Biodata: 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?' http://tinyurl.com/whyviolence His email address is flametree@riseup.net and his website is at http://robertjburrowes.wordpress.com

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29 June 2016

Deeply affected by the death of my two uncles in World War II, on 1 July 1966, the 24th anniversary of the 'USS Sturgeon' sinking of the Japanese prisoner-...

01 June 2016


Islamophobia has become a significant factor driving politics in many western countries.

Islamophobia – fear of Muslims – is now...

11 May 2016


A previously little-known law firm called Mossack Fonseca, based in Panama, has recently been exposed as one of the world's major creators of 'shell...

29 January 2016


A new book, edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes, both involved with The Transnational Institute, brings together a thoughtful collection of scholars...

18 November 2015


As expectations build for a global consensus to emerge from the United Nations climate conference in Paris, starting on 30 November 2015, that could...

06 November 2015


For many people, it is easier, safer and more comfortable to live in a world of delusion, particularly when this delusion requires no effort to seek...

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