conclusion that successful nonviolent resistance was also more effective at creating durable peaceful democracies. Erica Chenoweth is an assistant professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and an Associate Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo. Carol also talks with Ken Butigan executive director of Pace e Bene, an organization with a mission to work with individuals, organizations, and movements to strengthen their efforts to abolish war, protect human rights, end poverty, challenge injustice, heal the planet and to meet today's profound spiritual task: to build a more just, peaceful and nonviolent world. Ken's a peace and justice worker, workshop facilitator, and writer for two decades. He also teaches at DePaul University in Chicago.

We spoke with Ken Butigan about the stages of social transformation, where the US fits in and what the tasks are during this stage. You may be surprised to find out how close we are. Butigan is director of Pace e Bene, a nonprofit organization fostering nonviolent change through education, community and action. He also teaches peace studies at DePaul University and Loyola University in Chicago. He has been involved in numerous ‘people powered’ movements for thirty years. For more information, visit ClearingtheFOGRadio.org.