Articles by Antony Copley

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What Gandhi Says about Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage
Antony Copley – The Gandhi Foundation, 10 Jun 2013

Review of the book written by Norman G Finkelstein – Gandhi’s belief that could the British overcome their fear of loss of Empire they would happily surrender, reminds me of Aung San Suu Kyi’s belief that could the Army in Burma lose its fear of the loss of power, they would come into line with more progressive policies. It is in Burma that the Gandhian ideal is currently being put most critically to the test.

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Gloomy Thoughts on India Today
Antony Copley – The Gandhi Foundation, 16 Jul 2012

These reflections are prompted by attending the Gandhi Foundation Award ceremony in the House of Lords of the Gandhi International Peace Award for 2011 to Binayak Sen and Bulu Iman and a seminar given by two very bright graduate students of the University of Kent on the writings and film making of Arundhati Roy. The majority of the forest people find themselves in the crossfire of a civil war between the Indian army and the Maoists. Is there scope for non-violent satyagraha?

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MISUNDERSTANDING GANDHI
Antony Copley – Gandhi Foundation, 12 Feb 2010

All the evidence suggests that Mohandas Gandhi today is more keenly followed outside of India than within. He has been appropriated by western concerns. Within India he has become more of a figurehead, so much so that even right wing and communal political movements such as the BJP see fit to claim him as one […]

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