Structural violence

The Structural Violence of the Homeless

This article struck a chord for me given I am homeless.  I have been thinking about sleeping in my car.  I have been thinking about how governments are doing nothing about this problem (to end it), often left to NGO’s or non profit welfare agencies.  However, homelessness inspired the creation of this… Continue reading

Structural Violence and Sierra Leone Civil War

Can you imagine in Sierra Leone  50,000 people were killed, 20,000 were maimed and over 75% of the population had been displaced. Think where you are,imagine where they are.  So many civilians are casualties of people who do not know how to resolve conflict.  

Galtung’s ‘Structural Violence’ and the… Continue reading

Mohandas Gandhi

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

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