Healing Resistance, Kazu Haga
Healing Resistance, Kazu Haga
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Healing Resistance
A Radically Different Response to Harm

Author: Kazu Haga, Bernard LaFayette, Jr., David C. Jehnsen

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 10 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/27/2020


Synopsis

Activists and change agents, restorative justice practitioners, faith leaders, and anybody engaged in social progress and shifting society will find this mindful approach to nonviolent action indispensable.

Nonviolence was once considered the highest form of activism and radical change. And yet its basic truth, its restorative power, has been forgotten. In Healing Resistance, leading trainer Kazu Haga blazingly reclaims the energy and assertiveness of nonviolent practice and shows that a principled approach to nonviolence is the way to transform not only unjust systems but broken relationships. With over twenty years of experience practicing and teaching Kingian Nonviolence, Haga offers us a practical approach to societal conflict first begun by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement, which has been developed into a fully workable, step-by-step training and deeply transformative philosophy (as utilized by the Women's March and Black Lives Matter movements). Kingian Nonviolence takes on the timely issues of endless protest and activist burnout, and presents tried-and-tested strategies for staying resilient, creating equity, and restoring peace.

About Kazu Haga

Kazu Haga is the founder of East Point Peace Academy and one of the most experienced trainers in Kingian Nonviolence, a philosophy that comes out of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A leading voice nationally in various approaches to nonviolence, organizing and restorative justice, he works to empower incarcerated communities, youth, and activists to work for Beloved Community. Kazu Haga lives in Oakland, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by SaraCat

When a person recommended this book to me, I was unsure about reading it, not because of the content the title indicated it would have but because I worried it would be a dense and boring book. However, I was happily surprised that it was written in an accessible manner to those who may be new(er) t......more

Goodreads review by Bre

Absolutely one of the most useful books I have come across in my work in social movements.......more

Goodreads review by alaya

this book felt repetitive at some points, but it made up for it in the notes/suggestions and the variety of ways to apply the skills in action. really appreciated this work, especially the author’s vulnerability and humor!......more

Goodreads review by Alison

As someone who has been running a kindness project since 2012, I deeply needed this book. 6 years ago I realized that my version of "non-violence" was actually toxic positivity. Kazu Haga helps explain that non-violence doesn't mean staying passive—it means taking action for justice. As someone who ha......more

Goodreads review by Linnea

Fierce vulnerability. That is, among other things, a message I am taking with me after listening to Healing Resistance. Had to listen this slowly to give time for thoughts. A worthy book for anyone, there's a lot to learn.......more