A Nonviolent Response to Terrorism

The Metro chapter is sponsoring a series of lectures about peace – the 2nd in the series.

Tom H. Hastings is the Director of Peace and Nonviolence Studies at Portland State University

Terrorism, which by definition targets civilians, is unacceptable, but a violent response to violence usually causes more violence. This lecture looks at the best thinking about nonviolent methods of resisting terrorism in the growing fields of international aid and nonviolent interposition.

Coverings immediate nonviolent response to terrorism: international negotiations, mediations, and adjudication, UN and citizen sanctions, cross-cultural communication, citizen initiatives, international treaties and the World Court, the International Criminal Court, and nonviolent resistance through raising consciousness to mobilization and resisting state-sponsored terror. Also looking at long-term non-violent response to terrorism, discusses halting arms trade and militarism, stopping arms flow to terrorists, “defunding” the military, building sustainable just economies, aid to the poor, reducing privileged overconsumption, peace and conflict education, understanding and using the media, refugee repatriation, and helping indigenous liberation struggles.

Sponsored by Metro Pacific Greens
PSU Smith Memorial Union RM 296
Portland OR