Robert J. Burrowes

Robert J. Burrowes

Robert J. Burrowes has a lifetime commitment to understanding and ending human violence. He has done extensive research since 1966 in an effort to understand why human beings are violent and has been a nonviolent activist since 1981. He is the author of ‘Why Violence?’ His email address is [email protected]

AMERICAS

Robert J. BurrowesFebruary 27, 2017
12

Resisting Donald Trump’s violence strategically

By Robert J. Burrowes It is already clearly apparent, as many predicted, that Donald Trump’s election as president of the United…
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OPINION

Robert J. BurrowesJanuary 25, 2017
40

Nonviolent action: Why and how it works

By Robert J. Burrowes Nonviolent action is extremely powerful. Unfortunately, however, activists do not always understand why nonviolence is so powerful…
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OPINION

Robert J. BurrowesDecember 6, 2016
9

Life on Earth is dying

By Robert J. Burrowes On the day that you read this article, 200 species of life on Earth (plants, birds, animals,…
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OPINION

Robert J. BurrowesNovember 23, 2016
9

Seeking the true path

By Robert J. Burrowes One of the more subtle manifestations of the intimate link between (unconscious) human emotions and behaviour is…
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MIDDLE EAST

Robert J. BurrowesNovember 16, 2016
9

A nonviolent strategy to liberate Syria

By Robert J. Burrowes In early 2011, as the Arab Spring was moving across North Africa and the Middle East, small…
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OPINION

Robert J. BurrowesOctober 26, 2016
36

Punishment is violent and counterproductive

By Robert J. Burrowes Punishment is a popular pastime for humans. Parents punish children. Teachers punish students. Employers punish workers.…
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INTL CONFLICTS

Robert J. BurrowesOctober 11, 2016
8

A nonviolent strategy to end the climate catastrophe

By Robert J. Burrowes As the evidence mounts that we are fast approaching the final point-of-no-return beyond which it will be…
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INTL CONFLICTS

Robert J. BurrowesSeptember 29, 2016
11

Gandhi: ‘My life is my message’

[clear] By Robert J. Burrowes As most of the world ignores or hypocritically celebrates the 147th birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi…
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AMERICAS

Robert J. BurrowesSeptember 20, 2016
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An open letter to the people of the United States: Election or revolution?

By Robert J. Burrowes As citizens of the USA with a presidential election approaching you have a wonderful opportunity to ponder…
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AMERICAS

Robert J. BurrowesSeptember 6, 2016
10

An open letter to the people of Brazil

By Robert J. Burrowes As I read of the latest coup in Brazil, once again removing a democratically elected leader from…
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