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Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek

Peace Is Here explores global peace light-hearted touch and a scholar’s heart. Join Avis Kalfsbeek, writer of environmental fiction, for a layperson"s curriculum of peace. She explores peace treaties, nature’s quiet wisdom, and the down-to-earth creativity required for #TheGreatDisarmament. From deep-dive series on peace heroes to fiction stories and personal riffs, Avis looks beneath the surface to see the peace that is already here.

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Ep 63 Wolff Peace – Jeremy Bentham & Leymah Gbowee:...

Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek ·

2025/07/28

In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek contrasts Jeremy Bentham’s philosophy of “the greatest good” with Leymah Gbowee’s people-powered fight for peace in Liberia. From theoretical utility to street-level courage, this episode asks us to rethink what really sustains peace—and whose happiness we’re measuring.Robert Paul Wolff’s Political Man and Social Man is available on Amazon (I’m not an affiliate) Learn more about the series and my books at aviskalfsbeek.com Follow my

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Ep 62 Wolff Peace – Thomas Hobbes & Satish Kumar: ...

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2025/07/25

In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores the tension between Thomas Hobbes’s vision of human nature and Satish Kumar’s path of spiritual ecology. Hobbes believed that peace required submission to state power. Kumar believes it arises from harmony with one another—and the Earth.Robert Paul Wolff’s Political Man and Social Man is available on Amazon (I’m not an affiliate) Learn more about the series and my books at aviskalfsbeek.com Follow my Kickstarter please:

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Ep 61 Wolff Peace – Aristotle & Malala Yousafzai: ...

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2025/07/23

In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek revisits Aristotle’s enduring vision of the political life: one rooted in virtue, participation, and civic education. But with that vision came exclusion—women, slaves, and foreigners were barred from the polis.Enter Malala Yousafzai, who defied a Taliban bullet to fight for girls’ education and global citizenship. Through her story, we explore how access to learning becomes a form of political empowerment—and why it’s essential to

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07:15

Ep 60 Wolff Peace - Recap 2: The Limits of Political...

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2025/07/22

In this special recap episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek reflects on seven thinkers and seven peace warriors who challenge our assumptions about political loyalty. From Socrates to Thoreau, from Sophie Scholl to Desmond Tutu, we explore the personal, political, and moral tensions of obedience in a world that often demands conformity.In this episode: A guided overview of Wolff’s “Limits of Political Authority” section Peace Pairings who refused to obey unjust

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Ep 59 Wolff Peace - Robert Wolff & Pauli Murray: ...

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2025/07/21

In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores Robert Paul Wolff’s personal contribution to his 1966 anthology with the essay An Analysis of the Concept of Political Loyalty. Rather than obedience, Wolff suggests that loyalty is a kind of identification with the state—one that might even lead to principled resistance. Paired with Wolff is Pauli Murray—civil rights lawyer, poet, priest, and powerful legal mind behind some of the greatest progress in racial and gender

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Ep 58 Wolff Peace - Paul Le Meur & Le...

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2025/07/18

In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores the story of Paul Le Meur, a French teacher who faced an impossible moral decision during Nazi occupation—and chose not to comply. His story is paired with the extraordinary resistance of the villagers of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, who sheltered thousands of Jews during the Holocaust without fanfare or credit.Both remind us that peace often lives in quiet places—and in the brave hearts of ordinary people. In this episode: A

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Ep 57 Wolff Peace - Robert Jackson & Desmond Tutu:...

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2025/07/16

From the U.S. Supreme Court to the streets of Cape Town: this episode of Wolff Peace examines what it means to protect conscience in law and in life.Host Avis Kalfsbeek explores Robert H. Jackson’s stirring opinion in Barnette, which rejected forced patriotism in favor of moral independence, and pairs it with the radical compassion of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who led a nation toward justice without vengeance. In this episode: The reversal of Gobitis in Barnette Desmond Tutu’s legacy of truth,

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06:27

Ep 56 Wolff Peace - Felix Frankfurter & Sari...

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2025/07/14

In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek examines the tension between obedience and conscience by pairing Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter with Palestinian philosopher and peacebuilder Sari Nusseibeh.Frankfurter’s ruling in Minersville v. Gobitis prioritized national unity over religious freedom, sparking backlash and violence. In contrast, Nusseibeh’s life work offers a model of nonviolent dignity and resistance under the weight of systemic oppression. Together, their

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Ep 55 Wolff Peace - Richard Schaar & Sophie Scholl:...

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2025/07/11

When loyalty becomes betrayal—and betrayal becomes peace. In this episode of Wolff Peace, host Avis Kalfsbeek examines the quiet power of disobedience. Political theorist Richard Schaar challenges the psychology of loyalty—and Sophie Scholl, executed at 21 for resisting Hitler, shows what it means to shift allegiance from nation to conscience.In this episode: What makes us loyal—and what breaks the spell Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance Two reflection questions for your internal

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05:57

Ep 54 Wolff Peace - Henry David Thoreau & Greta...

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2025/07/09

Two centuries. Two refusals. One call to conscience. In this episode of Wolff Peace, host Avis Kalfsbeek reflects on the power of peaceful disobedience—from Thoreau’s refusal to fund slavery and war, to Greta Thunberg’s school strike for the climate. When systems harm the vulnerable, is breaking the law the most peaceful choice? In this episode: Thoreau’s legacy of moral refusal Greta’s unapologetic activism for the planet Two reflection questions for your everyday

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06:19

Ep 53 Wolff Peace - Plato & Aung San Suu Kyi: The...

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2025/07/07

Obedience. Resistance. The inner cost of doing what’s right. In this episode of Wolff Peace, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores the tension between obeying unjust laws and standing for justice. From Plato’s Crito, where Socrates chooses death over escape, to the early years of Aung San Suu Kyi’s nonviolent struggle in Myanmar, we reflect on what it means to remain true to your conscience—even when the consequences are great.In this episode: Plato’s argument for lawful obedience and moral integrity Aung

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Ep 52 Wolff Peace Recap 1: From Locke to Engels - 7...

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2025/07/06

Missed an episode? This special recap journeys from John Locke to Friedrich Engels, linking each classic thinker to a peace warrior of our time. Perfect for catching up or diving in. We take a reflective pause in our Wolff Peace series to look back on Part One of Robert Paul Wolff’s Political Man and Social Man: “The Individual and the State.” Host Avis Kalfsbeek revisits the questions of political legitimacy, power, and moral resistance—and considers how the teachings

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Ep 51 Wolff Peace - Friedrich Engels & Bayard Rustin:...

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2025/07/04

What if class struggle met nonviolence? In this bold pairing, Friedrich Engels goes head-to-head with civil rights strategist Bayard Rustin to ask: Can we build a just world without bloodshed? What is the origin of the state, and can it be peaceful? In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek examines Friedrich Engels’ theory that the state was born from class antagonism and is inherently a tool of oppression. Paired with Engels is the visionary civil rights strategist Bayard

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Ep 50 Wolff Peace - David Hume & Wangari Maathai:...

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2025/07/02

Can philosophy plant a forest? This episode pairs Scottish skeptic David Hume with Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai to explore reason, action, and environmental peace. Can we question the stories governments tell—and plant better ones ourselves? David Hume challenged the myth of the social contract and Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai’s reforestation movement helped grow peace from the ground up. Together, they invite us to rethink power, legitimacy, and how we tend the world we inherit. In this

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Ep 49 Wolff Peace - John Locke & Vandana Shiva: What...

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2025/06/30

What happens when Western property theory meets Indigenous eco-wisdom? This Wolff Peace episode pairs John Locke with Vandana Shiva in a radical rethink of ownership, land, and peace. In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek contrasts the legacy of John Locke—whose ideas about liberty and property helped justify land enclosures and colonial expansion—with the work of Vandana Shiva, a scientist and activist who defends seeds, soil, and the commons. Through the lens of Robert

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Ep 48 Wolff Peace - V.I. Lenin & Leo Tolstoy

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2025/06/26

Wolff Peace – V. I. Lenin & Leo TolstoyTwo Russians. Two revolutions. Two visions of peace. In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores a striking contrast between two towering Russian figures: Vladimir Lenin, revolutionary and architect of the Soviet state, and Leo Tolstoy, novelist turned pacifist who rejected all violence in the name of love and spiritual truth. Through the lens of Robert Paul Wolff’s Political Man and Social Man, we examine Lenin’s call for the

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Ep 47 Wolff Peace - Max Weber and Abdul Ghaffar Khan

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2025/06/23

Wolff Peace – Max Weber & Abdul Ghaffar Khan Power, legitimacy, and the courage of nonviolence. In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores political philosopher Max Weber’s stark definition of the modern state as the “monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force,” and pairs it with the bold life of Abdul Ghaffar Khan—the Muslim pacifist known as the “Frontier Gandhi.” While Weber wrestled with the ethics of power and governance, Khan led a movement of over

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Ep 46 Wolff Peace - John Austin & Audre Lorde

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2025/06/19

Wolff Peace – John Austin & Audre LordePower, obedience, and the poetry of resistance. In this episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek explores the tension between legal authority and moral justice through the lens of 19th-century legal theorist John Austin and radical poet and activist Audre Lorde. Austin’s theory of legal positivism defines law as the command of a sovereign backed by force—regardless of whether it is just. His focus on structure and obedience set the stage for

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Ep 45 Wolff Peace - Richard Hooker & Dorothy Day

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2025/06/15

Wolff Peace – Richard Hooker & Dorothy DayA new series on political philosophy, power, and the pursuit of peace. In this opening episode of the Wolff Peace series, host Avis Kalfsbeek introduces the legacy of political philosopher Robert Paul Wolff and his influential book Political Man and Social Man. Each episode in this special series pairs a classic thinker from Wolff’s anthology with a modern or historical peacemaker, exploring how ideas about law, authority, and society shape the world we

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29:04

The Birth of the Khalsa by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh...

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2025/06/14

In this episode of Peace Is Here, host Avis Kalfsbeek reflects on The Birth of the Khalsa by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh—a groundbreaking work that reimagines Sikh identity through a feminist, peace-centered lens. Drawing from her own journey through compassionate Kundalini yoga and a growing curiosity about women’s roles in spiritual traditions, Avis explores how Singh’s writing invites us to see the divine as nurturing, liberating, and powerfully maternal. You’ll hear a narrated reading of a portion

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