In this episode, Nathaniel Williams shares from a recent forum that took place at the Goetheanum World Conference on Peacebuilding. Reflecting on forum presentations from Friedrich Glasl on the Logic of War and Logic of Peace and comments from forum members he asks: how can we understand the place of boycotts and non-violent action in a comprehensive imagination of peace? This was an issue that Martin Luther King jr addressed, pointing toward the necessity of a transformation of values for enduring peace. One window into these dimensions of peace work can be understood when one looks at the roles of music and imagination in the civil rights movement.  

References:

Friedrich Glasl. Selbsthilfe in Konflikten: Konzepte, Übungen, praktische Methoden.

Verlag Freies Geistesleben, 2011.

Martin Luther King. A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of

Martin Luther King, Jr. HarperCollins, 1990.

William F. Pepper. An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King. Verso, 2003.

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