pacifism

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Today, Japan’s decadeslong embrace of pacifism is fading as the country confronts a more dangerous and unpredictable world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

They’ve objected to books which expose readers to evolution, pacifism, magic, women achieving things outside of the home and “false views of death.”

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025

But writer-director Todd Komarnicki’s aggressively lionizing, faith-driven movie about Bonhoeffer seems uninterested in any complexity about pacifism and violence coexisting in one man.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

And he pointed to Sweden and Finland, once paragons of pacifism and neutrality but now members of Nato.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2024

What would it be like to be committed to pacifism when you are surrounded by people determined to make war—particularly if they wish to make war on your community?

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz