Archive for Allegra Birdseye
When stubbornness meets structural violence
At a time when Aljazeera’s homepage constantly details Syria’s violent crackdown on protestors, the BBC proclaims the same and then some in Libya and Afghanistan, the New York Times discusses the latest in murder and mayhem, and the Peace Studies course address the militant tendencies of the United States, it is easy to overlook some […]
Given Human Nature, is Violence Inevitable?
Violence is only inevitable when there is reason for it to be. Violence, warfare, and aggression have become so engrained within our society that it has become an inevitable. If we were to be able to revert to a clean slate, we could possibly avoid warfare all together by establishing necessary institutions for conflict resolutions. […]