Today’s Solutions: March 29, 2024

Martin Luther King Jr.

OPTIMIST VIEW: Why civil disobedience and ahimsa (nonviolence) triumph in the face of injustice

In the marketplace of ideas, does love still trump violence?  By Kristy Jansen  “We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe.” Anti-colonialism activist Frantz Fanon was fighting racism and black oppression in Algeria and Martinique when he wrote … [Read more...] about OPTIMIST VIEW: Why civil disobedience and ahimsa (nonviolence) triumph in the face of injustice

A lesson from Dr. King

Kirk Boyd is a guest blogger for The Intelligent Optimist and secretary of the International Bill of Rights project. Today I went with a friend to the Martin Luther King Day celebrations at Yerba Buena Park in San Francisco. It was a good event with around 500 people present, … [Read more...] about A lesson from Dr. King